Assessments

This report details the work of the 15 states in Achieve's ADP Assessment Consortium to develop, set standards for and administer rigorous Algebra I and II exams that assess not only achievement in the course students completed, but also readiness...

In the spring of 2008, nearly ninety thousand students across twelve of the fourteen states in the partnership took the ADP Algebra II end-of-course exam for the first time. This report, released as the scores from the first administration are...

< Continuing Achieve’s work to gauge the public's awareness of and support for the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and aligned common assessments, a national poll was commissioned in May 2012 to build on the results of Achieve’s August...

Achieve, in partnership with Education First, the Aspen Institute, and the Insight Education Group developed a resource for state legislators to help them understand the Common Core State Standards and their role in supporting the implementation of...

In partnership, Achieve, the Council of Chief State School Officers and EducationCounsel have developed State Transition to High-Quality, College/Career-Ready Assessments: A Workbook for State Action on Key Policy, Legal and Technical Issues. Over...

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...

A core tenet of competency-based pathways (CBP) is that accurate, credible and useful student assessment information plays an essential role in supporting learning. Assessments should be a meaningful learning experience for students, provide rich...

Measures that Matter is 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 from...