Career Readiness

Taking Root - Lessons Learned for Sustaining the College- and Career-Ready Agenda

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...
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National Higher Education Leadership Summit

The Honorable Michael F. Easley, Governor, The State of North Carolina addresses the National Higher Education Leadership Summit, January 22, 2007, Washington, D.C. For more information visit http://www.achieve.org

Closing the Expectations Gap 2007 PowerPoint

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,...
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The Importance of Education as a National Issue

The Honorable Roy Romer discusses the importance of education as a national issue at the American Diploma Project Network Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. at the Fairmont Hotel on June 4, 2007. He served as Chairman of ED in '08 and is...

The Perkins Act of 2006: Connecting Career and Technical Education with the College and Career Readiness Agenda

Policymakers and educators around the nation are wrestling with an important challenge – how to raise expectations for high school achievement, while increasing relevance and engagement in learning to keep students in school. Career and technical...

Closing the Expectations Gap 2008 PowerPoint

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,...

Building Blocks of Success: Higher Level Math for All Students

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...
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2008 American Diploma Project Leadership Team Meeting - Dr. Craig R. Barrett Keynote

Dr. Craig R. Barrett, Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation and co-chair of Achieve's board, at Achieve's Annual ADP Network Leadership Team Meeting in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2008.

Work Readiness Certification and Industry Credentials: What Do State High School Policy Makers Need To Know?

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...

Measures that Matter

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...

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