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Earning College Credit in High School: Dual Enrollment, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate Programs

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P-16 (Pre K - Grade 16) Alignment and Initiatives

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

The 4th annual AP report to the nation

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

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

Raising rigor, getting results: Lessons learned from AP expansion

Dual enrollment: A strategy for educational advancement of all students

Promoting quality: State strategies for overseeing dual enrollment programs

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

Advanced placement report to the nation: 2007

Office of Indian education programs

Beyond high school: Improving transition programs for postsecondary education

The advanced placement expansion of the '90's: How did traditionally underserved students fare

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

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

From high school to the future: Making hard work pay off: The road to college for students in CPS's academically advanced programs

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

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

Center for native education

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

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

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

Gateway to College

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

8th Annual AP report to the nation

Removing the roadblocks: Fair college opportunities for all California students

The connection strategy: Preparing young people to succeed in college and beyond

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

National inventory of academic pathways

Add and subtract: Dual enrollment as a state strategy to increase postsecondary success for underrepresented students

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

Policies paved the way: Early college innovation in North Carolina

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

The state of preschool 2009: State preschool yearbook

The 6th annual AP report to the nation

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

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

7th Annual AP report to the nation

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

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

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

The 8th annual AP report to the nation

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

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

6th Annual AP Report to the Nation: State Reports

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

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

How curriculum influences college persistence in Indiana and the nation

Pathways to college access and success

Update to state dual enrollment policies: Addressing access and quality

The progress of education reform: Dual enrollment

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

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

Dual enrollment policies and practices: Earning college credit in California high schools

The SAT report on college & career readiness: 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

Indiana's adult education and workforce skills performance report: Preparing adults for a brighter future

Rigor plus support: How science teachers use literacy techniques to get students ready for college

Quality Counts 2007: State Highlights Reports

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

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

Accelerated learning options: Moving the needle on access and success

Advanced placement report to the nation: 2006

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

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

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

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

Getting students ready for college and careers: Transitional senior mathematics

Up for grabs: The gains and prospects of first- and second generation young adults

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

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

What we know about dual enrollment

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

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

The relationship between AP exam performance and college outcomes

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

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

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

High school policy reform: A plan for success (California)

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

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

The early college high school: The initiative at a glance

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

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

Dual credit and exam-based courses in US public high schools:2002-03

The relationship between advanced placement and college graduation

High school to college and careers: Aligning state policies

Recent STEM initiatives

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

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

Education Commission of the States: Research studies database

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

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

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

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

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

Ramp-up to Readiness

Hidalgo early college district toolkit

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

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

UpwardBound Math-Science: STEM education that works

College access and success state data

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

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

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

Achievement and attainment in Chicago charter schools

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

Accelerated learning for all

Developing the STEM education pipeline

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

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

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

Paving the way to postsecondary education: K-12 intervention programs for underrepresented youth

Closing educational achievement gaps for Latino/a students in Utah

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

Early college high school model: Strategy for high school completion, college access and success

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

Dual enrollment: Accelerating the transition to college

Raising our sights: No high school senior left behind

The lost opportunity of senior year: Finding a better way

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

International Benchmarking Toolkit

Lessons from the Lone Star state: Designing a sustainable model to expand early college high school in Texas

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

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

Preparing students for college and career: Linked learning in California

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

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

College Board AP Summary Reports: 2009

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

Beyond the rhetoric: Improving college readiness through coherent state policy

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Hard choices ahead: Performance and policy in Texas higher education

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

Dual enrollment: Reviewing programs to promote college completion

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

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

The economic value of opportunity youth

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

12 for 2012: Issues to move education forward in 2012

High standards help struggling students: New evidence

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

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

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

The educational experience of young men of color: Federal legal implications and policy guidance

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

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

High expectations and strong supports yield postsecondary success

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

State test score trends through 2008-09, Part 2: Slow and uneven progress in narrowing gaps

