Assessments

Strong Support, Low Awareness: Public Perception of the Common Core State Standards

To explore the public's awareness of and support for the new Common Core State Standards and aligned common assessments Achieve commissioned a national poll in August 2011. It is not surprising that awareness of the Common Core State Standards and...

Closing the Expectations Gap 2011

Each year, Achieve releases a 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and careers. Closing the Expectations Gap, 2011 is the sixth annual report in this series. The report details state progress...

On the Road to Implementation

Achieve's "On the Road to Implementation: Achieving the Promise of the Common Core State Standards" seeks to identify the key areas that state policymakers will need to consider to implement the new standards with fidelity.

Race to the Top: Accelerating College and Career Readiness in States - Teacher Effectiveness

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...

Common Core Implementation Workbook

Achieve and the U.S. Education Delivery Institute have developed a practical Common Core Implementation Workbook for all states. The workbook uses a proven performance management methodology known as “delivery” to lay out clear action steps for...

Risk Reversal? A Nation at Risk Anniversary Fact Sheet

In 1983, A Nation at Risk sounded the alarm about the state of education in the United States and our future ability to compete on the world stage. Declining SAT scores and poor student performance on international comparisons reinforced an already...

Academic Standards and Assessments Benchmarking Evaluation for Michigan

Michigan has been a partner with Achieve since 1998, when the state, under the leadership of the governor, helped launch the pilot study that became the Benchmarking Initiative. Achieve evaluated the quality of the state's academic standards and...

A New Compact for Ohio's Schools: A Report to Ohio's Educational Policy Leaders

In March 1999, Achieve conducted a review of Ohio's school improvement efforts to provide the newly elected governor, new state superintendent, business leaders and other policymakers with a candid review of state education reform strengths and...

Measuring Up: A Standards and Assessment Benchmarking Report for New Jersey

This report presents the results of Achieve’s in-depth evaluation of the quality, rigor and alignment of New Jersey’s standards and assessments in language arts literacy and mathematics. In particular, it provides New Jersey policymakers with...

Taking Stock: A Report to Education Policymakers in Illinois

In 1999, Achieve organized an external review of Illinois' state education policies designed to complement an extensive, in-depth benchmarking analysis of the state's academic standards and assessments completed by Achieve earlier in the year. The...

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