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Author(s):	Alliance for Excellent Education
Title:	Call for action: Transforming teaching and learning to prepare high school students for college and careers
Source:	http://www.all4ed.org/files/TransformingTeachin...
Date:	2010
Organization:	Alliance for Excellent Education
Short Description:	The need for new forms of schooling with a learner-centered focus underlies the urgency to retool and enhance the systems that are used to leverage improvements in teaching and learning. In order to transform education at this most fundamental level, policy leaders and educators must focus on crafting integrated systems for defining and developing teacher effectiveness.
Annotation:	The need for new forms of schooling with a learner-centered focus underlies the urgency to retool and enhance the systems that are used to leverage improvements in teaching and learning. In order to transform education at this most fundamental level, policy leaders and educators must focus on crafting integrated systems for defining and developing teacher effectiveness. These policies must take into account capacity building for educators. Solutions cannot be brief or superficial; they must address widespread inconsistencies in what students are expected to achieve and the knowledge and competencies teachers must bring to ensure their success. This brief examines the misalignment of current policies that shape teacher development in the United States and suggests ways to reframe human capital systems to deliver on the promise of next-generation learning.
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The common core state standards: Implications for higher education in the west

What savings are produced by moving to a four-day school week?

Digest of education statistics 2010, and mini-digest of education statistics 2010

Stuck schools revisited: Beneath the averages

Engaging adjunct and full-time faculty in student success innovation

Professional development for afterschool practitioners: The first year of the Palm Beach County Afterschool Educator Certificate program

Projections of education statistics to 2019

The economic value of higher teacher quality

Speaking of salaries: What it will take to get qualified, effective teachers in all classrooms

Ready by 21 case study: Petaluma

Stretching the school dollar: A brief for state policymakers

Designing STEM pathways through early college: Ohio's metro early college high school

Clearing the path: Creating innovation space for serving over-age, under-credited students in competency-based pathways

Federal policy guidance issued on the rights of undocumented school children

A state policymaker's guide to expanding learning time

Investing in education powers US competitiveness: Education funding must be preserved

Congressional budget action for fiscal year 2012 and its impact on education funding

Increasing teacher diversity: Strategies to improve the teacher workforce

State test score trends through 2008-09, Part 4: Is achievement improving and are gaps narrowing for Title 1 students?

The CollegeKeys Compact: Getting into college: A cross-cohort examination of college preparations by lower-SES students

From birth to college: Findings from Year 1 of a process evaluation of the University of chicago charter school model

The nation's report card: Trial urban district assessment mathematics 2011

Advocacy in action toolkit

Different approaches to dual enrollment: Understanding program features and their implications

Principal-counselor toolkit

Lining up: The relationship between the common core state standards and five sets of comparison standards

Innovation at scale: How Virginia community colleges are collaborating to improve developmental education and increase student success

Serving adult learners in higher education: Prinicples of effectiveness (Executive summary)

Testing the impact of Higher Achivement's year-round out-of-school-time program on academic outcomes

A parent's guide to Response to Intervention (RTI)

All Kinds of Minds

Crafting a new vision for high school: How states can join academic and technical studies to promote more powerful learning

Early college high schools in Ohio: Core principles

Missouri guidance and placement lessons: Applying employment readiness skills and the skills for on-the-job success

How does the United States stack up? International comparisons of academic achievement

Organizing instruction and study to improve student learning

Value-added analysis and education policy

Core problems: Out-of-field teaching persists in key academic courses and high-poverty schools

Removing the roadblocks: Fair college opportunities for all California students

Building a college culture: Needs, goals, principles. and a case study

Creating postsecondary pathways to good jobs for young high school dropouts: The possibilities and the challenges

Literacy instruction in the content areas: Getting to the core of middle and high school improvement

State indicators of science and mathematics education: 2007

ETS Policy Notes: Addressing achievement gaps: The language acquisition and educational achievement of English-language learners

The Pangloss Index: How states game the No Child Left Behind Act

The status of African Americans in engineering: Confronting the "new" American dilemma

National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy

A mission of the heart: What does it take to transform a school?

Condition of education 2008

A new goal for America's high schools: College preparation for all

The misplaced math student: Lost in eighth-grade Algebra

Why high stakes accountability sounds good but doesn't work - And why we keep on doing it anyway

A stronger nation through higher education: How and why Americans must meet a "big goal" for college attainment

College-ready students, student-ready colleges: An agenda for improving degree completion in postsecondary education

Ensuring equal opportunity in public education: How local school district funding policies hurt disadvantaged students and what federal policy can do about it

Facts for education advocates: School counseling, access and persistence

Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL)

Background and context for equity audits

Top 10 higher education state policy issues for 2010

Standards in practice: An instructional gap analysis

Features of state response to intervention initatives in Northeast and Islands Region states

Bringing off-track youth into the center of high school reform: Lessons and tools from leading communities

What we must to do to create a system that prepares students for college success

Parent and caregiver activities to create a college-going culture

Teacher and staff activities to create a college-going culture

Beyond high school: Improving transition programs for postsecondary education

Stalled in secondary: A look at student achievement since the No Child Left Behind act

Building a career pathways system: Promising practices in community college-centered workforce development

Every child a graduate: A framework for an excellent education for all middle and high school students

Ready for tomorrow: Helping all students achieve secondary and postsecondary success

