Assessments

Measures that Matter was a joint effort by Achieve and The Education Trust to provide strategic and technical assistance to states in creating college- and career-ready assessment and accountability systems that ensure that all students graduate...

This report, released by the International Benchmarking Advisory Group , provides states a roadmap for benchmarking their K-12 education systems against those of top-performing nations. It explains the urgent need for action and outlines what states...

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...

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...

Achieve developed this guide to suggest ways that postsecondary systems, institutions and others can support states as they develop plans for the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) competition that will drive significant reforms in K-12 education. It...

Since 2004, Achieve has worked to align high school expectations with the demands of the real world to ensure all students graduate from high schools with the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in their next steps. Through the American...

To help state leaders build strategies for sustaining their education agendas over the long run, Achieve launched "Taking Root: Strategies for Sustaining the College- and Career-Ready Agenda," generously funded by the GE Foundation. Through this...

Over the past few years, a majority of states have made college and career readiness a top policy priority. In that time, states have made real progress enacting ambitious policies, such as raising standards and graduation requirements in high...

Each year, on the anniversary of the 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools, Achieve releases an annual 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and careers. Closing the Expectations Gap,...