Central Indiana Talent Alliance

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

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

The opportunity illusion: Subsidized housing and failing schools in California

Dual enrollment: Postsecondary/secondary partnerships to prepare students

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

Understanding costs of credit-based transition programs in Indiana

Dual credit in Indiana: Bridging the gap between high school and college

Expanding access and opportunity: The Washington State Achievers Program

College readiness for all: The challenge for urban high schools

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

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

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

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

Charting a necessary path: The baseline report of public higher education systems in the Access to Success initiative

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

Noncognitive assessment and college success: The case of the Gates Millennium Scholars

Pathways to boosting the earnings of low-income students by increasing their educational attainment

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

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

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

The misplaced math student: Lost in eighth-grade Algebra

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

Lesser and greater expectations: The wasted senior year and college-level study in high school

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

Head start on college: Dual enrollment strategies in New England

ACSFA policy brief: The toolbox and student aid policy

Policy on dual credit courses taught in high schools by high school faculty

Crisis or possibility? Conversations about the American high school

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

Straight from the source: What works for first-generation college students

Opening the door to the American Dream: Increasing higher education access and success for immigrants

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

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

American diploma project network Indiana action plan

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

Childcare and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency

Enlace: Engaging Latino communities for education

The benefits of statewide use of the ACT test

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

In need of improvement: NCLB & high schools

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

Realizing the college dream (English and Spanish versions)

Evaluation of the early college high school initiative

Update on advanced placement

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

Closing the expectations gap, 2008

Early intervention program and college partnerships

Dual enrollment students in Florida and New York City: Postsecondary outcomes

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

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

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

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

Advanced placement subcommittee: Policy barriers identified

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

High school-to-college policy study: Project summary

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

Alternative High School Initiative (AHSI)

Education beyond the rhetoric: Making rigor something "real"

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

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

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

Quality counts 2008

Starfish Initiative: Mentoring application

From high school to the future: Potholes on the road to college

Reaching higher college completion (working paper)

Early intervention programs: Opening the doors to higher education

New England Journal of Higher Education

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

Education Commission of the States: Database of virtual high schools

High school - Advanced placement

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

The national articulation and transfer network

Transfer access to elite colleges and universities in the United States: Threading the needle of the American dream

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

How outreach programs are implemented affects student achievement

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

LearnMore Indiana Resource Center

MALDEF Federal education rights pamphlet (spanish version)

Educational vouchers for universal preschools

Orange juice or orange drink? Ensuring that "advanced courses" live up to their labels

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

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

Finance and resource issues in high school reform

Indiana's dropout prevention tool-kit: A legislative primer

Supporting high school students in the transition to college

Powerful pathways: Framing options and opportunities for vulnerable youth

Ohio early college high school initiative

Dual enrollment: Policy issues confronting state policymakers

Mentoring programs: An annotated bibliography of online resources

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

Early-college high school: Modest experiment or national movement?

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

The nation's report card: 2007 At a glance

Selected states response to supporting high school English language learners

Deciding on postsecondary education

Barriers to college attainment: Lessons from Chicago

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

Steps to success: Analyzing milestone achievement to improve community college student outcomes

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

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

The next step in systems-building: Early childhood advisory councils and federal efforts to promote policy alignment in early childhood

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

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

Characteristics of effective urban college preparation programs

Policy on dual credit opportunities in Indiana

Good data. Better policy. Stronger commitment. Improved outcomes.

College InSight

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

Promising practices: What works in the Midwest: New approaches to improving college access, persistence, and success: Three exemplary postsecondary opportunity programs

Curriculum and instruction: A 21st century skills implementation guide

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

Indiana Dual Credit Provider Directory

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

National Opportunity to Learn Campaign

Postsecondary success

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

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

A portrait of low-income young adults in education

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

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

Education pays 2010

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

A return to the "Mexican room": The segregation of Arizona's English learners

Partnerships between community colleges and prisons: Providing workforce education and training to reduce recidivism