Report of Rhode Island case study site visit

Student success: Statewide P-16 systems -- curriculum and assessment systems

Dollars and sense: The cost effectiveness of small schools

Success for All Foundation

Crisis or possibility? Conversations about the American high school

College rankings reformed: The case for a new order in higher education

Measuring what matters: Creating a longitudinal data system using data to improve student achievement

America's high schools: The frontline in the battle for our economic future

Student success: Statewide P-16 systems -- early outreach

Resource guide for action: Transforming high schools for all youth

Bridging the gap between high school and college

Joint platform for education reform

Working together: Aligning state systems and policies for individual and regional prosperity

High school to college and careers: Aligning state policies

Double the work: Challenges and solutions to acquiring academic literacy for adolescent English language learners

Why the crisis in adolescent literacy demands a national response

Writing next: Effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high school

Early childhood education: Investing in quality makes sense

From cradle to career: Connecting American education from birth through adulthood; California state report

No Child Left Behind: State report card 2005-2006

Returning to learning: Adults' success in college is key to America's future

Educational programs and projects that address the needs of low-income students

Results that matter: Twenty-first century skills and high school reform

Statement of principals: Twenty-first century skills and the reauthorization of NCLB/ESEA

LearnMore Indiana 2006-07 report: Results of Indiana's career and college information survey of students in grades 9 and 11

Putting English language learners on the educational map: The No Child Left Behind Act implemented

Indiana's best buys: An in-depth look at Hoosier high schools

A plan to improve the quality of teaching in American schools

Building a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) agenda

Are private high schools better academically than public high schools?

The postsecondary achievement of participants in dual enrollment: An analysis of student outcomes in two states

Schools need good leaders now: State progress in creating a learning-centered school leadership system

Retooling career and technical education

Establishing an effective guidance and advisement system

The progress of education reform: Dual enrollment

Improving college readiness and success for all students: A joint responsibility between K-12 and postsecondary education

Helping students make good decisions and act on them: The real meaning of guidance and advisement

Realizing the college dream (English and Spanish versions)

Middle school practices improve student achievement in high poverty schools

A synthesis of recommendations for improving U.S. science and mathematics education

The promise of Baldrige for K-12 education

Helping equip teachers to answer students' questions on college knowledge

College access: A framework for systemic program development

A report on the status of Hispanics in education: Overcoming a history of neglect

Asking the right questions: A judicial checklist to ensure that the educational needs of children and youth in foster care are being addressed

Guidance and career counselor's toolkit: Advising high school students with disabilities on postsecondary options

Emerging evidence on improving high school graduation and improvement rates: The effects of four popular improvement programs

Highlights from TIMSS 2011: Mathematics and science achievement of U.S. fourth and eighth-grade students in an international context

No child left behind waivers: Promising ideas from second round applications

Learning from the successes and failures of charter schools

The common core state standards: Caution and opportunity for early childhood education

The reality of college readiness 2012: National report

Raising the bar: Aligning and elevating teacher preparation and the teaching profession

Improving the college scorecard: Using student feedback to create an effective disclosure

The College Board 2012 national survey of school counselors and administrators: Report on survey findings: Barriers and supports to school counselor success

Sustaining service learning in your school: Staying the course

Undergraduate teaching faculty: The 2010-11 HERI faculty survey

Autonomy and innovation: Systemic change in a decentralized state

Accountability issues to watch under NCLB waivers

K-12 postsecondary alignment and school accountability: Investigating high school responses to California's early assessment program

Highlights from PIRLS 2011: Reading achievement of U.S. fourth grade students in an international context

Ahead of the curve: State success in the developmental education initiative

Portable, stackable credentials: A new education model for industry-specific career pathways

Aligning competencies to rigorous standards for off-track youth: A case study of Boston Day and Evening Academy

Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center

Partnership for Learning

Engaging Mexican Immigrant Parents in Their Children's Education: A Guide for Teachers

Relationships between students' high school and middle school experiences and later completion of a Bachelor's degree

No child left behind: What it means for parents

Closing the expectations gap 2007: An annual 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and work

Using PLAN to identify student readiness for advanced courses in high school

What kind of test preparation is best?

Using EPAS™ to evaluate school-based intervention programs: GEAR UP

Value added assessment: Accountability's new frontier

Building bridges to college and careers: Contextualized basic skills programs at community colleges

All students college-ready: Findings from the Foundation's education work, 2000-2006

Addressing America's dropout challenge: State efforts to boost graduation rates require federal support

Expanding learning time in high schools

Accelerated learning for all

Inside the black box of high-performing high-poverty schools

Closing educational achievement gaps for Latino/a students in Utah

The Breakthrough High School project

Higher education accountability for student learning

Setting the '08 education agenda for the nation: Aligning early learning, K-12, and postsecondary systems

Indiana campus compact

The challenges of change: Learning from the child care and early education experiences of immigrant families

A resource guide for adolescent literacy

Database of 21st century skills assessments

NCLB and high schools

Virtual schools and 21st century skills

Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2006

Dropout prevention for students with disabilities: A critical issue for state education agencies

From cradle to career: Connecting American education from birth through adulthood; Alabama state report

Ladders of learning: Fighting fade-out by advancing pK-3 alignment

Effective preschool curricula and teaching strategies

Quality Counts 2007: State Highlights Reports

Pre-K and Latinos: The foundation for America's future

Financing lifelong learning: Potential of and problems with individual learning accounts in three countries

Qualified teachers for at-risk schools: A national imperative

The postsecondary educational experiences of high school career and technical education concentrators: Selected results from the NELS: 88/2000 Postsecondary education transcript study

