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Out of many, one: Toward rigorous common core standards from the ground up

Understanding the K-12 common core state standards in mathematics

Slow off the mark: Elementary school teachers and the crisis in science, technology, engineering, and math education

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Encouraging girls in math and science

State indicators of science and mathematics education: 2007

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

Race to the Top: Accelerating college and career readiness in states: Teacher effectiveness

Minority student success: The role of teachers in Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses

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

The case to adopt common college- and career-ready standards (state cards)

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

Closing the gap between high school and college

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

The condition of college and career readiness 2012: National report

High school career academies: A 40-year proven model for improving college and career readiness

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Bridging the gap: Academic preparation and postsecondary success of first generation students

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

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

A model of success: The model institution's for excellence program's successful leadership in STEM education (1995-2007)

Improving academic preparation for college: What we know and how state and federal policy can help

Achieve Standards Alignment Tool

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Making high school students into "college material"

Creating college readiness: Profiles of 38 schools that know how

BC AVID: Early implementation report

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

Taking action for America: A CEO plan for jobs and economic growth: A skilled, prepared workforce

Beyond the rhetoric: Improving college readiness through coherent state policy

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

Common core state standards: Progress and challenges in school districts' implementation

Getting through: Higher education's plan to increase the college completion rates of Boston public schools graduates

A national talent strategy: Ideas for securing US competitiveness and economic growth

Resisters, rejectors, and ridas: How to make urban schools work for disengaged students and critically conscious teachers

What gets measured gets done: Adding college-course completion to K-12 accountability systems

Using data and inquiry to build equity-focused college-going cultures

School counselors literature and landscape review: The state of school counseling in America

Education as a data-driven enterprise: A primer for leaders in business, philanthropy, and education

Science achievement and occupational career/technical education coursetaking in high school: The class of 2005

Increasing the number of STEM graduates: Insights from the US STEM education and modeling project

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

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

A model for success: CART's linked learning program increases college enrollment

Transforming high schools: Performance systems for powerful teaching

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Improving education through collaboration: A case study of the Long Beach seamless education partnership

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

The long-term impacts of teachers: Teacher value-added and student outcomes in adulthood

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

Freshman transition initiatives: Long term and comprehensive

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

Preparing high school students for college: An exploratory study of college readiness programs in Texas

Finding your workforce: The top 25 institutions graduating Latinos in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by academic level 2009-2010

Linking secondary and postsecondary systems: Lessons from Indiana

Benchmarking the success of Latina and Latino students in STEM to achieve national graduation goals

College readiness and high school-to-college success

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Raising rigor, getting results: Lessons learned from AP expansion

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Giving students extra support to meet standards in challenging academic and career courses

State early commitment programs: A contract for college success?

Science and mathematics education indicators

Out before the game begins: Hispanic leaders talk about what's needed to bring more Hispanic youngsters into science, technology and math professions

High school teaching for the twenty-first century: Preparing students for college

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

Redesigning schools: 10 features of effective schools

Using rigorous evidence to improve policy and practice

A new core curriculum for all: Aiming high for other peoples' children

Urgent but overlooked: The literacy crisis among adolescent English language learners

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

Taking college courses in high school: A strategy for college readiness

2012 National survey of school counselors: True north: Charting the course to college and career readiness

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

Recent STEM initiatives

What works clearinghouse

Graduate education: The backbone of American competitiveness and innovation

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

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

Education beyond the rhetoric: Making rigor something "real"

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

When Johnny (or Janelle) comes marching home: National, state, and institutional efforts in support of veterans' education

National opportunity to learn campaign: Lost opportunity: A 50 state report on the oppotunity to learn in America

The misplaced math student: Lost in eighth-grade Algebra

Short sighted: How America's lack of attention to international education studies impedes improvement

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

College- and career-ready: Using outcomes data to hold high schools accountable for student success

American Diploma Project (ADP) end-of-course exams: 2009 Annual report

Expanding access and opportunity: The Washington State Achievers Program

Promoting a culture of student success: How colleges and universities are improving degree completion

Educational Policy Improvement Center

College readiness brief: Academic rigor: At the heart of college access and success

Achieving success: The state policy newsletter of Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count: Winter 2010

Success at every step: How 23 programs support youth on the path to college and beyond

The role of student learning outcomes for institutional accountability and transparency

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

Teaching and learning in the era of the Common Core: The Students at the Center series ebook

The nation's report card: Science 2011

Designing high quality evaluation systems for high school teachers: Challenges sand potential solutions

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

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

2012 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning?

Do the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) prepare students for Algebra in grade 8?

Learning communities for students in developmental reading: An impact study at Hillsborough Community College

Building a learning agenda around disconnected youth

Setting statewide college- and career-ready goals

Promoting quality: State strategies for overseeing dual enrollment programs

Academic competitiveness and national SMART grant programs: First-year lessons learned

STEM coursetaking among high school graduates, 1990-2005

Getting students ready for college and careers: Transitional senior mathematics

High expectations and strong supports yield postsecondary success

K-12 education reform: Implications and opportunities for public colleges and universities

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

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

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

Pathway to recovery: Implementing a back on track through college model

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

Measuring the education pipeline: Critical data elements indicating readiness, transition and success

Engineering solutions to the national crisis in literacy: How to make good on the promise of common core state standards

Students and teachers talk about school reform and student engagement

Why we're behind: What top nations teach their children but we don't

Designing common assessments to be measures of college and career readiness: Challenges and opportunities

Hidalgo early college district toolkit

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The road ahead: A look at trends in the educational attainment of community college students

From remediation to acceleration: Early lessons from two Philadelphia back on track schools

Closing achievement gaps: Improving educational outcomes for Hispanic children: English language acquisition and middle school preparation: Keys to Latino educational success

Capacity building to diversify STEM: Realizing potential among HBCUs

School tracking and access to higher education among disadvantaged groups

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

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

A first look at the common core and college and career readiness

The advanced placement program benefits mainly well-prepared students who pass AP exams

PISA 2009 results: What students know and can do: Student performance in reading, mathematics and science

2010 census of male-focused programs: A snapshot of programs and organzations supporting American males

Hear us out: High school students in two cities talk about going to college

Which students to serve? Universal or targeted eligibility for postsecondary opportunity programs

Call for action: Transforming teaching and learning to prepare high school students for college and careers

Yes we can: The Schott 50-state report on public education and black males

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It takes a whole society: Opening up the learning landscape in the high school years

Opportunity for action: Preparing youth for 21st century livelihoods

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

Experimental evidence on the effect of childhood investments on postsecondary attainment and degree completion

Preparing for change: A national perspective on common core state standards implementation planning

Lightening the load: A look at four ways that community schools can support effective teaching

Dual enrollment: Reviewing programs to promote college completion

Review of the effects of school vouchers on college enrollment: Experimental evidence from New York City

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

Pathways to College Network

Transparency by design: Principles of good practice for higher education institutions serving adults at a distance

From soldier to student: Easing the transition of service members on campus

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

Preparing students for college and career: Linked learning in California

Doing What Works - Research based education practices online

Building a better bridge: Helping young adults enter and succeed in college

Strategic designs: Lessons from leading edge small urban high schools

Race to the top: Promising approaches to achieving college- and career-ready goals

Big ideas: Dropout prevention strategies: Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success (ALAS)

Modeling Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): Campus practices that work for Latino students

Indiana's K-12 STEM Ed Report Card

Early intervention program and college partnerships

Rethinking high school: Supporting all students to be college-ready in math

The Benwood plan: A lesson in comprehensive teacher reform

Tapping America's Potential: Gaining momentum, losing ground: Progress report 2008

UpwardBound Math-Science: STEM education that works

Helping equip teachers to answer students' questions on college knowledge

Raising achievement and graduation rates by supporting teachers in developing quality classroom instruction

Into the eye of the storm: Assessing the evidence on science and engineering education, quality, and workforce demand

Are teachers prepared for racially diverse schools? Teachers describe their preparation, resources, and practices for racially diverse schools

Ensuring rigor in the high school curriculum: What states are doing

Increasing academic rigor in high schools: Stakeholder perspectives

Making opportunity affordable: Reinvesting in college access and success

Beyond NCLB: Fulfilling the promise to our nation's children

What do we know: Seeking effective math and science instruction

High standards help struggling students: New evidence

Learning from the past: Drawing on California's CLAS experience to inform assessment of the Common Core

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

Middle Start

Mathematics and science education in the states

Effective preschool curricula and teaching strategies

Qualified teachers for at-risk schools: A national imperative

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

How curriculum influences college persistence in Indiana and the nation

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

Cramming: The effects of school accountability on college-bound students

Remediation in the community college: An evaluator's perspective

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

Developing the STEM education pipeline

The progress of education reform: Dual enrollment

ACT national curriculum survey, 2005–2006

Education watch Indiana: Key education facts and figures 2006

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

Action plan: Educators/Policymakers

Latest ACT National Curriculum Survey® shows lack of content alignment between high school and college

Ensuring college success: Scaffolding experiences for students and faculty in an early college high school

Creating change one step at a time: Efforts to improve college access and success in Indiana

The impact of postsecondary remediation using a regression discontinuity approach: Addressing endogenous sorting and noncompliance

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

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

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

Striking the balance: Career academies combine academic rigor and workplace relevance

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

Critical conditions for equity and diversity in college access: Informing policy and monitoring results

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

Creating a high school culture of college-going: The case of Washington State Achievers

Multiple Pathways in California: A New Option for High School Reform

Policies paved the way: Early college innovation in North Carolina

Mapping the road to college: First generation students' math track, planning strategies, and context of support

What's possible: Turning around America's lowest achieving schools

What does research say about 21st century skills?

Interventions to support readiness, recruitment, access, transition, and retention for postsecondary education success: An equity of opportunity policy and practice analysis

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

Toward informative assessment and a culture of evidence: Results from strengthening pre-collegiate education in community colleges

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

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

For this place, for these people: An exploration of best practices among charter schools serving native students

College rewired: Innovative approaches help higher education connect to productivity

Weighing the evidence: A conversation with community college presidents on using research to support student success outcomes

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

Striving for student success: A model of shared accountability

Advocacy in action toolkit

STEM: Science, technology, engineering, mathematics (Full Report)

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

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

Instructional supports: The missing piece in state educational standards

One dream, two realities: Perspectives of parents on America's high schools

The 8th annual AP report to the nation

The Condition of Education 2010

College and career ready graduation: Strengthening the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Pre-algebra and algebra enrollment and achievement (Leading Indicators Series)

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

On the road to implementation: Achieving the promise of the common core state standards

Understanding the K-12 common core standards in English language arts and literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects

Business Higher Education Forum (BHEF)

Effective college access, persistence and completion programs and strategies for underrepresented student populations: Opportunities for scaling up

The nation's report card: Science 2009

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

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

Turning around the nation's lowest performing schools: Five steps districts can take to improve their chances of success

Working systematically in action: Engaging family and community: A guide for facilitators

Transforming teacher education through clinical practice: A national strategy to prepare effective teachers

Improving undergraduate learning: Findings and policy recommendations from the SSRC-CLA longitudinal project

Academic preparation for college in the high school senior class of 2003-04

Extending foster care to age 21: Weighing the costs to government against the benefits to youth

Driving innovation: How six states are organizing to improve outcomes in developmental education

Monitoring progress: Response to intervention (RTI)'s promise and pitfalls

Parents' guide to student success

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

Young children of immigrants and the path to educational success: Key themes from an Urban Institute roundtable

Affirming the goal: Is college and career readiness an internationally competitive standard?

The college keys compact: 2011 catalog of effective practices: Programs and practices that expand options for students from low-income backgrounds

Teachers are the center of education: Mentoring, teaching and improving student learning

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

Assessing deeper learning

Expanded learning opportunities: A more comprehensive approach to preparing high school students for college and a career

Gateways to the principalship: State power to improve the quality of school leaders

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

Crossing the finish line: A national effort to address near completion

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

After-school toolkit: TIps, techniques, and templates for improving program quality

Student voices: What makes a great teacher?

