Postsecondary Alignment

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...

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...

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

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...

By 2008, the efforts by individual states to set college- and career-ready standards for high school graduates led to a remarkable degree of consistency in English and mathematics requirements. This “common core” – detailed in “Out of Many, One:...

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,...

Achieve developed a policy brief entitled, " Aligning High School Graduation Requirements with the Real World: A Road Map for States ." The Road Map addresses the most frequently cited challenges of policy design as well as strategies for...

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,...

Over the past few years, a majority of states have made college and career readiness a top policy priority. In that time, states have made real progress enacting ambitious policies, such as raising standards and graduation requirements in high...

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.