Building academic skills in context: Testing the value of advanced math learning in career and technical education

Going to scale with high-quality early education: Choices and consequences in universal pre-Kindergarten efforts

Early childhood investment yields big payoff

Making middle grades work

Talent Development High Schools

Increasing academic rigor in high schools: Stakeholder perspectives

Charting a new course for career and technical education

Linking career/technical studies to broader high school reform

A road map for learning: Improving educational outcomes in foster care: A strategic guide for success in school

The relationship between advanced placement and college graduation

Increasing the achievement of Native American youth at early college high schools

A test of leadership: Charting the future of U.S. higher education

Tennessee P-16 policy roundtable: Summary report

Best evidence encyclopedia: Center for data-driven reform in education

The talent development high school model: Context, components, and initial impacts on ninth-grade students' engagement and performance

Student success: Statewide P-16 systems -- data and accountability systems

Appropriate use of high stakes testing in our schools: How should student learning and achievement be measured

All over the map: State policies to improve the high school

State high school exit exams: A maturing reform

How is school reform tied to increasing college access and success for low income and minority youth

What role can dual enrollment programs play in easing the transition between high school and postsecondary education

The American diploma project: Overview of research

Latino students and the educational pipeline: From middle school to the workforce

How do career interventions impact the educational choices of eighth-grade students

Beyond empty promises: Policies to improve transitions into colleges and jobs

Work-based learning and higher education: A research perspective

Choosing to improve: Voices from colleges and universities with better graduation rates

Ticket to nowhere: The gap between leaving high school and entering college and high performance jobs

Summary of Indiana policy environment to support and sustain early college high schools

Ready for college and ready for work: Same or different

BC AVID: Early implementation report

Counselor and college access provider activities to create a college-going culture

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

Adult education for work: Transforming adult education to build a skilled workforce

Common Core State Standards Initiative

Educational Policy Improvement Center

College readiness and high school-to-college success

Prevention of disproportionate special education representation using response to education (RTI)

Preparing the workers of today for the jobs of tomorrow

National education standards: Getting beneath the surface

College readiness for all toolbox

Investing in disadvantaged young children is an economically efficient policy

Child trends: Education

Helping students navigate the path to college: What high schools can do

Developing a college-going culture in a middle school: A toolkit

No Excuses University Network

Growing pains: Scaling up the nation's best charter schools

Southern Education Foundation (SEF)

Pathways to College Network

Linking secondary and postsecondary systems: Lessons from Indiana

The historic opportunity to get college readiness right: The Race to the Top fund and postsecondary education

Education reform starts early: Lessons from New Jersey's PreK-3rd reform efforts

Equitable resources in low income schools: Teacher equity and the Federal Title 1 comparability requirement

Que pasa? Are English language learning students remaining in English learning classes too long?

Comprehensive school reform: Meta-analytic evidence of black-white achievement gap narrowing

Learning around the clock: Benefits of expanded learning opportunities for older youth

From high school to the future: The pathway to 20

State early commitment programs: A contract for college success?

Removing roadblocks to rigor: Linking academic and social supports to ensure college readiness and success

The state of learning disabilities 2009

On the front lines of schools: Perspectives of teachers and principals on the high school dropout problem

Putting middle grades students on the graduation path: A policy and practice brief

Dynamic annotated bibliographies from the IPCN online college access library

College readiness for the 21st century: A blog on college readiness in practice and policy

A critical mission: Making adolescent reading an immediate priority in SREB states

The economic impact of the achievement gap in America's schools

Campaign for High School Equity

College For Every Student

On ramp to college: A state policymaker's guide to dual enrollment

Federal Education Budget Project

Lessons learned: New teachers talk about their jobs, challenges, and long-range plans

No Child Left Behind - standards, assessment, and accountability

Education beyond the rhetoric: Making rigor something "real"

Race matters: Unequal opportunities in education

50-state analysis of the preparation of teachers and the conditions for teaching: Results from the NCES schools and staffing survey

Early and often: Designing a comprehensive system of financial aid information

Given half a chance: The Schott 50 state report on public education and black males

College access and success state data

College tools for schools

State future workforce gap summaries

Facts for education advocates

The transformative individual school counseling model: An accountability model for urban school counselors

Postsecondary connection: Making the link between high school preparation and college success

Making the dream a reality: Action steps for states to prepare all students for college and career

Education Commission of the States: Research studies database

Projections of education statistics to 2016

Encouraging girls in math and science

Ohio's career development program

Missouri guidance and placement lessons: Applying career exploration and planning skills in the achievement of life career goals

Knowing how and where to obtain information about the world of work and post-secondary training/education

From aspirations to action: The role of middle school parents in making the dream of college a reality

State Cards (statistical snapshots of high school data by state)

Reaching higher with accountability (working paper)

If small is not enough...The characteristics of successful small high schools in Chicago

Windows on achievement and inequality

National Center for Learning Disabilities

Overcoming obstacles, optimizing opportunities: State policies to increase postsecondary attainment for low-skilled adults

Collaborating for success

Big ideas dropout prevention strategies: Check and Connect

Ramp-up to Readiness

The relevance of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the college completion agenda

State Policies Affecting the “Adult Re-Entry Pipeline” in Postsecondary Education: Results of a Fifty-State Inventory

Transforming education in America

High school dual enrollment programs: Are we fast-tracking students too fast?