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

The common core state standards: Implications for higher education in the west

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

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

Unlocking doors and expanding opportunity: Moving beyond the limiting reality of college and career readiness in California high schools

Helping students get back on track: What federal policymakers can learn from New York City's multiple pathways to graduation initiative

Some states still leave low-income students behind; Others make surprising gains

Percentage of states with alignment between K-12 and higher education standards

Using linked data to drive education and training improvement

State policies to improve the effectiveness of school principals

Four steps to finishing first: An agenda for increasing college productivity to create a better educated society

Missed opportunity: How New York can do a better job of reconnecting youth on public assistance to education and jobs

High school longitudinal study of 2009: A first look at fall 2009 ninth-graders parents', teachers, school counselors, and school administrators

P21 common core toolkit: A guide to aligning the common core state standards with the framework for 21st century skills

The mission of the high school: a new consensus of the purposes of public education?

Successful school-community partnerships: Using lessons learned from practice and research to expand learning

Ramp-up to Readiness

America's Promise Alliance dropout prevention summits

Ready by 21 case study: Petaluma

The economic value of higher teacher quality

From GED to college degree: Creating pathways to postsecondary success for high school dropouts

The false promise of class-size reduction

Making the grade: Texas early college high schools prepare students for the future

Building capacity for reconnecting youth

Plugged in: Positive development strategies for disconnected Latino youth

Unconventional wisdom: A profile of the graduates of early college high school

Incentivizing school turnaround: A proposal for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Underperforming schools and the education of vulnerable children

ACT college readiness case study: "You can go to college": Foster High School

School connectedness: Strategies for increasing proactive factors among youth

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

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

The 2010 Brown Center report on American education

A measured approach to improving teacher preparation

Assessing developmental assessment in community colleges

We dream a world: The 2025 vision for black men and boys

The rising price of inequality: How inadequate grant aid limits college access and persistence

Strong foundations: The state of postsecondary data systems

Online learning: Addressing challenges and seizing opportunities

Dollars and sense: How "career first" programs like Year Up benefit youth and employers

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

Advancing by degrees: A framework for increasing college completion

Improving education and employment for disadvantaged young men: Proven and promising strategies

Raising the roof: Explore California public school data

Breaking the habit of low performance: Successful school restructuring stories

Predicting success in college: The importance of placement tests and high school transcripts

On her majesty's school inspection service

Closing the door, increasing the gap: Who's not going to (community) college?

Compendium of practices to increase Latino college completion 2012: Profiles of organizational efforts

50-state mathematics requirements for the standard high school diploma

Remediation: Higher education's bridge to nowhere

Make me a match: Helping low-income and first generation students make good college choices

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

Making the move: Transition strategies at California schools with high graduation rates

A new mission for the middle-grades: Preparing students for a changing world

Charter-school management organizations: Diverse strategies and diverse student impacts

It can be done, it's being done, and here's how

Poised to lead: How school counselors can drive college and career readiness

Committing to quality: Guidelines for assessment and accountability in higher education

A matter of degrees: Promising practices for community college student success

NOSCA's eight components of college and career readiness counseling: Elementary school counselor's guide

Diverse charter schools: Can racial and socioeconomic integration promote better outcomes for students?

Reducing undergraduate debt to increase Latina and Latino participation in STEM professions

NAEP Science 2011 State Snapshot Reports

Using state policies to ensure effective assessment and placement in postsecondary education

MTE Partnership seeks to transform mathematics teacher preparation in support of common core standards

Bridging the gaps to success: Promising practices for promoting transfer among low-income and first generation students: An in-depth study of six exemplary community colleges in Texas

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

The value of value-added data

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

Assisting students struggling with mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for elementary and middle schools

The challenge of college readiness

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

The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2009

Using data to increase student success: A focus on diagnosis: Principles and practices of student success

Best practices in statewide articulation and transfer systems

Top gainers: Some public four-year colleges and universities make big improvements in minority graduation rates

Ed.gov Open Innovation Portal

Revving the education engine: Effectively aligning education, workforce, and economic development policy

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

College for Every Student (CFES): Assessment of student outcomes 2007-08

Characteristics of effective urban college preparation programs

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

Writing to read: Evidence for how writing can improve reading

A blueprint for reform: The reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education act

Teaching for a New World: Preparing High School Educators to Deliver College- and Career-Ready Instruction

New York City's Strategy for Improving High Schools: An Overview

American community colleges and the academic crisis of basic skills: Adult student success

Benefits of additional high school coursework and improved course performance in preparing students for college

Eight elements of high school improvement: A mapping framework

EPAS® state of the nation report 2007: Mathematics

College credit in high school: Access and success for low-income and minority students

21st Century skills, education, and competitiveness: A resource and policy guide

Making college and career readiness the mission for high schools: A guide for state policymakers

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

Race to the top: Promising approaches to achieving teacher-related goals

Smart options: Investing the recovery funds for student success

The Education Equality Project: Improving teacher quality

National studies find TRIO programs effective at increasing college enrollment and graduation

Moving beyond AYP: High school performance indicators

Meaningful measurement: The role of assessments in improving high school education in the twenty-first century

Diverse issues in higher education

National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy

Tapping America's Potential

Preparing high school students for successful transitions to postsecondary education and employment

Community college success: Is it a pathway to opportunity?

Alternative High School Initiative (AHSI)

Measuring and improving the effectiveness of high school teachers

Condition of education 2008

Leveraging postsecondary partners to build a college-going culture: Tools for high school-postsecondary partnerships

College For Every Student

Helping low-wage workers persist in education programs

The student to counselor ratio: Does it matter?

Course-taking patterns and preparation for postsecondary education in California's public university systems among minority youth

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

Statement of the national summit on competitiveness: Investing in America's future

Tapping America's potential: The education for innovation initiative

Academic interventions to help states meet rigorous standards: Policy options

Improving high-school-to-college transition through leadership and governance

Quality counts 2007: From cradle to career: Connecting education from birth through adulthood (Indiana state report)

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

A framework and recommendations for federal action on secondary school reform

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

'Restoring value' to the high school diploma: The rhetoric and practice of higher standards

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

Are private high schools better academically than public high schools?

ACT high school profile report: The graduating class of 2007 (National)

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

Houston, do we really have a problem here?

Organizing instruction and study to improve student learning

Supporting ninth-grade students to achieve in high school and preparing seniors for postsecondary education and a career

Closing the gap: High achievement for students of color

Preparing students for success in college

Enriching the high school curriculum through postsecondary credit-based transition programs

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

National forum to accelerate middle grades reform

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

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

The relationship between advanced placement and college graduation

Student success: Statewide P-16 systems -- high quality teaching

Pathways to and through college: Linking policy with research and practice

Unfinished business: More measured approaches in standards-based reform

The role of language and literacy in college- and career-ready standards: Rethinking policy and practice in support of English language learners

A framework for advancing career and technical education: Recommendations for the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Act

Sustaining service learning in your school: Staying the course

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

An overview of classes taken and credits earned by beginning postsecondary students

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

National and regional workforce solutions: New industry-higher education projects for the NextGen U.S. workforce

Strategic instruction model

Trends in African American and Native American participation in STEM higher education

Academic pathways to college: Policies and practices of the fifty states to reach underserved students

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

Quality Counts 2007: State Highlights Reports

Embedding college readiness indicators in high school curriculum and assessment

Breaking barriers: A case study of two high performing high schools

The economic promise of investing in high-quality preschool: Using early education to improve economic growth and the fiscal sustainability of states and the nation

Teacher attrition: A costly loss to the nation and to the states

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

Pathways to college access and success

Reality check 2006: Are parents and students ready for more math and science

Improving educational outcomes for students with disabilities

Redesigning high schools to prepare students for the future

Indiana Core 40 Scholars Initiative fact sheet

Identifying and implementing educational practices supported by rigorous evidence: A user friendly guide

Courses count: Preparing students for postsecondary success

School relationships foster success for African American students

The governance divide: A report on a four-state study on improving college readiness and success

Dual enrollment: Accelerating the transition to college

Raising our sights: No high school senior left behind

State-level high school improvement systems checklist

The real technology challenge

Teacher credentials and student achievement in high school: A cross-subject analysis with student fixed effects

Lost in transition: Building a better path from school to college and careers

Closing the expectations gap, 2008

Using student engagement to improve adolescent literacy

A state leader's action guide to 21st century skills

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

Learning in a new key

A call to action: Why America must innovate

The Breakthrough High School project

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

SREB states lead the nation in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs

Improving educational attainment through extensive postsecondary encouragement services

College readiness: Helping all students access and succeed in higher education

Effective multicultural curriculum transformation in "advanced" mathematics and "hard" sciences

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

Do Current State Standards and Assessments Reflect College Readiness?: A Case Study

Waiting for Sputnik: Basic research and strategic competition

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

What works for Latino students

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

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

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

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

In need of improvement: NCLB & high schools

Predicting different levels of academic success in college using high school GPA and ACT Composite score

The minds of boys

Dropout risk factors and exemplary programs: A technical report

Big ideas dropout prevention strategies: Check and Connect

New England Journal of Higher Education

National evaluation of Upward Bound: Summary of first-year impacts and program operations

Best practices in student support services: A study of five exemplary sites

Early intervention programs: Opening the doors to higher education

Corporate investments in college readiness and access

State future workforce gap summaries

Dropouts, diplomas, and dollars: U.S. high schools and the nation's economy

Supporting success: Improving higher education outcomes for students from foster care—A framework for program enhancement: Version 2.0

Science and engineering indicators 2008: State data tool

The core components of RTI: A closer look at evidence-based core curriculum, assessment and progress monitoring, and data-based decision making

National opportunity to learn campaign: State data and analysis

Outcomes of high impact practices for underserved students: A review of the literature

A developmental perspective for high school practitioners on college and workplace readiness

Improving low performing high schools: Searching for evidence of promise

Race to the top: Promising approaches to assisting the lowest-performing schools

Grad nation: A guidebook to help cities tackle the dropout crisis

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

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

Sizing up state standards: 2008

The early assessment program: Helping high school students meet college expectations in mathematics and English

Accelerating Latino success at Texas border institutions: Possibilities and challenges

Case studies of leading edge small urban high schools

The role of nonacademic factors in college readiness and success

Improving transfer access to STEM bachelor's degrees at Hispanic Serving Institutions through the America COMPETES Act

Lumina Foundation Focus: Off the charts: Columns of data provide support for student achievement

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

A next social contract for the primary years of education

What educators should learn from ER

Curriculum and instruction: A 21st century skills implementation guide

SparkAction.org

Squeeze play 2010: Continued public anxiety on cost, harsher judgements on how colleges are run

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

Transition and alignment: Two keys to assuring student success

Service-learning and Hispanic students: What works in the field

Implementing strategies to achieve successful student transitions

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

Effective instructional strategies

Race to the Top: Accelerating college and career readiness in states: Standards and assessments guide

Race to the Top: Accelerating college and career readiness in states: P-20 longitudinal data systems

Using Achieving the Dream to meet accreditation requirements: Principles and practices of student success

Basics of longitudinal cohort analysis: Principles and practices of student success

Strengthening institutional research and information technology capacity through Achieving the Dream: Principles and practices of student success

NAEP Mathematics 2009 state snapshot reports

Prioritizing the nation's dropout factories: The need for federal policy that targets the nation's lowest performing high schools

Building student success from the ground up: A case study of an Achieving the Dream college

Advancing STEM learning across the educational pipeline: Statewide efforts in Ohio

Lumina Foundation Focus: No more kid stuff: Colleges and universities take a mature approach to serving adult students

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

Standards in practice: An instructional gap analysis

Making the connections: Connecting state and institutional policies to improve student success

Growing What Works Database

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

Employers, low-income young adults, and post-secondary credentials: A practical typology for business, education, and community leaders

No time to lose: Why America needs an education amendment to the US Constitution to improve public education

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

A shared agenda: P-12 and postsecondary policy recommendations: Moving toward a more cohesive continuum of federal support for college opportunity

College readiness issue brief: Using data to improve educational outcomes

Keeping middle grades students on the path to success in high school: Increasing engagement and achievement in SREB states

Diversifying the STEM pipeline: The model replication institutions program

Diversifying the STEM pipeline: The model replication institutions program (Fact Sheet)

The condition of education 2012 (Report)

What can a multifaceted program do for community college students?

What is "career ready"?

