Career Readiness

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Aligning the College Readiness and Completion Agendas

This plenary session took place at the ADP Leadership Team Meeting in Alexandria, Virginia on Sept. 1, 2010. Juliet García, Chancellor, University of Texas at Brownsville William Kirwan, Chancellor, University System of Maryland Jamie Merisotis,...
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Promoting College and Career Readiness in ESEA Reauthorization

This plenary session took place at the ADP Leadership Team Meeting in Alexandria, Virginia on Sept. 2, 2010. It featured: Michael Casserly, Executive Director, The Council of Great City Schools Kati Haycock, President, The Education Trust Carmel...

Key Steps to Building a Communications Strategy

This document seeks to lay out the key steps states should take as they develop or refine their own communications and outreach strategies, with a specific focus on strategies aligned to support the policies of the college- and career-ready agenda.

Communicating Internally and Externally

Communicating clearly, frequently and with consistency is key to sustaining a successful college- and career-ready agenda in your state. Regardless of what your state has done so far to communicate about the college- and career-ready agenda, it is...

Audience Mapping: The Why, How and What to Look For

A strategic communications plan should always include an assessment that identifies your key audiences and gauges their awareness of and support for your reform efforts. This piece is essential for your college- and career-ready communications and...

College- and Career-Ready Communications & Outreach Plan Template

This communications and outreach plan template aims to lay out the major issues for consideration in the planning of a communications strategy. You may find all of it useful – or only certain elements – and it was designed to be used flexibly, so...

"Do's and Don'ts" for Advocating College and Career Readiness

This document provides and overview of "Do's and Don'ts" for Advocating College and Career Readiness.

Closing the Expectations Gap 2011 PowerPoint

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...
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The Next Horizon of the College and Career-ready Policy Agenda

States across the country have made significant progress adopting and implementing key college- and career-ready reforms designed to prepare students for success after high school in postsecondary education and the workforce. During this plenary...
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Opening Session: Supporting the Climb to Higher Expectations

Michael Cohen, President, Achieve, launched the ADP Network Leadership Team Meeting by reflecting on the remarkable success of ADP states over the last six years and the significant opportunities to accelerate that success moving forward. The annual...

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