Determinants of students' success: The role of advanced placement and dual enrollment programs

Testing the impact of Higher Achievement's year-round out-of-school time program on academic outcomes

Men of color: Ensuring the academic success of Latinos in higher education

Breaking schools' rules: A statewide study of how school discipline relates to students' success and juvenile justice involvement

The midwest challenge: Matching jobs with education in the post-recession economy

Double jeopardy: How third-grade reading skills and poverty influence high school graduation

Measuring inequity in school funding

A big apple for educators: New York City's experiment with schoolwide performance bonuses

Funding education equitably: The "comparability provision" the move to fair and transparent school budgeting systems

Innovations in developmental math: Community colleges enhance support for nontraditional students

Americans want more coverage of teacher performance and student achievement

Shut out of the military: Today's high school education doesn't mean you're ready for today's army

A portrait of school improvement grantees

State policies and procedures on Response to Intervention (RTI) in the Midwest region

Saving now and saving later: How high school reform can reduce the nation's wasted remediation dollars

Supporting data use while protecting the privacy, security and confidentiality of student information: A primer for state policymakers

Housing costs, zoning, and access to high quality schools

California District Report Cards

Hard choices ahead: Performance and policy in Texas higher education

The role of minority-serving institutions in redefining and improving developmental education

Why access matters: The community college student body

On the road to success

Reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education act offers a new chance to improve education

State Cards (statistical snapshots of high school data by state) Updated 2012

Is high school tough enough?

The road to high-quality early education

Bullying and open enrollment

Duration and intensity: No time for cutting corners

Education and the economy: The economic benefits of helping high school dropouts earn both high school diplomas and college degrees

Adolescent literacy

Still on the sidelines: What role will higher education trustees play in higher education reform?

Creating the workforce of the future: The STEM interest and proficiency challenge

Meeting the STEM workforce demand: Accelerating math learning among students interested in STEM

Unbundling youth, family, and community involvement in college access: On the ground in Austin, Texas

Why rural matters 2011-12: Statistical indicators of the condition of rural education in the 50 states

What is "career ready"?

The complexity of college and career readiness

Increasing online learning options for K-12 students: The role of school districts

Promoting quality individualized learning plans: A "how to guide" focused on the high school years

The condition of education 2012 (Website)

Using dual enrollment policy to improve college & career readiness: A web tool for decision makers

The condition of college and career readiness 2012: National report

Using No Child Left Behind waivers to improve english language learner education

Unequal education: Federal loophole enables lower spending on students of color

The role of student learning outcomes for institutional accountability and transparency

Performance-based funding of higher education: A detailed look at best practices in six states

The SAT report on college & career readiness: 2012

"I came in unsure of everything": Community college shifts in students' confidence

Broadening the benefits of dual enrollment: Reaching underachieving and underrepresented students with career-focused programs

Using the right data to determine if high school interventions are working to prepare students for college and careers

Achieve Standards Alignment Tool

Focusing on the essentials for college and career readiness: Policy implications of the ACT national curriculum survey results 2009

New data reveal percent of college credits taken by high school students

Does closing schools cause educational harm? A review of the research

How many schools have not made adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act?

Retaining teacher talent: The view from Generation Y

Promoting a comprehensive approach to educational opportunity: A pilot inventory of education-related federal programs for children and youth

Improving low-performing schools: Lessons from five years of studying school restructuring under No Child Left Behind

Ed.gov Open Innovation Portal

How state education agencies support data-driven decision-making in districts and schools

SREB/Go Alliance

Center on Instruction: Response to Intervention (RTI) resources

National Center on Intervention: RTI state database

Response to Instruction (RtI) guidance document

Response to Intervention policy

Six reasons the Keep our Educators Working Act should be amended to require states receiving funds to end seniority-only teacher-layoff policies

The course of innovation: Using technology to transform higher education

Keeping the promise of change in California's lowest performing schools

Pathway to the baccalaureate: How one community college is helping underprepared students succeed

Career and college planning needs of ninth graders: As reported by ninth graders

Early colllege high school: Increased rigor, enhanced support (videos of Indiana early college high schools)

Understanding costs of credit-based transition programs in Indiana

Expanding access and opportunity: The Washington State Achievers Program

Believing the College Dream (Curriculum guide for college planning)

Which achievement gap?

A policymaker's guide to early college designs: Expanding a strategy for achieving college readiness for all

Winning by degrees: The strategies of highly productive higher-education institutions

Improving Hispanic achievement: Implications for state policy

Measuring adequate yearly progress: What "other" factors besides reading and math

Housing policy is school policy: Economically integrative housing promotes academic success in Montgomery County, Maryland

College success for all: How the Hidalgo independent school district is adopting early college as a district-wide strategy

Central Indiana Talent Alliance

How many schools and districts have not made adequate yearly progress? Four-year trends

Strengthening college opportunity and performance: Federal, state and institutional leadership

Return on educational investment: A district-by-district evaluation of U.S. educational productivity

Experiencing integration in Louisville: How parents and students see the gains and challenges

Building roads to success: Key considerations for communities and states reconnecting youth to education

Financing community schools: Leveraging resources to support student success

Value added of teachers in high-poverty schools and lower-poverty schools

Education and achievement: A focus on Latino "immigrant" children

Examining the role of summer bridge programs in promoting college readiness and completion: Lessons learned from Texas' developmental summer bridges

School connectedness: Strategies for increasing proactive factors among youth

Attendance counts: Advancing student success by reducing chronic absence

Young Hispanic children: Boosting opportunities for learning

America's best (and worst) cities for school reform: Attracting entrepreneurs and change agents