Professional college knowledge: Re-envisioning how we prepare our college readiness workforce

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

Dropping out of high school: Prevalence, risk factors, and remediation strategies

Do schools challenge our students? What student surveys tell us about the state of education in the United States

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

The effects of learning communities for students in developmental education

Increasing college and career readiness through dual enrollment: Research, policies, and effective practices

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

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

Overcoming the poverty challenge to enable college and career readiness for all: The crucial role of student supports

Cracking the credit hour

Strategies for improving outcomes for disconnected youth (Executive Summary)

2012: Closing the expectations gap: 50-state progress report on the alignment of K-12 policies and practice with the demands of college and careers

The progress of education reform: Pre-K-12 literacy: State of the nation

Science and engineering indicators 2012

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

The college completion agenda: 2011 state policy guide

Hard choices ahead: Performance and policy in Texas higher education

Completion matters: The high cost of low community college graduation rates

Race to the top: What have we learned from the states so far? A state-by-state evaluation of Race to the Top performance

Is high school tough enough?

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

Tying funding to community college outcomes: Models, tools, and recommendations for states

Building pathways to transfer: Community colleges that break the chain of failure for students of color

Achieving dramatic school improvement: An exploratory study

The breaking through practice guide

The course of innovation: Using technology to transform higher education

National Center for Academic Transformation

Culturally responsive Response to Intervention

Using college admission test scores to clarify high school placement (Leading Indicators Series)

Partnerships that promote success: Lessons from the evaluation of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's Community College Transfer Initiative

College admissions tests as measures of accountability

The condition of college and career readiness 2010

The linked learning approach: Building the capacity of teachers to prepare students for college and careers

From access to success: A funder's guide to ensuring more Americans earn postsecondary degrees

Working with teachers to develop fair and reliable measures of effective teaching

Challenges, assets, and innovations: Considerations for secondary education in rural communities

New approaches to improving college access, persistence, and success: Three exemplary postsecondary opportunity programs

The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

Dual enrollment: Postsecondary/secondary partnerships to prepare students

Momentum: Sustaining efforts to improve life outcomes among African-American males

The impact of enhancing students' social and emotional learning: A meta-analysis of school-based universal interventions

Teacher leaders: Boosting teacher effectiveness and student achievement

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

A call for change: The social and eductational factors contributing to the outcomes of black males in urban schools

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

Dual enrollment: A strategy for educational advancement of all students

Participation and success in the advanced placement program continue to grow in the SREB states

Higher education web portals: Serving state and student transfer needs

Insulating the education pipeline to increase postsecondary success

Does extending foster care beyond age 18 promote postsecondary educational attainment?

Distinct subgroups of former foster youth during young adulthood: Implications for policy and practice

Advancing teacher and prinicpal effectiveness: Four recommendations for reforming the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

America's high school graduates: Results from the 2009 NAEP High School Transcript Study

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

Performance incentives to improve community college completion: Learning from Washington State's Student Achievement Initiative (a state policy brief)

Implementing the common core state standards: An action agenda for higher education

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

Ready by 21 case study: Austin, TX

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

The transition to adulthood: How states can support older youth in foster care

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

Expanding options for struggling students and out-of-school youth: State financing of education pathways

Reawakening the dream deferred: Can comprehensive intervention programs increase college awareness among at-risk students?

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

National Coalition for College Completion

Improving college performance and retention the easy way: Unpacking the ACT exam

A comparison study of 12th grade students' college anticipations, aspirations, and college preparatory measures

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

Teacher voices: Immigration, language and culture

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

Own the Turf: College and Career Readiness Counseling Campaign

Accelerating the academic achievement of students referred to developmental education

Public school choice in the District of Columbia: A descriptive analysis

The effects of in-state tuition for non-citizens: A systematic review of the evidence

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

Learn and earn: Modeling the success of Metropolitan College: The Business-Higher Education Forum's simulation series

Whether and how to use state tests to measure student achievement in a multi-state randomized experiment: An empirical assessment based on four recent evaluations

What four states are doing to support data-driven decision-making: Policies, practices, and programs

Putting it all together: Supporting continuous improvement in education through strategic use of data systems

The College Match Program

Working credentials: Sub-baccalaureate degrees and certificates are paying off for students and their employers

Core principles for transforming remedial education: A joint statement

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

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

RTTD guidance: Implementing continuous improvement metrics and strategies for the foundational conditions for personalized learning

STEM in postsecondary education: Entrance, attrition, and coursetaking among 2003-2004 beginning postsecondary students

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

The impact of time between cognitive tests on performance: Evidence from Advanced Placement exams

College and career readiness: A quick stats fact sheet

Collegiate remediation: A review of the causes and consequences

Structure in community college career-technical programs: A qualitative analysis

Key considerations for serving disconnected youth

Incentives for early graduation: How can state policies encourage students to complete high school in less than four years

Dual enrollment for high school students

10 Pieces of advice from students for teachers

2011 National survey of school counselors: School counseling at a crossroads

Strong support, low awareness: Public perception of the common core state standards

Revamping the teacher evaluation process

Emotional and behavioral disorders: Promoting prevention and positive interventions in school settings

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

The hidden costs of community colleges

Dropout prevention services and programs in public school districts: 2010-11

The college completion agenda: 2011 Progress report: Latino edition

Digital learning and technology: Federal policy recommendations to seize the opportunity-and promising practices that inspire them

Scaling and sustaining: State progress in the developmental education initiative

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

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

What's it worth: The economic value of college majors

Standing on the shoulders of giants: An American agenda for education reform

Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Time to completion

Stepping stones: Principal career paths and school outcomes

Veteran's education benefits: Enhanced guidance and collaboration could improve administration of the Post-911 GI Bill program

A portrait of school improvement grantees

How students are making it: Perspectives on getting through college from recent graduates of the Boston Public Schools (Full Report)

How students are making it: Perspectives on getting through college from recent graduates of the Boston Public Schools (Short Version)

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

GEAR UP: Current project overviews 2002

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

Linking costs and postsecondary degrees: Key issues for policymakers

Not just kid stuff anymore: The economic imperative for more adults to complete college

Opening doors to student success: A synthesis of findings from an evaluation at six community colleges

Beyond basic skills: State strategies to connect low-skilled students to an employer-valued postsecondary education

Changing the DNA of higher education from the inside out

A phenomenological study of high school counselor advocacy as it relates to the college access of underrepresented students

Cross-system collaboration for reconnecting youth

State and local policy for reconnecting youth

Forward thinking teens: The effects of college costs on adolescent risky behavior

Across the great divide: Perspectives of CEOs and college presidents on America's higher education and skills gap

Helping former foster youth graduate from college: Campus support programs in California and Washington state

No time to waste: Policy recommendations for increasing college completion

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

Attendance counts: Advancing student success by reducing chronic absence

Postsecondary expectations and plans for the high school senior class of 2003-04

Tapping HSI-STEM funds to improve Latina and Latino Access to STEM professions

Putting data into practice: Lessons from New York City

Beyond the bubble: Technology and the future of student assessment

States' progress and challenges in implementing common core state standards

When opportunity knocks, who answers? New evidence on college achievement awards

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

Disrupting college: How disruptive innovation can deliver quality and affordability to postsecondary education

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

College and university commitments to student access and success: An overview of institutional postsecondary opportunity programs

Understanding the common core state standards

The evaluation of charter school impacts: Final report

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

Fewer, clearer, higher: Moving forward with consistent, rigorous standards for all students

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

The state of state standards - and the Common Core - in 2010

Lumina Foundation focus: The productivity push: System wide reform allows Arizona to serve more students

The 6th annual AP report to the nation

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

A sharper focus on technical workers: How to educate and train for the global economy

Reinventing alternative education: An assessment of current state policy and how to improve it

SREB/Go Alliance

Response to Intervention: Possibilities for service delivery at the secondary school level

Afterschool and workforce development: Helping kids compete

Response to Intervention (RTI) and English Learners (ELLs)

The Pell Institute and Pathways to College Network Evaluation Toolkit

Why Algebra II?

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

Making the transition: Interim results of the National Guard Youth Challenge Evaluation

Enhancing school reform through expanded learning

A public education primer: Basic (and sometimes surprising) facts about the U.S. education system

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

8th Annual AP report to the nation

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

Sustained positive effects on graduation rates produced by New York City's small public high schools of choice

Pathways to success: Integrating learning with life and work to increase national college completion

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

Off the clock: What more time can (and can't) do for school turnarounds

What we know about dual enrollment

Defining college readiness: Where are we now, are where do we need to be?

Does more money matter? An introduction to the performance-based scholarship demonstration in California

State high school tests: Changes in state policies and the impact of the college and career readiness movement

Good policy, good practice II: Improving outcomes and productivity in higher education: A guide for policymakers

Including more student voices in higher education policymaking: Rising tuitions and student debts mean rising stakes for college students

Equity scorecard: A process for building institutional capacity to educate young men of color

Civic engagement through digital citizenship: Engaging youth in active, participatory citizenship

Open educational resources: Tools to help 21st century students achieve their postsecondary eduation goals and keep America competitive

Achieving results through community school partnerships: How districts and community leaders are building effective, sustainable relationships

Preparing for college: A national perspective on common core state standards implementation planning

The SAT report on college & career readiness: 2012

The common core standards: What do they mean for out-of-school time?

Transforming the educational experience of young men of color

Transforming the educational experience of young men of color: Companion workbook

Boosting postsecondary education performance

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

The causes and consequences of attending historically black colleges and universities

A disruptive look at competency-based education: How the innovative use of technology will transform the college experience

It's about time: Temporal dimensions of college preparation programs

The economic benefits from halving the dropout rate: A boom to businesses in the nation's largest metropolitan areas

Investing early: Intervention programs in selected U.S. states

Making connections: Dimensions of student engagement (2009 CCSSE Findings)

Innovations in college readiness: How early college schools are preparing students underrepresented in higher education for college success

Leadership for challenging times: Report of the Commission on presidential leadership and global competitiveness (Executive Summary)

Paying for college success: An introduction to the performance-based scholarship demonstration

National Dropout Prevention Center/Network: Model Programs Database

Why have college completion rates declined? An analysis of changing student preparation and collegiate resources

No Excuses University Network

National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment

Assisting students struggling with reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and multi-tier intervention in the primary grades

Reducing behavior problems in the elementary school classroom

Coalition for Evidence-based Policy

Students who study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in postsecondary education

Field guide for improving student success

Redefining college readiness

Promoting partnerships for student success: Lessons from the SSPIRE Initiative

Postsecondary opportunity programs: Defining and improving an educational policy innovation

Expanding access and opportunity: The impact of the Gates Millennium Scholars program (2010 Update)

Current challenges and opportunities in preparing rural high school students for success in college and careers: What federal policymakers need to know

Evaluating student success interventions: Principles and practices of student success

Engaging faculty in the Achieving the Dream initiative: Principles and practices of student success

Emerging Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs): Serving Latino students

Race to the Top: Accelerating college and career readiness in states: Low-performing schools

Race to the Top: Accelerating college and career readiness in states: Sustaining the Race to the Top reforms

Top gap closers: Some public four-year colleges and universities have made good progress in closing graduation rate gaps

Guiding developmental math students to campus services: An impact evaluation of the Beacon program at South Texas College

Stuck schools: A framework for identifying schools where students need change--now!

Summer bridge programs: Helping eighth-grade students successfully transition to high school

A coherent approach to high school improvement: A district and school self-assessment tool

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

Connected by 25: Effective policy solutions for vulnerable youth

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

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

Reducing dropout rates through expanded learning opportunities

California high schools that beat the odds in high school graduation

High school literacy: A quick stats fact sheet

Aligning multiple campus initiatives: A practice brief based on BEAMS project outcomes

Collecting survey data for assessment: A practice brief based on BEAMS project outcomes

Cultivating generative connections, commitment, and engagement among campus constituencies: A practice brief based on BEAMS project outcomes

First-year programs: A practice brief based on BEAMS project outcomes

Gaining support from campus leaders: A project brief based on BEAMS project outcomes

Increasing student engagement through faculty development: A practice brief based on BEAMS project outcomes

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

Education watch 2009

The costs of failure factories in American higher education

Promise lost: College-qualified students who don't enroll in college

Benchmarking for success: Ensuring US students receive a world-class education

Transforming statewide high school assessment systems: A guide for state policymakers

Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL)

National Association for College Admission Counseling: Statement of prinicples of good practice

Is your local high school making the grade? 10 Elements of a successful high school

The nation's report card: 2007 At a glance

Selected states response to supporting high school English language learners

Putting kids on the pathway to college: How is your school doing? A college pathways rubric

Diplomas and dropouts: Which colleges actually graduate their students (and which don't)

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

The 2008 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning

The Everyone Graduates Center

Setting up success in developmental education: How state policy can help community colleges improve student success outcomes

The status of Latinos/as in engineering: Confronting the "new" American dilemma

Passing the torch: Strategies for innovation in community college ESL

National Center for Postsecondary Education

The learning communities demonstration: Rationale, sites, and research design

It's not about the cut score: Redesigning placement assessment policy to improve student success

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

Improving the distribution of teachers in low-performing high schools

Dropout prevention practice guide

College access and success state data

Education at a glance 2008: OECD indicators

Second to none in attainment, discovery, and innovation: The national agenda for higher education

How educators in three states are responding to standards-based accountability under No Child Left Behind

Upward Bound Math-Science: Program description and interim impact estimates

Windows on achievement and inequality

HomeworkSpot

Maintaining a strong engineering workforce

What kind of test preparation is best?