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

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

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

Plugged in: Positive development strategies for disconnected Latino youth

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

The undereducated American

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

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

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

Today's promise, tomorrow's future: The social and educational factors contributing to the outcomes of Hispanics in urban schools

Trends in Chicago's schools across three eras of reform: Full report

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

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

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

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

The cruel divide: How California's education finance system shortchanges its poorest school districts

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

Staying in school: A proposal to raise high school graduation rates

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

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

Middle skills jobs and the growing importance of postsecondary education

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

Stopped short: 2.1 Million adults in Florida went to college but didn't finish

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

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

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

Creating opportunities in health care: The community college role in workforce partnerships

Family literacy: A valuable gateway to postsecondary education

Closing the expectations gap 2011

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

Insulating the education pipeline to increase postsecondary success

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

Yes we can: The Schott state report on black males and education (national and state reports)

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

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

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

State high school tests: Exit exams and other assessments

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

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

Portrait in numbers

Complete to compete: Common college completion metrics

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

America's future: Latino child well-being in numbers and trends

Who borrows most? Bachelor's degree recipients with high levels of student debt

A next social contract for the primary years of education

Afterzones: Creating a citywide system to support and sustain high-quality after-school programs

Advancing by degrees: A framework for increasing college completion

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

Dual credit in Indiana Q & A

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

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

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

The impact of adavanced placement incentive programs

The educational crisis facing young men of color: Reflections on four days of dialogue on the educational challenges of minority males

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

Mind the (other) gap!: The growing excellence gap in k-12 education

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

College readiness issue brief: Aligning P-12 and postsecondary education: Toward a seamless P-16 education system

College readiness issue brief: Using data to improve educational outcomes

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

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

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

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

Educational Policy Improvement Center

Making high school students into "college material"

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

Education watch 2009

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

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

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

National opportunity to learn campaign: State data and analysis

Moving beyond access: College success for low-income, first generation students

A plan for success: Communities of color define policy priorities for high school reform

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

Lessons from Achieving the Dream for federal efforts to improve college completion rates

Guiding the way to higher education: Step by step to college workshops for students curriculum (middle school, early high school, late high school)

With diploma in hand: Hispanic high school seniors talk about their future

Indiana high school students' opportunities for earning college credit

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

Preparing students for success in college

Pathways to a four-year degree: Determinants of transfer and degree completion

Fast track to college: Increasing postsecondary success for all students

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

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

Closing the college participation gap: A national summary

Impact of student aid program design, operations, and marketing on the formation of family college-going plans and resulting college-going behaviors of potential students

An overview: Early college high school

Big Picture Company

Locked up and locked out: An educational perspective on the U.S. prison pipeline

The link between high school reform and college access and success for low-income and minority youth

Mixed messages: What state high school tests communicate about student readiness for college

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

NCHEMS information center

Dual Credit in Indiana - 2005

Early college high school initiative

Indiana University Independent Study Program

A call to action: Transforming high school for all youth

Primary progress, secondary challenge

School context, student attitudes and behavior, and student achievement: An exploratory analysis

Georgia's HOPE scholarship and minority and low-income students: Program effects and proposed reforms

Engines of inequality: Diminishing equity in the nation's premier public universities

Financing early colleges for native youth

Montana P-16 policy roundtable: Summary report

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

Who goes to preschool and why does it matter?

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

Increasing academic rigor in high schools: Stakeholder perspectives

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

Embedding college readiness indicators in high school curriculum and assessment

Narrowing the gaps in educational attainment: A policymaker's guide for assessing and responding to needs for community college services

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

Improving academic achievement in urban districts: What state policymakers can do

One day I will make it: A study of adult student persistence in library literacy programs

Achievement gaps: An examination of differences in student achievement and growth

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

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

College is possible: A guide for undocumented students

Unmasking the effects of student engagement on college grades and persistence

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

Creating and sustaining early college high schools

Early college high school initiative: Brochure (2007)

Early college high school: Opportunity for a lifetime

Resources for intermediaries: Developing a budget for early college

Postsecondary Access and Success

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

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

Early college high schools: Ben Davis University High School

The enhanced reading opportunities study: Early impact and implementation findings

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

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

Who graduates in California?