Back on track to college: A Texas school district leverages state policy to put dropouts back on the path to success

State test score trends through 2008-09, Part 1: Rising scores on state tests and NAEP

Time to act: Closing the racial achievement gap

The condition of college and career readiness 2010

Building capacity to promote college- and career-readiness for secondary-level English language learners: Policy brief featuring Austin, Texas

Postsecondary success

Building a learning agenda around disconnected youth

Collaborating to create change: How El Paso Community College improved the readiness of its incoming students through Achieving the Dream

Southern Regional Education Board: Moving Ahead: State progress reports on Challenge to Lead goals

Southern Regional Education Board annual report: The essentials: What really counts in improving education

Building an early childhood professional development system

Schools, families, and Response to Intervention:

The opportunity illusion: Subsidized housing and failing schools in California

Funding career pathways and career pathway bridges: A federal policy toolkit for states

Charting the path from engagement to achievement: A report on the 2009 High School Survey of Student Engagement

Transforming the high school experience: How New York City's new small schools are boosting student achievement and graduation rates

ETS Policy Notes: Advancing learning for our diverse adult population

New America Foundation Early Education Initiative

Models of Response to Intervention in the Northwest Region States

Getting past go project: State reports on the cost of remedial education

Summer reading, summer not: How project READS (Reading Enhances Achievement During Summer) can advance equity

Dual enrollment: Postsecondary/secondary partnerships to prepare students

Recognition and response: An early intervening system for young children at-risk for learning disabilities: Research synthesis and recommendations

Better benefits: Reforming teacher pensions for a changing workforce

The black-white achievement gap: When progress stopped

Student mobility in rural and nonrural districts in five Central region states

A stronger nation through higher education: Why Americans must achieve a "big goal" for college attainment

Mind the gaps: How college readiness narrows achievement gaps in college success

Clearinghouse on foster youth and transition

No time to waste: Policy recommendations for increasing college completion

Taking the next step: The promise of intermediate measures for meeting postsecondary completion goals

Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the challenge of preparing young Americans for the 21st century

Closing the expectations gap 2011

Assessing developmental assessment in community colleges

Breaking barriers: Plotting the path to academic success for school-age african-american males

The degree qualifications profile

The nation's report card: Science 2009

P-20 governance

Profiting from health care: The role of for-profit schools in training the health care workforce

Redesigning community colleges for completion: Lessons from research on high performance organizations

Online learning: Does it help low-income and underprepared students?

Accountability & continuous improvement in remedial education: Getting Past Go Project

Lumina Foundation Focus: Discerning learning: Colleges find new ways to show what students know

Learning communities for students in developmental math: Impact studies at Queensborough and Houston community colleges

Everybody ready for school: How can we ensure high quality early childhood programs?

State high school tests: Exit exams and other assessments

Subprime opportunity: The unfulfilled promise of for-profit colleges and universities

Modeling the role of community colleges in increasing educational attainment and workforce preparedness

Now what? Imperatives and options for common core implementation and governance

Promoting quality: State strategies for overseeing dual enrollment programs

Major differences: Explaining student engagement by field of study: Annual results 2010

Next generation learning: The intelligent use of technology to develop innovative learning models and personalized educational pathways

Unions as partners: Expanding the role of organized labor in workforce development

Insulating the education pipeline to increase postsecondary success

Course-taking patterns, policies, and practices in developmental education in the California community colleges

Something's got to give: California can't improve college completions without rethinking developmental education at its community colleges

Reaching higher: Strategic initiatives for higher education in Indiana (Updated 2010 Version)

Higher education commission helps high schools track graduates' progress

Child poverty and intergenerational mobility

Interim report on the evaluation of the growth model pilot project

Effects of state-mandated standardized tests on student achievement

A new national approach to career navigation for working learners

High school dropouts and the economic losses from juvenile crime in California

Expanding Pathways: Transforming High School Education in California

Indiana Dual Credit Provider Directory

Dual credit in Indiana: Policy barriers identified by the CELL high school-to-college transition project

End-of-course exams: A growing trend in high school-level assessments

Effective teaching: A key to success for all high school students

Eight components of college and career readiness counseling

What are we doing to middle school English learners? Findings and recommendations for change from a study of California EL programs

Postsecondary education and training as we know it is not enough: Why we need to leaven postsecondary strategy with more attention to employment policy, social policy, and career and technical education in high school

College going culture baseline expectations

State college- and career-ready high school graduation requirements comparison table

The quality imperative: A state guide to achieving the promise of extended learning opportunities

How do middle-school grade configurations impact student achievement and behavior?

Should sixth grade be in elementary school or middle school?

Indiana's Growth Model (for measuring student achievement)

Engaged learning in a public university: Trends in the undergraduate experience

A social capital framework for the study of institutional agents & their role in the empowerment of low-status students & youth

Committee for Economic Development (CED)

State R&D and k-12 STEM Education Report Cards

Beating the odds: Analysis of student performance on state assessments and NAEP: Results from the 2008-09 school year

Policies paved the way: Early college innovation in North Carolina

Communities of color: A critical perspective in the Common Standards movement

Expanded time, enriching experiences: Expanded learning time schools and community organization partnerships

Maximum P-12 class size policies

Closing the expectations gap 2010

Can I get a little advice here? How an overstretched high school guidance system is undermining students' college aspirations

This school works for me: Creating choices to boost student achievement: A guide for data analysts

Effective instructional strategies

Postsecondary preparation and remediation: Examining the effect of the early assessment program at California State University

The quality imperative: Match ambitious goals for college attainment with an ambitious vision for learning

Mandating supplemental intervention services: Is New York state doing enough to help all students succeed?