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

Standards for quality online teaching

Aligning postsecondary expectations and high school practice: The gap defined

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

National defense education and innovation initiative: Meeting America's economic and security challenges in the twenty-first century

How outreach programs are implemented affects student achievement

The benefits of statewide use of the ACT test

Differential grading standards among high schools

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

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

Rigor at risk: Reaffirming quality in the high school core curriculum

Realizing the college dream (English and Spanish versions)

Accelerated learning for all

Course credit accrual and dropping out of high school

The national articulation and transfer network

Rethinking high school: Preparing students for success in college, career, and life

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

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

25 Steps to effective developmental education

North Central Regional Educational Research Laboratory: Data Primer

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

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

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

Setting the '08 education agenda for the nation: Education as an engine for regional economic and workforce development

State college- and career-ready high school graduation requirements

The role of interim assessments in a comprehensive assessment system: A policy brief

2007 Status report on the Pell Grant program

PISA 2006: OECD Briefing notes for the United States

Community colleges and rural America: Progress and prospects

Building a culture of evidence for community college student success: Early progress in the Achieving the Dream initiative

Quality counts 2008: Indiana report

Quality counts 2008

Five academic reasons why state virtual schools are important to your state

The CollegeKeys Compact: Getting ready, getting in, and getting through college: Expanding options for low-income students

Work-based learning and higher education: A research perspective

On course for success: A close look at high school courses that prepare students for college

Effects of students’ middle school and high school experiences on completion of the bachelor’s degree: How can school counselors make a difference?

High school curriculum, diplomas, and SAT Scores: How high school curriculum and diploma choices relate to SAT scores and college choice

From the prison track to the college track: Pathways to postsecondary success for out of school youth

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

Beyond high school: Improving transition programs for postsecondary education

Questions that matter: Setting the research agenda on access and success in postsecondary education

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

Does implementing a research based school counseling curriculum enhance student achievement

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

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

Child, adolescent, family intervention science initiative (CAFISI)

Ready to succeed: All students prepared for college and work

National inventory of academic pathways

Preparing today's high school students for tomorrow's opportunities

American diploma project network Indiana action plan

College learning for the new global century

PK-3: An aligned and coordinated approach to education for children 3 to 8 years old

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

Rigor and relevance: A new vision for career and technical education

Benefits of a high school core curriculum

America's high school graduates: Results from the 2005 NAEP high school transcript study

Making middle grades work

Turning Points

From college access to college success: College preparation and persistence of BPS graduates

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

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

Promoting college access and success: A review of credit-based transition programs

Bridging the gap between high school and college

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

School-business partnerships: Seven strategies for success

SPIDO (State Policy Inventory Database Online)

State and district approaches to school improvement: Helping all students meet high academic standards

Analyzing state and regional K-16 policies: A toolkit for researchers and policy analysts

Tennessee P-16 policy roundtable: Summary report

Middle skills jobs and the growing importance of postsecondary education

2012 National survey of school counselors

A better affirmative action: State universities that created alternatives to racial preferences

Challenge the status quo: Academic success among school-age African-American males

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

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

Inseparable imperatives: Equity in education and the future of the American economy

Information and college access: Evidence from a randomized field experiment

The first year of high school

Beyond the numbers: Data use for continuous improvement of programs serving disconnected youth

Dual enrollment of high school students at postsecondary institutions: 2002-03

Fair test: Schools that do not use SAT or ACT scores for admitting substantial numbers of students into Bachelor's degree program

The college ladder: Linking secondary and postsecondary education for success for all students

Pathways to improving practice: How can pre-college outreach programs use data to make decisions

Charting a new course for career and technical education

American Indian science and engineering society

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

Data quality campaign: Using data to improve student achievement

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

Resource guide for action: Transforming high schools for all youth

The challenge and call for cultural adjustments in educating African American males: Implications for school counselors and leaders

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

Student loan forgiveness programs

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

Strategies for improving student success in postsecondary education

Student readiness for college: Connecting state policies

The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and the Humanities: Resource for rural Indiana

Dollars and sense: The cost effectiveness of small schools

Diversity and persistence in Indiana higher education: The impact of preparation, major choices, and financial aid

P-16 Data systems: An alignment status report

Part II: Institutional strategies, strategies to increase student success

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

Paths to persistence: An analysis of research on program effectiveness at community colleges

Challenging times, clear choices: An action agenda for college access and success

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

Education for foster children: Removing barriers to academic success

Model college-preparatory curriculum

College access in Indiana and the United States: A 2005 status report

Negotiating their futures: Ethnographic research informing K-16 college policies and practices through urban youth’s eyes

Is access to college in jeopardy in the west? Projections of high school graduates to 2012

Crisis at the core: Preparing all students for college and work

The American diploma project: Overview of research

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

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

Education in the age of accountability: A research focus of the Urban Institute

Feeling the Florida heat? How low-performing schools respond to voucher and accountability pressure

National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)

Projections of education statistics to 2016

New teacher support pays off: A return on investment for educators and kids

The 2007 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning?

Indiana campus compact

Opening doors to earning credentials: Changing courses - Instructional innovations that help low income students succeed in community college

2007 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report

Promising practices for community college developmental education

Academic competitiveness grants

Raising graduation rates in an era of high standards: Five commitments for state action

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

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

The 4th annual AP report to the nation

Postsecondary success begins with high school preparation

NCLB and high schools

Making writing essential to teen lives

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

Establishing an effective guidance and advisement system

New directions in enhancing educational results: Policymakers' guide to restructuring student support resources to address barriers to learning (guidebook)

Camino de la universidad: The road to college

The promise of Baldrige for K-12 education

EPAS®: A system that works

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

Serving adult learners in higher education: Principles of effectiveness

No Child Left Behind: State report card 2005-2006

Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2004

Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2004

Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2006

College access in Indiana and the United States 2007: Improving college access and success for Indiana adults 25 and over

Pathways to excellence

What are ACT's college readiness benchmarks?

Action plan: Business/Community leaders

QualityCore™: Every student deserves to be ready for college

Graduation matters: Improving accountability for high school graduation

Federal support for adolescent literacy: A solid investment

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

What every college access practitioner should know: About the importance of commitment

Knocking at the college door: Projections of high school graduates by state and race/ethnicity 1992-2022

HippoCampus

Parent expectations and planning for college: Statistical analysis report

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

K-12 R&D and STEM Education Report Cards

The Bologna club: What U.S. higher education can learn from a decade of higher education reconstruction

IU School of Education Center for Research and P-16 Collaboration: Presentation

Study Strategies

What keeps good teachers in the classroom? Understanding and reducing teacher turnover

Access to success: Patterns of advanced placement participation in U.S. high schools

EdVisions Cooperative

Using early-warning data to improve graduation rates: Closing cracks in the education system

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

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

Reach higher, America: Overcoming crisis inthe U. S. workforce

Setting the record straight: How trendy approaches to college access might or might not be helping low-income students

An early alert system for remediation needs of entering community college students: Leveraging the California standards test

Financing higher education: A myriad of problems, a myriad of solutions

The savvy teacher's guide: Reading interventions that work

Assessing school engagement: A guide for out-of-school time program practitioners

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

Educating English language learners at the high school level: A coherent approach to district- and school-level support

Council of the Great City Schools

Transforming America's community colleges: A federal policy proposal to expand opportunity and promote economic prosperity

Realizing the promise: How state policy can support alternative certification programs

Action required: Addressing the nation's lowest performing high schools

International Benchmarking Toolkit

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

Race to the top: Promising approaches to establishing meaningful data systems fostering continuous improvement

Grade retention: Achievement and mental health outcomes

The community college transfer calculator: Identifying the course-taking patterns that predict transfer to a four-year institution

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

Barriers to college attainment: Lessons from Chicago

Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)

Report of the national panel for evidence-based school counseling: Outcome research coding protocol and evaluation of Student Success Skills and Second Step

Learning to reason and communicate in college: Initital report of findings from the CLA longitudinal study

Alternative pathways to high school graduation: An international comparison

Developmental Education Initiative: State policy framework and strategy

Scaling up learning communities: The experience of six community colleges

A new national approach to career navigation for working learners

Case studies of three community colleges: The policy and practice of assessing and placing students in developmental education courses

Common Standards: The Time Is Now

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

Higher education commission helps high schools track graduates' progress

Increasing college success: A roadmap for governors

Policy on dual credit opportunities in Indiana

Lumina Foundation Lessons: When networks build a platform, students step up

Ready by 21

Engaging older youth: Program and city-level strategies to support sustained participation in out-of-school time

Project U-turn

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

Promising practices: What works in the midwest: A report from the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE)

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

Empowering effective teachers: Readiness for reform

Gaining ground in the middle grades: Why some schools do better

Beyond the indicators: An integrated school-level approach to dropout prevention

The high cost of low educational performance: The long-run economic impact of improving PISA outcomes

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

Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program: Building a pipeline of skilled workers

Building and using longitudianal data systems for effective reporting and to improve student achievement

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

Reengaging high school dropouts: Early results of the national guard youth challenge program evaluation

Parent and caregiver activities to create a college-going culture

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

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

Combat2College: Facilitating college success for combat veterans

Achieving a wealth of riches: Delivering on the promise of data to transform teaching and learning

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

Projections of education statistics to 2018

The President's Forum

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

Graduating America: Meeting the challenge of low-graduation rate high schools

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

Promoting gatekeeper course success among community college students needing remediation: Findings and recommendations from a Virginia study

Re-imagining community colleges in the twenty-first century

Teaching for a new world: Preparing high school educators to deliver college- and career-ready information

Top 10 higher education state policy issues for 2010

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

Credit/skills recovery pilot project: Documentation report for the Boston public schools

2009 What works for Latinos in higher education

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

The effect of housing wealth on college choice: Evidence from the housing boom

Providing greater opportunities for deeper learning in NCLB waivers

The importance of being in school: A report on absenteeism in the nation's public schools

Refocusing adult education on career and postsecondary success: An analysis of adult education (Title II) in WIA reauthorization proposals

Graduate enrollment in science and engineering grew substantially in the past decade but slowed in 2010

Education for life and work: Developing transferable knowledge and skills in the 21st century

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

The impact of affirmative action bans in graduate education

Spaces of inclusion? Teachers' perceptions of school communities with differing student racial & socioeconomic contexts

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

Using assessment results: Promising practices of institutions that do it well

The college completion agenda may sacrifice college access for low-income, minority and other at-risk students

Lifting Latinos up by their 'rootstraps': Moving beyond trauma through a healing-informed framework for Latino boys and men

Making loans work: How community colleges support responsible borrowing

Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education

The economic value of opportunity youth

Waiving away high school graduation rate accountability?

The role of minority-serving institutions in national college completion goals

Summertime program tune-up: Taking advantage of "down" time for needed program enhancements

Evaluate mentoring programs

Why policymakers should care about children's savings

Bullying and open enrollment

Western Policy Exchanges

The American freshman: National norms fall 2011

The roll of Pell grants in access, persistence and completion

The for-profit postsecondary school sector: Nimble critters or agile predators?

Transforming education in America

Teaching and learning in large classes at Ontario Universities

STEM: State reports and state level analysis

The impacts of state performance funding systems on higher education institutions: Research literature review and policy implications

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

Cohort default rates in context

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

The CollegeKeys Compact 2012 catalog of effective practices: Programs and practices that expand options for students from low-income backgrounds

2012 State of the state addresses: Governors' top education issues

Third grade literacy policies: Identification, intervention, retention

Campaign for the Future of Higher Education

Rethinking higher education business models: Steps toward a disruptive innovation approach to understanding and improving higher education outcomes

Building a grad nation: Progress and challenge in ending the high school dropout epidemic (2012 Update)

Do high stakes placement exams predict college success?

