Postsecondary Alignment

Closing the Expectations Gap 2006

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...

An Alignment Analysis of Washington State’s College Readiness Mathematics Standards With Various Local Placement Tests

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...

Creating a World-Class Education System in Ohio

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...

Aligned Expectations? A Closer Look at College Admissions and Placement Tests

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

Aligning High School Graduation Requirements with the Real World: A Road Map for States

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...

Closing the Expectations Gap 2008

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,...

Out of Many, One: Toward Rigorous Common Core Standards from the Ground Up

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:...

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...

Creating a P-20 Continuum of Actionable Academic Indicators of Student Readiness

This policy brief is a guide for state education policy leaders to use in selecting and prioritizing academic performance indicators that illuminate student readiness for college and career across the P-20 spectrum. These indicators can be built...

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