Accountability

Achieve prepared the "Race to the Top: Accelerating College and Career Readiness" guides to help state leaders take advantage of this exceptional competition. The guides look at RTTT through a college- and career-ready lens, and specifically the...

Policymakers and educators around the nation are wrestling with an important challenge – how to raise expectations for high school achievement, while increasing relevance and engagement in learning to keep students in school. Career and technical...

Governors and state leaders can use this agenda to move forward. The summit was sponsored by Achieve, Inc., and National Governors Association in partnership with Business Roundtable, the Education Commission of the States and the Hunt Institute.

Achieve's review of graduation requirements in all 50 states and the District of Columbia compared to what students need to succeed in college or the workplace.

With all 50 states and the District of Columbia having adopted college- and career-ready standards in English and mathematics, Achieve's seventh annual "Closing the Expectations Gap" report shows how all states are aligning those standards with...

This state policy framework, focused on graduation requirements, assessment, and accountability, is designed to assist states in building a policy structure that contributes to statewide adoption and implementation of competency-based pathways (CBP...

Earning college credit in high school matters to students and parents. Students who earn college credits by taking a college-level course while in high school are more likely to enter college and succeed. Through these experiences, students become...

Reporting clear, actionable data to parents and the public is one of the most powerful strategies in a state’s toolbox for meeting college and career readiness (CCR) student performance goals. A state’s report card on districts and schools, in...