Get with the program: Accelerating community college students' entry into and completion of programs of study (2012)

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

On the road to success

Why access matters: The community college student body

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

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

15 Effective strategies for dropout prevention

Preventing future high school dropouts: An advocacy and action guide for NEA state and local affiliates

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

Eight components of college and career readiness counseling

The relationship between AP exam performance and college outcomes

Investing in change: How much do Achieving the Dream colleges spend - and from what resources - to become data-driven institutions

ETS Policy Notes: Advancing learning for our diverse adult population

Schools, families, and Response to Intervention:

The economic benefits of reducing the dropout rate in the nations largest metropolitan areas

Helping students get a "head start" on the real world: State strategies for early high school graduation

Six pillars of effective dropout prevention and recovery: An assessment of current state policy and how to improve it

Ensuring America's future: Federal policy and Latino college completion

Building an early childhood professional development system

National Opportunity to Learn Campaign

The college completion agenda: State policy guide

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

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

Complete to compete: Common college completion metrics

A contexualized reading-writing intervention for community college students

Recruiting and retaining older African American and Hispanic boys in after-school programs: What we know and what we still need to learn

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

Service members in school: Military veterans' experiences using the post-9/11 GI Bill and pursuing postsecondary education

Fully online programs in K-12: A snapshot of effective practices at virtual high schools

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

P-20 governance

Building a grad nation: Progress and challenge in ending the high school dropout epidemic

The impact of school counseling on student educational outcomes in high schools: What can we learn about effectiveness from statewide evaluations of school counseling practice in Nebraska and Utah

Untapped potential: Fulfilling the promise of Big Brother Big Sisters and the bigs and littles they represent

Hours of opportunity: Lessons from five cities on building systems to improve after-school, summer school, and other out-of-school time programs

Access without equity: Longitudinal analysis of institutional stratification by race and ethnicity: 1972-2004

Rewarding progress, reducing debt: Early results from Ohio's performance-based scholarship demonstration for low-income parents

The heart of student success: Teaching, learning, and college completion

Developmental education in community colleges

Top ten ways college counselors can help undocumented students

Ready by 21: Making quality count

Getting past go: Remedial and developmental education policy at a crossroads

The power of the education-industry partnership: Fostering innovation in collaboration between community colleges and businesses

College graduation rates: Behind the numbers

Doing more with less: The inequitable funding of community colleges

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

Engaging adjunct and full-time faculty in student success innovation

Early college graduates: Adapting, thriving, and leading in college

How non-academic supports work: Four mechanisms for improving student outcomes

Get with the program: Accelerating community college students' entry into and completion of programs of study

Facilitating student learning through contextualization

Winning the future: Improving education for the Latino community

Stuck schools revisited: Beneath the averages

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

Roadmap for ensuring America's future

Ready by 21 case study: Georgetown Divide

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

Changing the odds for students: Spotlight on Kingsborough College

A detection model of college withdrawal

Degrees for what jobs? Raising expectations for colleges and universities in a global economy

The need for institutional fiscal responsibility

Race to the top and teacher preparation: Analyzing state strategies for ensuring real accountability and fostering program innovation

The effects of student coaching in college: An evaluation of a randomized experiment in student mentoring

STEM: Good jobs now and for the future

Institutional variation in credential completion: Evidence from Washington State Community and Technical colleges

Developing 20/20 vision on the 2020 degree attainment goal: The threat of income based inequality in education

Scaling up is hard to do: Progress and challenges during the first year of Achieving the Dream Developmental Education Initiative

The condition of education 2011

Smart money: Informing higher education philanthropy

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

Getting ready for college: An implementation and early impacts study of eight Texas developmental summer bridge programs

Ramp-up to Readiness: The Ramp-up goals

Completing the mission: A pilot study of veteran students' progress toward degree attainment in the post 9/11 era

Operation College Promise

The 'personalization' of higher education: Using technology to enhance the college experience

High flyers: Policies and strategies that boost developmental education success in Florida's community colleges

National Office for School Counselor Advocacy: Transition from high school graduation to college enrollment

Staying on track: Early findings from a performance-based scholarship program at the University of New Mexico

Unlocking the gate: What we know about improving developmental education

Recruitment, retention and the minority teacher shortage

Top ten higher education policy issues for 2011

Higher education reform: Next-generation models to increase success and control costs

A community college instructor like me: Race and ethnicity interactions in the classroom

The Future Ready Project

Making every diploma count: Using extended-year graduation rates to measure student success

The high cost of low graduation rates: Taxpayers lose millions

State education agencies as agents of change: What will it take for the states to step up on education reform

Driving innovation from the middle: Middle-skill jobs in the American South's economy

From information to action: Revamping higher education accountability systems

Debt to degree: A new way of measuring college success

A systemic approach to implementing response to intervention in three Colorado high schools

View from the field: How to launch district virtual learning

Critical perspectives on race and equity in review of higher education

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

Higher education, merit-based scholarships and post-baccalaureate migration

Men of color: A role for policymakers in improving the status of black male students in U.S. higher education

RTTD Action brief: Establishing the foundational conditions for personalized learning

Forgotten youth: Re-engaging students through dropout recovery

Debt, jobs, diversity and who gets in: A survey of admissions directors

A problem still in search of a solution: A state policy roadmap for improving early education

Parent involvement and extended learning activities in school improvement plans in the Midwest region

IES What Works Clearinghouse: Find what works

National Governor's Association: Complete to Compete Resources

Transforming the rural south: A roadmap to improving rural education

Think College Indiana!

Aligning community colleges to their local labor markets: The emerging role of online job ads for providing real-time intelligence about occupations and skills in demand

Reaching the goal: The applicability and importance of the Common Core State Standards to college and career readiness

The case for change in college admissions

Afterzone: Outcomes for youth participating in Providence's citywide after-school system

TIered interventions in high schools: Using preliminary 'lessons learned' to guide ongoing discussion

A state policymaker's guide to expanding learning time

Increasing teacher diversity: Strategies to improve the teacher workforce

A better measure of skills gaps: Utilizing ACT skill profile and assessment data for strategic skill research

Can applying to more colleges increase enrollment rates?

Complexity in college admission: The barriers between aspiration and enrollment for lower-income students

Dropout recovery is national recovery: How federal policies can support the spread of Back on Track through College pathways

Higher education: Use of new data could help improve oversight of distance education

Community college access and affordability for occupational and nontraditional students

Time is the enemy: The surprising truth about why today's college students aren't graduating... And what needs to change

Summer snapshot: Exploring the impact of higher achievement's year-round out-of-school time program on summer learning

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

Learning at a distance: Undergraduate enrollment in distance education courses and degree programs

Caught in the crisis: Students with disabilities in U.S. high schools

Front and center: Critical choices for higher education

Lumina Foundation Focus: Un nuevo dia: As Latino population grows, so must college attainment

Education and the economy: Boosting the nation's economy by improving high school graduation rates among students of color and native students

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

Priced out: How the wrong financial-aid policies hurt low-income students

How four-year colleges and universities organize themselves to promote student persistence: The emerging national picture

A diversity action blueprint: Policy parameters and model practices for higher education institutions

Who wins? Who pays? The economic returns and costs of a Bachelor's degree

Promising practices supporting low-income, first-generation students at DeVry University

Implementing common core state standards and assessments: A workbook for state and district leaders

Title I and high schools: Addressing the needs of disadvantaged students at all grade levels

Gender inequalities in education

A way forward: A progressive vision for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Federal higher education policy and the profitable nonprofits

Promoting postsecondary educational success for adults and families-A practical partnership guide

Healthy steps toward student achievement: Research based recommendations for policy and practice

Making summer count: How summer programs can boost children's learning

College completion toolkit

The College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) program

Keeping students enrolled: How community colleges are boosting financial resources for their students

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

Stretching the school dollar: A brief for state policymakers

Ready by 21 case study: Massachusetts

Data tools for accelerating Latino student success (ALASS)

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

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

Changing the odds for children and youth community profile: Northern Kentucky: Building a leadership council

Catalyst for completion: Performance-based funding in higher education: A case study of three states

A grounded theory of adult student persistence

ESEA Briefing Book

Research support for school counseling

What should count? Frontline perspectives on student success and college accountability

Teacher and leader effectiveness in high-performing education systems

Aligning education and workforce goals to foster economic development

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

Achieving the possible: What Americans think about the college- and career-ready agenda

Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success (C-PES)

Time to act: Closing the racial achievement gap

Youth in foster care: Easing the transition to adulthood

Finishing the first lap: The cost of first-year student attrition in America's four-year colleges and universities

The high school senior class of 2003-04: Steps toward postsecondary enrollment

On track to complete? A taxonomy of beginning community college students and their outcomes 3 years after enrolling: 2003-04 through 2006

Dollars for degrees: Structuring post-secondary scholarships to increase student success

College choice process of Latino undocumented students: Implications for recruitment and retention

Grad nation: Progress and challenge in ending the high school dropout epidemic

Factors contributing to the upward transfer of baccalaureate aspirants beginning at community colleges

Can transfer and articulation policies propel communtiy college students to a bachelor's degree-and is that the only goal?

Divided we fail in LA: Improving completion and closing racial gaps in the Los Angeles community college district

How military veterans are using the post-9/11 GI Bill and adapting to life in college

The return on the federal investment in for-profit education: Debt without a diploma

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

How increasing college access is increasing inequality, and what to do about it

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

The (un)productivity of American higher education: From cost "dis-ease"to cost effectiveness

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

National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP)

College access challenge grants: Including adult learners, strengthening student success

Bringing adults back to college: Designing and implementing a statewide concierge model

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

Introduction to the Community College Research Center (CCRC) assessment of evidence series

The impact of teacher experience

7th Annual AP report to the nation

Mentoring in schools: An impact study of Big Brothers Big Sisters school-based mentoring

What do you want in an afterschool program?

False impression: How a widely stated study vastly overstates the benefits of charter schools

Charter schools that work: Economically integrated schools with teacher voice

Closing the expectations gap 2011

Effectiveness of fully online courses for college students: Response to a department of education meta-analysis

A comparison of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for mathematics (June 2, 2010) to the American Diploma Project (ADP) benchmarks for mathematics (2004)

A comparison of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts and literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects (June 2, 2010) to the American Diploma Project (ADP) benchmarks for English (2004)

Increasing baccalaureate attainment in Louisville: A proposed blueprint for community action

Primary sources: America's teachers on America's schools

The College Completion Agenda

Ensuring youth transitioning from foster care are connected by 25: Lessons learned from the foster care work group

Framework for providing all students an opportunity to learn through reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education act

Effective dropout prevention and recovery: State dropout policy profiles

Postsecondary educational trajectories of urban youth: Addressing vulnerabilities and barriers to enrollment and persistence

Turning community college drop-outs into graduates

Response to Intervention: The future for secondary schools

Center on Instruction: Response to Intervention (RTI) resources

National Center on Intervention: RTI state database

Guiding the way to higher education: Families, counselors, and communities together

IDEA Partnership: Collaborative work on Response to Intervention

Models of Response to Intervention in the Northwest Region States

Federal higher education policy priorities and the Asian American and Pacific Islander community

RTI Progress monitoring tools chart

The role of parents in dropout prevention: Strategies that promote graduation and school achievement

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

Welfare reform and intergenerational mobility

Making graduation a priority

Better late than never? Examining late high school graduates

The digital learning imperative: How technology and teaching meet today's education challenges

Pell grants and the lifting of rural America's future

Documenting uncertain times: Post-graduate transitions of the Academically Adrift cohort

The role of Pell Grants in access, persistence and completion

Student success courses and educational outcomes at Virginia community colleges

The best of two worlds: Lessons from a community college-community organization collaboration to increase student success

Latino college completion in 50 states: Executive summary

Keeping students on course: An impact study of a student success course at Guilford Technical Community College

Moving on up: How tuition tax breaks increasingly favor the upper middle-class

States need to fill in the gaps on expanded learning time: Troubling lack of detail seen in No Child Left Behind waiver applications

The other pipeline: From prison to diploma: Community colleges and correctional education programs

The arts and achievement in at-risk youth: Findings from four longitudinal studies

It's a matter of time: Low-income students and community colleges

Early warning system middle grades tool

The college completion agenda: 2011 progress report

Mobility makers

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

Challenging success: Can college degree completion be increased as states cut budgets?

