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.
Ready or Not is the culminating report of the original American Diploma Project (ADP), a multi-year research project that led to the development of the ADP Benchmarks, end-of-high school expectations in mathematics and English Language Arts. Based...
The Building Blocks of Success: Higher Level Math for All Students explores the intellectual and practical benefits to all students of taking higher-level mathematics courses in high school, focusing on college access and success, workplace and...
In an effort to identify low skills jobs, opportunities for advancement within and out of those low skills jobs, and the skills most required across those jobs (compared to those skills required for middle skills jobs), Achieve commissioned an...
In this literature review - The Future of the U.S. Workforce: Middle Skills Jobs and the Growing Importance of Postsecondary Education - Achieve summarizes and synthesizes that research to help policymakers and advocates understand the research base...
To inform and rally more advocates within the business community, Achieve and the GE Foundation have developed Business Resources for a College- and Career-Ready America for business leaders interested in supporting college- and career-ready...
Achieve, in partnership with Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) , conducted a national survey of almost 4,700 human resource (HR) professionals from across nine industries to better understand how the skills mismatch affects companies’...
This report identifies the types and ranges of college- and career-ready skills reflected in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in mathematics and English Language Arts/Literacy, using two sets of skills statements – the Deeper Learning...
With all 50 states and the District of Columbia having adopted college- and career-ready standards in English and mathematics, Achieve's eighth annual "Closing the Expectations Gap" report shows how all states are aligning those standards with...
The student performance indicators that states include in school- and district-level report cards and accountability systems should tell a story about what matters most to the states. Looking at these report cards and accountability systems, the...