Creating jobs and supporting homeless students

Gold Star School Counseling

Framework for 21st century learning

21st Century skills map

SREB State progress reports 2012

Educational attainment of foster youth: Achievement and graduation outcomes for children in state care

Student voices on the higher education pathway: Preliminary insights & stakeholder engagement concerns

Students with disabilities: Better federal coordination could lessen challenges in transition from high school

Third grade reading policies

The effects of learning communities for students in developmental education

Getting ready for success: Bridging the gap between high school and college in Tacoma, Washington

Bridging the gap: An impact study of eight developmental summer bridge programs in Texas

"They never told me what to expect, so I didn't know what to do": Defining and clarifying the role of a community college student

Development, discouragement, or diversion? New evidence on the effects of college remediation

The competition that really matters: Comparing U.S., Chinese, and Indian investments in the next-generation workforce

Common core state standards & career and technical education: Bridging the divide between college and career readiness

The causes and consequences of attending historically black colleges and universities

Common Core implementation workbook

Workforce Investment Act reauthorization may move youth development field back a decade: Analysis of H.R. 4297 through a youth advocacy lens

Supporting education policy and practice through common data standards: A policymaker's guide

Easing the transition from combat to classroom: Preserving America's investment in higher education for military veterans through institutional assessment

Boosting postsecondary education performance

Preparing all teachers to meet the needs of English Language Learners: Applying research to policy and practice for teacher effectiveness

Competency-based degree programs in the US: Postsecondary credentials for measurable student learning and performance

The economic case for higher education

Close, but no degree: Removing barriers to degree-completion and economic advancement in New Jersey

Effective practices for developing the literacy skills of english language learners in the english language arts classroom

Digest of Education Statistics 2011

Raising the bar from Ready by 21 to credentialed by 26: Highlights from community and state efforts

What can we learn from law school? Legal education reflects issues found in all of higher education

Meeting the STEM workforce challenge: Leveraging higher education's untapped potential to prepare tomorrow's STEM workforce

Opportunity road: The promise and challenge of America's forgotten youth

Unrealized promises: Unequal access, affordability, and excellence at community colleges in Southern California

Beyond the master plan: The case for restructuring baccalaureate education in California

Work-integrated learning and career-ready students: Examining the evidence

Launching early college districtwide: Pharr San Juan-Alamo's "college for all" strategy

The educational experience of young men of color: A review of research, pathways and progress

Do high stakes placement exams predict college success?

Positive student outcomes in community schools: Providing services that meet the many needs of students and parents

Chartering equity: Using charter school legislation and policy to advance equal educational opportunity

Pathways through graduate school and into careers

Opportunity for action: Preparing youth for 21st century livelihoods

Federal higher education policy and the profitable nonprofits

Achievement gaps: How Hispanic and white students in public schools perform in mathematics and reading perform on the national assessment of educational progress

Opportunity-rich schools and sustainable communities: Seven steps to align high-quality education with innovations in city and metropolitan planning and development

Credit recovery and proficiency-based credit: Maintaining high expectations while providing flexibility

Gender inequalities in education

Performance-based funding: A re-emerging strategy in public higher education financing

America's Promise Alliance dropout prevention summits

IES What Works Clearinghouse: Find what works

Using linked data to drive education and training improvement

Linking costs and postsecondary degrees: Key issues for policymakers

Online and hybrid course enrollment and performance in Washington State Community and Technical Colleges

The high school longitudinal study of 2009: A first look at Fall 2009 ninth graders

From information to action: Revamping higher education accountability systems

Debt to degree: A new way of measuring college success

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Maximizing the promise of community schools: Streamlining wraparound services for ESEA

Giving credit where credit is due: Creating a competency-based qualifications framework for postsecondary education and training

Spotlight on the common core state standards: What do teachers need to know?

Education and the economy: Boosting state and national economies by improving high school graduation rates

Are bad schools immortal?

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Accelerating college readiness: Lessons from North Carolina's innovator early colleges

A green career pathways framework: Postsecondary and employment success for low-income, disconnected youth

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Test, punish, and push out: How zero tolerance and high-stakes testing funnel youth into the school to prison pipeline

Telling it like it is: Youth speak out on the school to prison pipeline

Whose schools? Our schools! Get involved: An action guide for parent participation in education

Making the case: Engaging education partners in addressing the education needs of children in foster care

Student voices: What makes a great teacher?

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Community college access and affordability for occupational and nontraditional students

Suggested practices to improve educational outcomes of children living in foster care: Recommendations for school districts

Hidalgo early college district toolkit

Special education in high school redesign

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Achievement and attainment in Chicago charter schools

More student success: A systemic solution

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National evaluation of GEAR UP: A summary of the first two years

Early intervention program and college partnerships

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Strategic directions in Indiana education

The Study Skills Guide for Students

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The student to counselor ratio: Does it matter?