Raising job quality and skills for American workers: Creating more effective education and workforce development systems in the states

Black male student success in higher education: A report from the national black male college achievement study

The road to high-quality early education

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

The urgency of now: The Schott 50-state report on public education and black males

Commencement day: Six-year effects of a college learning community program at Kingsborough Community College

Teacher voices: Teachers talk about some of the big problems they face in the classroom and how these impede student learning

Growing awareness, growing support: Teacher and voter understanding of the common core state standards and assessments

Where to begin? The evolving role of placement exams for students starting college

For profit higher education: The failure to safeguard the federal investment and ensure student success

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

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

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

The economic case for higher education

Middle school counselor's guide: NOSCA's eight components of college and career readiness counseling

Aid and innovation: How federal financial aid policy impacts student success and how states can respond

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

An undeveloped national resource: The unrealized potential of the nation's career/technical centers

What are the implications of possible selves research for school counseling practice?

Driving K-12 reform through a college-access and success agenda

Common Core implementation workbook

Stopped short: 2.1 Million adults in Florida went to college but didn't finish

The completion arch: Measuring community college student success

Interactive learning online at public universities: Evidence from randomized trials

Conflicted: Faculty and online education, 2012

Choosing who delivers: The impact of placing limits on the delivery of remedial education at four-year institutions

APSCU's five tenents of veteran education

Socioeconomic stratification of community college transfer access in the 1980s and 1990s: Evidence from HS&B and NELS

Georgia Graduation Coach Initiative

What states can do to improve teacher effectiveness

College readiness issue brief: High expectations: A key to success for all

Assessing the use and impact of ECMC Foundation's Realizing the College Dream curriculum

Ohio State University Department of Mathematics Early Mathematics Placement Testing

Improving adolescent literacy: Effective classroom and intervention practices

Educational equity profiles: Practical leadership tools for equitable and excellent schools

Mind the access gap: Breaking down barriers to post-secondary education

Ready or not? Literacy skills and post-secondary education

Getting started at community colleges: Reducing unplanned pregnancy and strengthening academic achievement

Achieving the Dream Equity Resource Center

Steps to success: Analyzing milestone achievement to improve community college student outcomes

Charting a necessary path: The baseline report of public higher education systems in the Access to Success initiative

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

Preparing the workers of today for the jobs of tomorrow

Serving those who serve: Higher education and America's veterans

Breakthrough Collaborative

Innovations in education: Creating strong supplemental educational services programs

Structuring out-of-school time to improve academic achievement

The productivity argument for investing in young children

Investing in disadvantaged young children is an economically efficient policy

The impact of peers on college preparation: A review of the literature

Student Success Skills

Projecting the economic benefits of reducing high school dropout rates in America's 45 largest metropolitan areas

Listening to Latinas: Barriers to high school graduation

College-going culture rubric

Teacher and staff activities to create a college-going culture

Achieving the Dream: Evidence of change

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

Closing the expectations gap 2010

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

Complete College America

Council for Exceptional Children

High school policy reform: A plan for success (California)

Alignment and the states: Three approaches to aligning the national assessment of educational progress with state assessments, other assessements, and standards

FY 2011 budget proposal: Thoughts and recommendations for increasing college access and success

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

Chronic early absence: Providing solutions for increasing achievement in the early grades and preventing school drop-out

A snapshot of African Americans in higher education

Dual credit in Indiana: Bridging the gap between high school and college

Cost perceptions and college-going for low-income students

How does extended learning time impact student achivement?

Good data. Better policy. Stronger commitment. Improved outcomes.

Expanding Pathways: Transforming High School Education in California

Principles for a comprehensive assessment system

Education reform 101: A primer on the new Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

Terms of engagement: Men of color discuss their experiences in community college

Global Skills for Global Completion

The nature of innovation in the community college

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

Evolving No Child Left Behind

Big questions, practical answers: New strategies for setting and moving a higher education agenda

Ready to assemble: A model state higher education accountability system

From high school to the future: The pathway to 20

Bridges to opportunity for underprepared adults: A state policy guide for community college leaders

A developmental perspective on college and workplace readiness

Some perspectives from rural school districts on the No Child Left Behind Act

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

The Bologna Process for US eyes: Re-learning higher education in the Age of Convergence

Ready to succeed: Changing systems to give California's foster children the opportunities they deserve to be ready for and succeed in school

Postsecondary education spending priorities for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Removing the roadblocks: Fair college opportunities for all California students

Next generation state data system: What is needed to support the next generation assessment and accountability systems

Coming to our senses: Education and the American future

Flexible learning options for adult students

The Equity Project

Measuring up 2008

Squeeze play 2009: The public's views on college costs today

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

Deciding on postsecondary education

From qualifications to results: Promoting teacher effectiveness through federal policy

Center on Reinventing Public Education

Developmental Education Toolkit

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

High school course-taking patterns for English Language Learners: A case study from California

A plan for success: Communities of color define policy priorities for high school reform

Education Equality Project

Falling off track during the transition to high school: What we know and what can be done

Creating a college-going culture: A resource guide

Top ten state policy issues for higher education in 2009

Evaluation of evidence-based practices in online learning: A meta-analysis and review of online learning studies

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

Finding a way: Practical examples of how a principal-counselor relationship can lead to success for all students

How colleges organize themselves to increase student persistence: Four-year institutions (College Board study on student retention)

Back to basics: Improving college readiness of community college students

Supporting English language acquisition: Opportunities for foundations to strengthen the social and economic well-being of immigrant families

The connection strategy: Preparing young people to succeed in college and beyond

Race matters: Unequal opportunities in education

From No Child Left Behind to Every Child a Graduate

When girls don't graduate, we all fail

The poor and the rich: A look at economic stratification and academic performance among undergraduate students in the United States

Pushing the envelope: State policy innovations in financing postsecondary education for workers who study

Best practices: Resource for TRIO directors

A study of the Talent Search program: Analysis and highlights

Best practices in recruiting and retaining minority graduate students

Boys and schools: Improving the health, education, and well-being of boys

STEM Education Coalition

Do community colleges provide a viable pathway to a Baccalaureate degree?

Learn and Serve America

Engaged for success: Service-learning as a tool for high school dropout prevention

School reform and improvement database

Maintaining participation of Millennial Generation students in online learning environments

Reaching higher college completion (working paper)

Reaching higher with accountability (working paper)

Good policy, good practice: Improving outcomes and productivity in higher education, a guide for policymakers

Career preparation curriculum

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

Achievement and attainment in Chicago charter schools

State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act

More student success: A systemic solution

A good start: Two-year effects of a freshman learning community program at Kingsborough Community College

Discovery Education Homework Help

All Kinds of Minds

Setting students' sights on college: Chicago public schools

Demography is not destiny: Increasing the graduation rates of low-income college students at large public universities

Project Mentor

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

Easing the transition to high school: Research and best practices designed to support high school learning

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

Forming a college-going community in U.S. public high schools

Great expectations: A guide to Alabama's high school graduation exam

Independent Evaluation of the California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE): Third Biennial Report

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

Closing the racial achievement gap: The role of reforming instructional practices

Transfer college quality and student performance

Transitioning adults to college: Adult basic education program models

Collegiate learning assessement project

Lost learning, forgotten promises: A national analysis of school racial segregation, student achievement, and "controlled choice" plans

How desegregation changed us: The effects of racially mixed schools on students and society

Measuring up internationally: Developing skills and knowledge for the global economy

What is P-16? A primer for legislators - a practical introduction to the concept, language and policy issues of an integrated system of public education

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

Squeeze play: How parents and the public look at higher education today

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

Alignment of high school graduation requirements and state-set college admissions requirements

Women on the rise

A voice from the middle

Reading--Young children's achievement and classroom experiences

Nontraditional undergraduates

Learning about the role of college student in dual enrollment participation

The nation's report card: Mathematics 2007

Education longitudinal study of 2002 (ELS:2002): A first look at the initial postsecondary experiences of the high school Sophomore class of 2002

Postsecondary Access and Success

The narrowing gap in New York City teacher qualifications and its implications for student achievement in high-poverty schools

Renewing the promise: The public universities in a transforming world

Early college high school initiative: Brochure (2007)

Validity of high-school grades in predicting student success beyond the freshman year: High-school record vs. standardized tests as indicators of four-year college outcomes

Experiences that matter: Enhancing student learning and success

Building a culture of evidence in community colleges: Lessons from exemplary institutions

What's Fair?

Retooling career and technical education

Student loans and public accountability

Update on advanced placement

American Indian and Alaska Native students in U.S. high schools

Is student success labeled institutional failure? Student goals and graduation rates in the accountability debate at community colleges

Rethinking high school: Five profiles of innovative models for student success

A supporting role: How accreditors can help promote the success of community college students

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

EFC (Expected Family Contribution) Formula Guide, 2010-11

The Chafee Educational and Training Voucher (ETV) program: Six states' experiences

Do student success courses actually help community college students succeed?

Effective instruction: An inconspicuous strategy for dropout prevention

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

Advanced placement report to the nation: 2007

The state role in accelerating student growth in low-performing high schools

Culture of evidence

Approaches to dropout prevention: Heeding early warning signs with appropriate interventions

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

Students with learning disabilities transitioning from high school to college

Adding it up: State challenges for increasing college access and success

A disturbing trend in law school diversity

Starfish Initiative: Mentoring application

State and local implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act - Accountability under NCLB: Interim report

Value-added analysis and education policy

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

Making the grade in college prep: A guide for improving college preparation programs

Increasing the preparedness of at-risk students

Under-prepared community college students: Implications of attitudinal and experiential differences

Findings from the Condition of Education 2001: Students whose parents did not go to college

ACT policy report: Schools involving parents in early postsecondary planning

Latino youth and the pathway to college

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

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

Transitions to college: From theory to practice

Detail to the key components of Indiana's P-16 plan for improving student preparation for college success

An action agenda for improving America's high schools

Encouraging news for college bound foster youth

Characteristics of minority students who excel on the SAT and in the classroom

Outcomes of learning: Results from the 2000 program for international student assessment of 15 year-olds in reading, mathematics, and science literacy

Accelerated learning options: Moving the needle on access and success

What are the expected benefits associated with implementing a comprehensive guidance program

Career advancement for low-income workers through community college and community-based organization partnerships

Measuring up 2006

Paying double: Inadequate high schools and community college remediation

High school coursework: Policy trends and implications for higher education

Latino achievement in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics

Whatever it takes: How twelve communities are reconnecting out-of-school youth

The PISA 2003 assessment framework: Mathematics, reading, science and problem solving knowledge and skills

High-stakes testing in PreK-12 education

The silent epidemic: Perspectives of high school dropouts

School context, student attitudes and behavior, and student achievement: An exploratory analysis

National High School Center

A call to action: Transforming high school for all youth

NCHEMS information center

With diploma in hand: Hispanic high school seniors talk about their future

Mixed messages: What state high school tests communicate about student readiness for college

Public high school graduation and college-readiness rates: 1991-2002

Educational vouchers for universal preschools

Reading next: A vision for action and research in middle and high school literacy

Healthier and wealthier: Decreasing healthcare costs by increasing educational attainment

One day I will make it: A study of adult student persistence in library literacy programs

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

Charter high schools: Closing the achievement gap

Closing educational achievement gaps for Latino/a students in Utah

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

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

Access and achievement: Building educational and career pathways for Latinos in advanced technology

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

Academic pathway inventories

Talent Development High Schools

Indian students and college preparation

Homeschoolers on to college: What research shows us

Placing college graduation rates in context: How 4-Year college graduation rates vary with selectivity and the size of low-income enrollment

Learning to finish: A best practices "Wiki" sponsored by the Pew Partnership

Learning communities and student success in postsecondary education

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

Academic pathways, preparation, and performance: A descriptive overview of the transcripts from the high school graduating class of 2003-04

Office of Indian education programs

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

Pathways to improving practice: How can pre-college outreach programs work with schools

Creating helping environments for college-going: The CHEPA CHEC-list for counselors

Crisis or possibility? Conversations about the American high school

Finance and resource issues in high school reform

High school reform - Issue brief

The high school transcript study: A decade of change in curricula and achievement, 1990-2000

Evaluating the effectiveness of technology in our schools

High School Survey of Student Engagement

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

Indiana P-16 policy roundtable: Summary report

Progress of education reform: Producing quality credentials: Why data and analytics matter

Adding it all up in 2012: Are college net price calculators easy to find, use and compare?

