Assessments

In 2004 Delaware asked Achieve to analyze the quality of the state's high school content standards in math and English language arts (ELA) and its course-taking requirements to determine if its expectations are sufficient to prepare students for...

At the request of state officials, Achieve reviewed Pennsylvania’s newly established Assessment Anchors and related Eligible Content statements in reading and mathematics and analyzed their alignment with the state’s assessments. This report...

Achieve was asked by the Washington State Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission, Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction, and the Partnership for Learning to conduct a study of the 10th grade Washington Assessment of Student...

Closing the Expectations Gap 2006: An Annual 50-State Progress Report on the Alignment of High School Policies with the Demands of College and Work. Results from Achieve's survey of all 50 states on a key subset of the policies from the 2005...

Since 2004, Achieve has worked with the Transition Mathematics Project (TMP), a collaborative project of K-12 schools, community and technical colleges, and baccalaureate institutions within the state of Washington, as it developed mathematics...

At the request of the Hawaii Department of Education, Achieve conducted a study of Hawaii’s 2005 grade 10 State Assessment in reading and mathematics. The study compared the content, rigor and passing (meets proficiency) scores on Hawaii’s...

Creating a World-Class Education System in Ohio is intended for Ohio policymakers and all other stakeholders interested in moving Ohio’s K-12 system to world-class levels. The report was commissioned by Achieve with its fact base, international...

This Achieve report examines what admissions and placement tests measure with recommendations for K-12 and higher education policymakers.

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,...