State policies to bring adult learning into focus

Opening doors to postsecondary education and training: Planning for life after high school

Career pathways: A strategy for transforming America's workforce education systems to support economic growth

Getting students to meet challenging academic and career goals: Involving school mentors, parents, and community leaders

A little now for a lot later: A look at a Texas advanced placement incentive program

Are public schools really losing their "best"? Assessing the career transitions of teachers and their implications for the quality of the teacher workforce

The future of public education in New Orleans

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Mental health in school and school improvement: Current status, concerns, and new directions

Still looking to the future: Voluntary K-12 student integration: A manual for parents, educators, and advocates

Their fair share: How Texas-sized gaps in teacher quality shortchange low-income and minority students

The Perkins Act of 2006: Connecting career and technical education with the college and career readiness agenda

The costs and benefits of an excellent education for all of America's children

Education's best kept secret

Cognitive behavioral interventions: An effective approach to help students with disabilities stay in school

The Condition of Latinos in education: 2008 Factbook

Indiana Graduation Plan Statute

Advanced placement subcommittee: Policy barriers identified

Black Alliance for Educational Options

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The costs of failure factories in American higher education

Case studies of leading edge small urban high schools

State policies on student transitions: Results of a 50-state inventory

Alternative High School Initiative (AHSI)

Indiana Partnerships Center

The building blocks of success: Higher-level math for all students

Career and technical education in the United States: 1990-2005

Career academies: Long-term impacts on labor market outcomes, educational attainment, and transitions to adulthood

Toward a national workforce education and training policy

National Indian Education Study 2007 Part II: The educational experiences of American Indian and Alaska Native students in grades 4 and 8

Confronting the "new" American dilemma: Underrepresented minorities in engineering: A data-based look at diversity (Executive Summary)

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Funding dual credit programs: What do we know? What should we know?

Beyond test scores: Leading indicators for education

Teacher turnover, tenure policies, and the distribution of teacher quality: Can high-poverty schools catch a break?

Growing pains in the advanced placement program: Do tough trade-offs lie ahead?

The accountability illusion

The nation's report card: 2007 At a glance

InService: The ASCD community blog

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A developmental perspective on college and workplace readiness

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Charter schools in eight states: Effects on achievement, attainment, integration, and competition

Paving the road to college: How school counselors help students succeed

Closing the expectations gap 2009: Fourth annual 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and careers

Diplomas count 2008 (Indiana state report): School to college: Can P-16 councils ease the transition

Ready to assemble: A model state higher education accountability system

College outcomes comparisons by AP and non-AP high school experiences

Improving student success by strengthening developmental education in community colleges: The role of state policy

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Mythbusting: Breaking down confidentiality and decision-making barriers to meet the education needs of children in foster care

The nation's report card: NAEP 2008: Trends in academic progress

Parsing the achievement gap II

Grade retention: Achievement and mental health outcomes

A synthesis of grade retention research: Looking backward and moving forward

Using increased funding under the Workforce Investment Act to create multiple pathways to marketable postsecondary credentials and middle-class employment

A survival analysis of student mobility and retention in Indiana charter schools:

Work-based learning in California: Opportunities and models for expansion

The status of state-level Response to Intervention (RTI) policies and procedures in the West region states and five other states

On the cusp in California: How PreK-3rd strategies could improve education in the Golden State

Removing roadblocks to rigor: Linking academic and social supports to ensure college readiness and success: Executive summary

Deloitte 2009 education survey overview: Redefining high school as a launch pad

Four steps to finishing first in higher education: A guide for state policymakers

The promise of proficiency: How college proficiency information can help high schools drive student success

Ready for tomorrow: Six proven ideas to graduate and prepare more students for college and 21st-century careers

Reducing behavior problems in the elementary school classroom

Projections of education statistics to 2018

Improving low performing high schools: Searching for evidence of promise

Social programs that work: What works and what doesn't work in social policy: Findings from well-designed randomized controlled trials

Creating college readiness: Profiles of 38 schools that know how

Helping Latinas succeed in school: How schools can address barriers to high school graduation

The schools teachers leave: Workforce mobility in Chicago public schools

Background and supporting evidence for Adult Education for Work

Seamless Pathways : A Symposium on Improving Transitions From High School to College

BC AVID: Early Implementation Report -- Executive Summary

Career planning: Students need help starting early and staying focused

High schools for the new millennium

Focus on results: An academic impact analysis of the Knowledge is Power Program

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Transition from high school to postsecondary education and employment for students with disabilities

It's kind of different: Student experiences in two early college high schools

Integrating grades 9 through 14: State policies to support and sustain early college high school

Add it up: Using research to improve education for low-income and minority students

An action agenda for improving America's high schools

Improving the middle grades: Actions that can be taken now

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Beyond college for all: Policies and practices to improve transitions into college and jobs

Improving college access for minority, low-income, and first-generation students

The relationship of high school graduation exams to graduation rates and SAT scores

The early college high school: The initiative at a glance

Network news: Focus on P-16 partnerships

Betraying the college dream: How disconnected K-12 and postsecondary education systems undermine student aspirations

School-business partnerships: Seven strategies for success

Research brief: How do career interventions impact the educational choices of eighth grade students

The postsecondary education experiences of high school career and technical education concentrators

Involving families in high school and college expectations

Update to state dual enrollment policies: Addressing access and quality

Paying double: Inadequate high schools and community college remediation

Dollars and sense II: Lessons from good, cost-effective small schools

Redesigning high schools to prepare students for the future

High school reform and work: Facing labor market realities

Meeting five critical challenges of high school reform: Lessons from research on three reform models

Unfinished business: More measured approaches in standards-based reform

What do we know: Seeking effective math and science instruction

Finance and resource issues in high school reform

Evaluating the effectiveness of technology in our schools

Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Enhancing high school reform: Lessons from site visits to four cities

Report on key practices and policies of consistently higher performing high schools

Career and technical education reforms and comprehensive school reforms in high schools: Their impact on education outcomes for at-risk youth