College 101 courses for applied learning and student success

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

Are the sleeping giants awake? Non-profit universities enter online education at scale

Autonomy and innovation: Systemic change in a decentralized state

Using incentives to change how teenagers spend their time: The effects of New York City's conditional cash transfer program

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

From capacity to success: HSIs and Latino student success through Title V

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

The economic benefits of postsecondary degrees: A state and national level analysis

Making good on a promise: What policymakers can do to support the educational persistence of dropouts

Washington P-16 policy roundtable: Summary report

NDSFA: The financial aid partnership

Moving into town - and moving on: The community college in the lives of traditional age students

Increasing rates of school completion: Moving from policy and research to practice

Creating schools that work

Annotated bibliography: Perspectives in postsecondary education programs and student support interventions

Immigrant students and secondary school reform: Compendium of best practices

English language learners: Boosting academic achievement

Dual credit and exam-based courses in US public high schools:2002-03

Pathways to improving practice: Improving college access through mentoring

New Technology High School postsecondary student success study

Results that matter: New technology high school at a glance

Next steps: Research and practice to advance Indian education

An investigation of factors influencing classroom motivation for postsecondary American Indian/Alaska native students

From their voices: American Indians in higher education and the phenomenon of stepping out

Linking career/technical studies to broader high school reform

Forgotten students: American Indian high school students' narratives on college going

A culture of evidence: Postsecondary assessment and learning outcomes

Accelerated learning options: A promising strategy for states

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the Pathways to College Network framework: Mutually supportive visions and complementary goals

Early college high school model: Strategy for high school completion, college access and success

High school to college and careers: Aligning state policies

Breaking through the barriers to college: Empowering low-income communities, schools, and families for college opportunity and student financial aid

Reading to achieve: A governor's guide to adolescent literacy

Public education and Black male students: The 2006 state report card

Guide to creating community-based college access programs

Paying back, not giving back: Student debt's negative influence on public service career opportunities

California Community Colleges: Making them stronger and more affordable

Joint platform for education reform

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

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

The high cost of high school dropouts: What the nation pays for inadequate high schools

Career and technical education's role in American competitiveness

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

Promoting a systematic focus on learning supports to address barriers to learning and teaching

Closing the achievement gap series part II: Response to intervention (RTI), basic elements, practical applications, and policy recommendations

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

The alternative pathways project: A framework for dropout reduction and recovery

Improving academic achievement in urban districts: What state policymakers can do

Early childhood investment yields big payoff

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

Why the crisis in adolescent literacy demands a national response

Orange juice or orange drink? Ensuring that "advanced courses" live up to their labels

Just for the kids

Childcare and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency

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

Early childhood education: Investing in quality makes sense

Addressing the needs of under-prepared students in higher education: Does college remediation work

Investing wisely in adult learning is key to state prosperity

Gaining traction, gaining ground: How some high schools accelerate learning for struggling students

Reading between the lines: What ACT reveals about college readiness in reading

Advanced placement report to the nation: 2006

Standards for what? The economic roots of K-16 reform

Indiana inventory of academic pathways

Investing in the education of older students: A summary of the evidence

National center for public policy and higher education

The challenge of scaling up educational reform: Findings and lesson from First Things First

KnowledgeWorks Foundation

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

Critical postsecondary education issues in Indiana

High school counselors handbook 2004-05

Bridge Partnership

Where have all the students gone? Higher education by the numbers

Quality, affordability and access: Americans speak on higher education

National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)

Who goes to preschool and why does it matter?

Closing the college participation gap: A national summary

Yes we can: Telling truths and dispelling myths about race and education in America

Do expenditures for student support services lead to demonstrable gains in student achievement

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

Leaving boys behind: Public high school graduation rates

SMASH Academy

Success for All Foundation

Center for School Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation (CSCORE)

The effects of students' middle-school and high school experiences on completion of the bachelor's degree: How can school counselors make a difference

Prekindergarteners left behind: Expulsion rates in state pre-kindergarten systems

What community college practices and policies are effective in promoting student success: A study of high- and low-impact institutions

Horace

Foundation for excellent schools

State high school exit exams: A maturing reform

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

African American achievement in America

Latino achievement in America

The educational pipeline: Big investment, big returns

Remedial education at degree-granting postsecondary institutions in Fall 2000

Powerful pathways: Framing options and opportunities for vulnerable youth

The link between high school reform and college access and success for low-income and minority youth

Head start on college: Dual enrollment strategies in New England

Rising to the challenge: Are high school graduates prepared for college and work

State strategies for redesigning high schools and promoting high school to college transitions

Career-related predictors of work-bound and college-bound status of adolescents in rural and nonrural areas

National Dropout Prevention Centers

USA Funds

National college access network

GEAR UP

Achieve, Inc.

The early college high school: The initiative at a glance

College success programs

Do grants matter?

The school to college transition: Challenges and prospects

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

Academic preparation and college success: Analysis of Indiana’s 2000 high school class

Creating seamless educational transitions for urban African American and Hispanic students

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

What works in remediation: Lessons from 30 years of research

Teacher quality in a changing policy landscape: Improvements in the teacher pool

High school - Advanced placement

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

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

Overlooked gems: A national perspective on low-income promising learners

Career development and occupational studies resource guide with core curriculum

The Mind Trust

Promoting academic momentum at community colleges: Challenges and opportunities

Engaging faculty and staff: An imperative for fostering retention, advising, and smart borrowing

Recent participation in formal learning among working-age adults with different levels of education

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

Avoidable Losses: High-Stakes Accountability and the Dropout Crisis

Standardization vs. flexibility: State policy options on placement testing for developmental education in community colleges

Fifty states of achieving the dream: State policies to enhance access to community colleges across the United States

Leading the conversion process: Lessons learned and recommendations for converting to small learning communities

Teaching all students to high standards in mixed-ability classrooms

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

Institutional research and the culture of evidence at community colleges

What community college management practices are effective in promoting student success? A study of high- and low-impact institutions

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

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Community college student success: What institutional characteristics make a difference

Student charges and financial aid: 2006-07

Innovation America: A compact for postsecondary education

Students as allies in improving their schools

The global state of higher education and the rise of private finance

The study of economic, informational, and cultural barriers to community college student transfer access at selective institutions: National estimates of transfer access and baccalaureate degree attainment at four-year colleges and universities

Student success in college: Puzzle, pipeline, or pathway?

Accelerated developmental education project

Understanding Latino parental involvement in education: Perceptions, expectations, and recommendations

Power tools: Designing state community college data and performance measurement systems to increase student success

Educating English language learners: Implementing instructional practices

Creating a college-going culture guide

Access to success initiative

A science-based framework for early childhood policy

What works clearinghouse: Middle school math

The nation's report card: Reading 2007

Planning resources for teachers in small high schools

Spanish services training guide

Articulation, alignment, and the challenge of college-readiness

Access to college: The role of tuition, financial aid, scholastic preparation and college supply in public college enrollments

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

Enhancing student success in education: Summary report of the NPEC Initiative and National Symposium on Postsecondary Student Success

College access: A framework for systemic program development

Adult learning focused institution (ALFI) initiative

Preparing for college

Statewide administration of the ACT: A key component in improving student preparation for college and work

The sensitivity of the ACT to instruction

Using EXPLORE® and PLAN® Data to Evaluate GEAR UP Programs

Engaged learning: Fostering success for all students

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

Middle school practices improve student achievement in high poverty schools

The context of "choice" in college pathways

Value added assessment: Accountability's new frontier

Latinas in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)

States that raise their high school graduation rates could generate millions more in higher wages

Opening the door to the American Dream: Increasing higher education access and success for immigrants

Making accountability work: Community colleges and statewide higher education accountability systems

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

Eighteen ways to warm up the chilly climate: Recommendations for faculty members

States' progress toward high school restructuring

Education watch Washington: Key education facts and figures 2004

Education watch Washington: Key education facts and figures 2006

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

Alabama education quick facts 2007

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

Status and trends in the education of racial and ethnic minorities

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

YMCA

The ASCA national model

Women, minorities, and persons with disabilties in science and engineering

The STEM graduate school experience: Reflections from minority post docs

Alliances for graduate education and the professoriate (AGEP)

In pursuit of a diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics workforce: Recommended research priorities to enhance participation by underrepresented minorities

Improving students' readiness for college: Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Illinois District 233

Preparing Oklahoma students for the future

Relationships between EPAS scores and college preparatory course work in high school

The effects of using ACT® Composite score and high school average on college admission decisions for racial/ethnic groups

Using posttesting to show the effectiveness of developmental/remedial college courses

Alternatives to the grade point average as measures of academic achievement in college

ACT high school profile report: National

College is possible: A guide for undocumented students

Chicago Public Schools Department of Postsecondary Education

Digest of education statistics: 2006

Beating the odds: An analysis of student performance and achievement gaps on state assessments: 2005-06 School year

Translations for success

Connected by 25: Financing entrepreneurship programs for youth transitioning out of foster care

Digest of Education Statistics

Parent-teacher conferences: Make the most of your meeting

No child left behind: What it means for parents

Homework helper: Help your child take control

Recommended classes: A great schedule leads to college success

Great summer jobs: Explore careers and gain valuable experience

The male achievement gap in Indiana

PATH: Pupils Ask, Teachers Help

State policies to bring adult learning into focus

The enhanced reading opportunities study: Early impact and implementation findings

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

National Center for Learning Disabilities

Window of opportunity: Targeting federal grant aid to students with the lowest incomes

Research brief: Practices that support data use in urban high schools

Indiana R&D 2008: Meeting the global challenge for innovation

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

National study of student support services. Third-year longitudinal study results and program implementation study update

The impacts of regular Upward Bound: Results from the third follow-up data collection

Education at a glance 2007: OECD indicators

Federal Education Budget Project

National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) Scholarships

SEG Scholarship Program

Best practices: TRIO student support programs & Upward Bound

Student success courses in the community college: An exploratory study of student perspectives

Making the transition to four-year institutions: Academic preparation and transfer

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

Test drive: Six states pilot better ways to measure and compare community college performance

What happens to high school dropouts who reenroll?

Starting right: A first look at engaging entering students

Opportunity matters: A journal of research informing educational opportunity, practice and programs

Learning better together: The impact of learning communities on the persistence of low-income students

National Institute for Literacy

Lifelong learning: New strategies for the education of working adults

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

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

Early-college high school: Modest experiment or national movement?

The state of learning disabilities 2009

The path to career success: High school achievement, certainty of career choice, and college readiness make a difference

Enhancing college student success through developmental education

Learning and assessment: Trends in undergraduate education

Impact of college rankings on institutional decision making: Four country case studies

Indiana's vision of Response to Intervention

A developmental perspective on workplace readiness: Preparing high school students for success

Improving accountability in public education

Connext Postsecondary Assessment System

Campaign for High School Equity

State education activities to support mission growth

Noncognitive assessment and college success: The case of the Gates Millennium Scholars

Facts for education advocates: School counseling, access and persistence

Promising instructional reforms in developmental education: A case study of three Achieving the Dream colleges

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

Promoting engagement for all students: The imperative to look within

Better together: Realigning pre-college skills development programs to achieve greater academic success for adult learners

The Condition of Latinos in education: 2008 Factbook

Recommended policies and practices for advancing Indiana's system of adult education and workforce training

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

Response to Intervention: Resources for student service professionals

Indiana Graduation Plan Statute

Student loans: Avoiding deceptive offers

National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education

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

Do increases in Pell and other grant awards increase college-going among lower income high school graduates? Evidence from a 'natural experiment'

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

10 New higher education ideas for a new Congress

College readiness standards

The study of implementation in school-based preventative interventions: Theory, research, and practice

Cities in crisis 2009: Closing the graduation gap: Educational and economic conditions in America's largest cities

The other college: Retention and completion rates among two-year college students

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

State and local implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act: Volume IX - Accountability under NCLB: Final report

Child poverty and intergenerational mobility

Effects of state-mandated standardized tests on student achievement

Raising their voices: Engaging students, teachers, and parents to help end the dropout epidemic

Digest of Education Statistics, 2009

The connection between health and high school dropout

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

Open-access colleges responsible for greatest gains in graduation rates

Don't leave accountability behind: A call for ESEA reauthorization

The online learning imperative: A solution to three looming crises in education

State test score trends through 2007-08, Part 5: Are there differences in achievement between boys and girls?

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

Florida policy options to accelerate Latino student success in higher education

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

A national study of institutional policies for the evaluation of transfer applicants

Getting ready for college: Financial concerns and preparation among the high school senior class of 2003-04

Comparing NCLB and the Obama administration's blueprint

Turning it around: A collective effort to understand and resolve Philadelphia's dropout crisis

Promising practices: What works in the Midwest: New approaches to improving college access, persistence, and success: Three exemplary postsecondary opportunity programs

Retaining teacher talent: Convergence and contradictions in teachers' perceptions of policy reform ideas

Retaining teacher talent: The view from Generation Y

Retaining teacher talent: Teaching for a living

Retaining Teacher Talent Study

Research to practice: The future of the regional educational labs

Successful school turnarounds: Seven steps for school leaders

The educational crisis facing young men of color: Reflections on four days of dialogue on the educational challenges of minority males

High school remediation

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

How much growth toward college readiness is reasonable to expect in high school?

Institutional transfer and the management of risk in higher education

Leading in a changing America: Presidential perspectives from Hispanic-serving institutions

Closing the access gap: Does information matter?

Changing course: Improving Aboriginal access to post-secondary education in Canada

Survey Of Secondary School Students

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

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

International trends in adult education and lifelong learning

Background and supporting evidence for Adult Education for Work

College readiness for all toolbox

2009 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report

Student Success Skills: Tools and strategies for improved academic and social outcomes

Reinventing the federal role in education: Supporting the goal of college and career readiness for all students

Seize the moment: The need for a comprehensive federal investment in adolescent literacy

InService: The ASCD community blog

Investing in Indiana's adult workers: Increasing financial aid opportunities

Transparency by design

Rethinking developmental education in community colleges

Benchmarks: WICHE Region 2009

Community college student outcomes: Limitations of the Intergrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and recommendations for improvement

Putting the customer first in college: Why we need an office of consumer protection in higher education

Fighting for quality and equality, too: How states and policymakers can ensure the drive to improve teacher quality doesn't just trickle down to poor and minority children

How bold is "bold?" Responding to Race to the Top with a bold, actionable plan on teacher effectiveness

Higher education success among historically marginalized males

2009 ACT National and State Scores

Parental transfers, student achievement, and the labor supply of college students

Using student achievement data to support instructional decision making

Southern Education Foundation (SEF)

10 Ideas to ensure college readiness in the No Child Left Behind and Higher Education Acts

College readiness issue brief: Aligning P-12 and postsecondary education: Toward a seamless P-16 education system

Mobilizing a cross-sector collaborative for systemic change: Lessons from project U-turn, Philadelphia's campaign to reduce the dropout rate

Baccalaureate success of transfers and rising four-year college juniors

Multiple pathways to STEM: Examining state differences in community college attendance among Latino STEM bachelor's degree holders

Community colleges as gateway and gatekeeper: Moving beyond the access "saga" to outcome equity

A shared agenda: Action alert for school superintendents & middle & high school principals

College readiness issue brief: Social support: An essential ingredient to success

Overcoming doubts about online learning

Decreasing the digital divide: Technology use for college preparation programs

With their whole lives ahead of them: Myths and realities about why so many students fail to finish college

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

Fault lines in our democracy: Civic knowledge, voting behavior and civic engagement in the United States

Washington state student achivement initiative: Achievement points analysis for academic years 2007-2011

Replenishing opportunity in America: The 2012 midterm report of public higher education systems in the Access to Success Initiative

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

Digest of Education Statistics 2011

Leaders & laggards: A state-by-state report card on public postsecondary education

Housing wealth and higher education: Building a foundation for economic mobility

A new classification scheme for for-profit institutions

Measuring nontraditional student success: An imperative for colleges and universities

How America pays for college 2012

From soft skills to hard data: Measuring youth program outcomes

21st Century skills map

From soldier to student II: Assessing campus programs for veterans and service members

Trends among young adults over three decades, 1974-2006

Preparing students to transition from high school to college: A review of the perceptions surrounding college and the challenges students face as they prepare for their collegiate experience

Connecting the dots between learning and resources

Does race matter in educational diversity? A legal and empirical analysis

Teaching in a learner-centered environment powered by digital learning

Education at a glance 2012: OECD indicators

One in seven: Ranking youth disconnection in the 25 largest metro areas

An examination of the information technology job market

Supporting first-generation college students through classroom-based practices

Learning what it takes: An initial look at how schools are using early warning data and collaborative response teams to keep all students on track to success

Higher education: Gaps in access and persistence study

Redefining your success: The role of adolescent connectedness in demonstrating mentoring impact

Sealing the gaps: Supporting low-income, first-generation students at four-year institutions in Texas post-transfer

Dramatically bringing down the cost of education with OER: How open education resources unlock the door to free learning

Caught in the crisis: Students of color and native students in U.S. high schools

Movin' it and improvin' it! Using both education strategies to increase teaching effectiveness

Duration and intensity: No time for cutting corners

Building institutional capacity for data-informed decision making

Hearing on non-traditional students

Smart spending: Reforming federal financial aid for higher education

Jobs, jobs, jobs: Challenges community colleges face to reach the unemployed

Financial literacy at minority-serving institutions

When working works: Employment & postsecondary success

Leading by example: A case study of peer leader programs at two Achieving the Dream colleges

Ensuring America's Future - Sector briefs

The Adult Education and Economic Growth Act: Toward a modern adult education system and a more educated workforce

State HIgher Education Finance 2011

Student learning plans: Supporting every student's transition to college and career

A strong start: Positioning young black boys for educational success: A statistical profile

Rising the the challenge: The strategies of social service intermediaries

Statewide aid policies to improve college access and success

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

What's in your cabinet? How agencies can collectively improve the lives of children and youth

Information constraints and financial aid policy

Reviving magnet schools: Strengthening a successful choice option

Does federal student aid raise tuition? New evidence on for-profit colleges

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

Solutions for America: Dropout prevention

Evidence-based dropout prevention programs

The state of preschool 2009: State preschool yearbook

Altered state: How the Virginia community college system has used Achieving the Dream to improve student success

Parent engagement toolkit

Trends in eLearning: Tracking the impact of eLearning at community colleges

The financial aid challenge: Successful practices that address the underutilization of financial aid in community colleges

FloridaCAN! Empowering communities to work alongside our schools for student success

Is it live or is it Internet? Experimental estimates of the effects of online instruction on student learning

Response to Instruction (RtI) guidance document

Response to Intervention policy

RTI classification tool and resource locator

Response to Intervention resources for high schools

Tiered intervention on the high school level

Teacher evaluation: New approaches for a new decade

Early reading proficiency (Leading Indicators Series)

A portrait of low-income young adults in education

Response to Intervention (RTI): A primer for parents

Leisure college USA: The decline in student study time

Better benefits: Reforming teacher pensions for a changing workforce

2010 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report

A smart move in tough times: How SREB states can strengthen adult learning and the work force

National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD)

"Ahead of the curve" charter school policies

The opportunity illusion: Subsidized housing and failing schools in California

Devil in the details: An analysis of state teacher dismissal laws

Rebalancing the mission: The community college completion challenge

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

Outsourcing instruction: Issues for public colleges and universities

The economic benefits of reducing the dropout rate among students of color in the nation's largest metropolitan areas

Using state data to promote continuous improvement of workforce programs: Guidance for states preparing applications to the U.S. DOL workforce data quality initiative

Illinois adult education bridge evaluation: Technical report

The effects of grade retention on high school completion

Community college student survey

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

After the bell: What do we want our afterschool programs to do?

Reality check: Hispanic-serving institutions on the Texas border strategzing financial aid

Transfer and articulation policies

PreK-Grade 3: Which reading and literacy practices matter most?

The social life of college information: Relationships and experiences as tools for enhancing college decision making

Filling in the blanks: How information can affect choice in higher education

The shapeless river: Does a lack of structure inhibit students' progress at community colleges?

A new vision to increase the academic achievement for English language learners and immigrant students

An extreme degree of difficulty: The educational demographics of urban neighborhood high schools

National High School Center early warning system tool 2.0

Closing the college completion gap: A guidebook for the faith community

State test score trends through 2008-09, Part 2: Slow and uneven progress in narrowing gaps

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

Achieving the dream data notes: Outcomes of first-year persisting students

Community college and high school partnerships

Do institutions respond asymmetrically to changes in state need- and merit-based aid?

Access/Acceso: Rising to the challenge of improving higher education opportunities for Latinos

Community colleges and higher education: How do state transfer and articulation policies impact student pathways?

Evaluating programs for community college students: How do we know what works?

Is school funding fair? A national report card

Gaining ground: High schools closing the achievement gap

One-shot deal? Students' perceptions of assessment and course placement in California's community colleges

Why is college so expensive?

School-based mentoring: Weighing future investments

Cracks in the ivory tower? The views of education professors circa 2010

The progress of education reform: Investing in college completion

Investing in education and equity: Our nation's best future

Student success in higher education

What new faculty need to know about assessment

Align new policies with existing efforts to collaborate

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

Americans want more coverage of teacher performance and student achievement

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

Planning a school-based mentoring program

Don't stop collaborating - Just stop creating new collaboratives

Presidential perspectives: The 2011 Inside Higher Ed survey of college and university presidents

Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS) Effective Schoolwide Interventions

Building a grad nation: Progress and challenge in ending the high school dropout epidemic (March 2011 Update)

Projections of education statistics to 2019

Affordability and transfer: Critical to increasing Baccalaureate degree completion

Higher education: Students at the heart of the system

The educational experience of young men of color (website)

The undereducated American

Promoting full-time attendance among adults in community college: Early impacts from the performance-based scholarship demonstration in New York

New path to federal student aid for those with no high school diploma or GED

Boosting college completion for a new economy

Conditional cash transfers and college persistence: Evidence from a randomized need-based grant program

Improving student transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions-The perspective of leaders from baccalaureate-granting institutions

Developmental Education Initiative (DEI) self-assessment tool

If only we told our story better...Reenvisioning state-university relations through the lens of public engagement

Estimating the return to college selectivity over the career using administrative earnings data

Scaling community college interventions

Improving community college success

The federal comprehensive school reform program and school turnaround: Key evaluation findings

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

When school stability requires transportation: State considerations

Bringing business analytics to the college campus: Using fiscal metrics to steer innovation in postsecondary educations

Getting teacher evaluation right: A brief for policymakers

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

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

Performance-based scholarships: Emerging findings from a national demonstration

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

Ramp-up to Readiness: The Ramp-up standards

Comparative indicators of education in the United States and other G-8 countries:

Trends in Chicago's schools across three eras of reform: Full report

Completing college: Assessing graduation rates at four-year institutions

For profit schools: Experiences of undercover students enrolled in online classes at selected institutions

Characteristics of GED recipients in high school: 2002-06

Data that matters: Giving high schools useful feedback on grads' outcomes

Career clusters: Forecasting demand for high school through college jobs 2008-2018

Up for grabs: The gains and prospects of first- and second generation young adults

Lumina Foundation Focus: Flexing the faculty

Preserving the federal Pell Grant Program

Middle-class societies invest more in public education: A stronger middle class is associated with higher levels of spending on education

Leveraging service blueprinting to rethink higher education

2011 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report

Common core state standards alignment

The EFC formula, 2012-2013

Five ways education pays initiative

Racial gaps in early childhood: Socio-emotional health, development, and educational outcomes among African-American males

Changing the conversation about productivity: Strategies for engaging faculty and institutional leaders

One year out: Findings from a national survey among members of the high school graduating class of 2010

Early warning indicator systems

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

The condition of college and career readiness 2011

Employer-paid tuition advancement for low-income workers

We serve, too: A toolkit about military teens

Tackling tough topics: An educator's guide to working with military kids

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

Complete to Compete: Higher education data dashboards (state reports)

Education and the economy: Boosting the nation's economy by improving high school graduation rates

Can scholarships alone help students succeed? Lessons from two New York City community colleges

Atlanta civic site: Climbing the ladder of civic proficiency

College and career development organizer

The reality of college readiness 2012: National report

Business resources for a college- and career-ready America

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

Undergraduate teaching faculty: The 2010-11 HERI faculty survey

2012 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report

Common measures for college access and success

"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

Learning from the successes and failures of charter schools