Results that matter: New technology high school at a glance

The relationship between career development and educational development: A selected review of the literature

Career development interventions and academic self-efficacy: A pilot study

Supporting high school students in the transition to college

Promising practices: School to career and postsecondary education for foster care youth

High Tech High Foundation

Saving futures, saving dollars: The impact of education on crime reduction and earnings

Hitting home: Quality, cost, and access challenges confronting higher education today

Student loan forgiveness programs

Improving literacy outcomes for English language learners in high school: Considerations for states and districts in developing a coherent policy framework

Helping adult learners make the transition to postsecondary education

The career pathways how-to guide

Career pathways: Aligning public resources to support individual and regional economic advancement in the knowledge economy

Building pathways to success for low-skill adult students: Lessons for community college policy and practice from a longitudinal student tracking study

Labor force participation in formal work-related education in 2000-01

Getting there–and beyond: Building a culture of college-going in high schools

The language of opportunity: Expanding employment prospects for adults with limited English skills

School-to-career and post-secondary education: Evidence from the Philadelphia educational longitudinal study

Charter high schools: Closing the achievement gap

Practical guidelines for the education of English language learners: Research based recommendations for instruction and academic interventions

Embedding college readiness indicators in high school curriculum and assessment

Just for the kids

Educational vouchers for universal preschools

College learning for the new global century

Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2004

Affirmation and discovery: Learning from successful community college developmental programs in Texas

The learning season: The untapped power of summer to advance student achievement

Making performance accountability work: English lessons for U.S. community colleges

From cradle to career: Connecting American education from birth through adulthood; Colorado state report

Alabama education quick facts 2007

Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2004

Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2006

Toward ensuring a smooth transition into high school

Findings from the early college high school initiative: A look at best practices and lessons learned regarding a dual enrollment program

New Hampshire's multi-tiered approach to dropout prevention

Asian Pacific Islander American Students and U.S. high schools

Learning to change: School coaching for systemic reform

Students as allies in improving their schools

Teaching all students to high standards in mixed-ability classrooms

Improving math performance

Creating a culture of literacy: A guide for middle and high school principals

Key elements to improve middle and high school adolescent literacy programs

The national articulation and transfer network

Preparing for success: How Head Start helps children with disabilities and their families

Focus on dropout factories: Associated press article spotlights low-performing high schools, draws criticism from many school officials

A commitment to America's future: Responding to the crisis in mathematics and science education

Reforming American high schools: Case studies and resources on best practices

Using rigorous evidence to improve policy and practice

Setting the '08 education agenda for the nation: Benchmarking to international standards while protecting the public's traditional commitment to a comprehensive education

Students with learning disabilities transitioning from high school to college

Improving quality and equity in education: Inspriring a new century of excellence in teaching and assessment

PISA 2006: OECD Briefing notes for the United States

Opportunity in America: The role of education

First ask, then listen: How to get your students to help you teach them better

Making writing essential to teen lives

A call to action: Why America must innovate

Giving students a chance to achieve: Getting off to a fast and successful start in grade nine

Setting the stage for new high schools: Municipal leadership in supporting high school alternatives

School readiness: Closing racial and ethnic gaps

A noble opportunity: Leading education change through a P-16 accountability model

Thinking outside the box: Policy strategies for readiness, access, and success

Transitioning adults to college: Adult basic education program models

Collegiate learning assessement project

Achievement gaps and correlates of early mathematics achievement: Evidence from the ECLS K-first grade sample

Liberal education outcomes: A preliminary report on student achievement in college

MALDEF Federal education rights pamphlet (English version)

Leading by example

Buried treasure: Developing a management guide from mountains of school data

Distance education

Spanish services training guide

U.S. student and adult performance on international assessments of educational achievement

Education issues 2007

Keeping America competitive: Five strategies to improve mathematics and science education

Expanding opportunities: Postsecondary career and technical education and preparing tomorrow’s workforce

EPAS®: A system that works

Derechos Humanos: Los Derechos Humanos y Derechos Laborales de los Inmigrantes Latinos en los Estados Unidos (The human rights and labor rights of the Latin immigrants in the United States)

Guide for parents: Ten steps to prepare your child for college

Maintaining a strong engineering workforce

College-bound or headed for workforce training: High school graduates need similar math, reading skills

Action plan: Business/Community leaders

Answering the question that matters most: Has student achievement increased since No Child Left Behind?

Graduation matters: Improving accountability for high school graduation

Hacia Adelante - Pathways to College - A Guide for Latino Families

Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans Website and Secondary School Toolkit - Spanish Version

Financing workforce development programs for youth transitioning out of foster care

College is possible: A guide for undocumented students

Digest of education statistics: 2006

State approaches to more reliable and uniform dropout and graduation data

Comprehensive school reform quality center report on middle and high school comprehensive school reform models

Accelerating college knowledge: Examining the feasibility of a targeted early commitment Pell Grant program

High school improvement: Indicators of effectiveness and school-level benchmarks

Collegiate remediation: A review of the causes and consequences

Promoting work-based learning: Efforts in Connecticut and Kentucky

College and career readiness: A quick stats fact sheet

Data for action 2012: Focus on people to change data culture

Forgotten youth: Re-engaging students through dropout recovery

Rethinking remedial education: The role of MSIs in serving underreprepared students in the 21st century

Cornerstones of completion: State policy support for accelerated, structured pathways to college credentials and transfer

The role of community-based organizations in the college access and success movement