Starfish Initiative

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

From No Child Left Behind to Every Child a Graduate

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

State indicators of science and mathematics education: 2007

Passing the torch: Strategies for innovation in community college ESL

Better together: Realigning pre-college skills development programs to achieve greater academic success for adult learners

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

Measuring up 2008

Coming to our senses: Education and the American future

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

The impact of affirmative action bans in graduate education

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

What works for Latino student success in higher education: 2012 Compendium, profiles of selected programs

The stealth inequities of school funding: How state and local school finance systems perpetuate inequitable school spending

One in seven: Ranking youth disconnection in the 25 largest metro areas

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

Advancing to completion: Increasing degree attainment by improving graduation rates and closing gaps for Hispanic students

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

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

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

Caught in the crisis: Students of color and native students in U.S. high schools

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

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

Can simple be equitable? Lessons from state grant programs

Striving for student success: A model of shared accountability

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

Developmental Education Initiative (DEI) self-assessment tool

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

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

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

Increasing teacher diversity: Strategies to improve the teacher workforce

The college completion agenda: 2011 Progress report: Latino edition

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

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

Comparative indicators of education in the United States and other G-8 countries:

Schools, skills, and synapses

Accelerating Latino success at Texas border institutions: Possibilities and challenges

Noncredit enrollment in workforce education: State policies and community college practices

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

Opportunity matters: A journal of research informing educational opportunity, practice and programs

The Benwood plan: A lesson in comprehensive teacher reform

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

Back to basics: Improving college readiness of community college students

National Center for Postsecondary Education

When girls don't graduate, we all fail

Quality counts 2008: Indiana report

A Better Chance.org

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

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

Beating the odds: The real challenges behind the math achievement gap - and what high-achieving schools can teach us about how to close it

State policies to bring adult learning into focus

Transition matters: Community college to bachelor's degree

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

Ivy Tech programs: Fast track to college and double up for college

College For Every Student

McNair scholar handbook

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

Transitions to adulthood for homeless adolescents: Education and public policy

Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2006

No Child Left Behind: What's in it for parents (Spanish Language Version)

Baltimore city's high school reform initiative: Schools, students, and outcomes

Indiana Core Transfer Library

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

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

The College and Financial Aid Guide for Undocumented AB540 Immigrant Students

Preparing all Indiana youth for life in the global human capital economy

Translations for success

Connected by 25: Financing entrepreneurship programs for youth transitioning out of foster care

Helping Teens Succeed

Getting college credit before college: The Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) and College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP®)

Beating the odds: An analysis of student performance and achievement gaps on state assessments: 2005-06 School year

Independent Evaluation of the California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE): Third Biennial Report

Raising the Bar: Policy Recommendations for high school reform

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

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

Academic interventions to help states meet rigorous standards: Policy options

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

Using EXPLORE® and PLAN® Data to Evaluate GEAR UP Programs

College access: A framework for systemic program development

Successful bilingual schools: Six effective programs in California

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

The career pathways how-to guide

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

Qualified teachers for at-risk schools: A national imperative

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

ACT national curriculum survey, 2005–2006

Knowledge for practice: A training program for college access advisors

Opening doors: Support success: Services that may help low-income students succeed in community college

College scholarships for Latino students: Are opportunities being missed?

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

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

Bridge Partnership

Learning by degree: Real-life stories from three early collge high schools

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

Washington P-16 policy roundtable: Summary report

Forgotten students: American Indian high school students' narratives on college going

CSO College Center: A student gateway to college access, opportunity, and success

Ithaca College - Frederick Douglass Academy Partnership

Indian students and college preparation

Bridging the gap between high school and college

The challenge of scaling up educational reform: Findings and lesson from First Things First

Fragile futures: Risk and vulnerability among Latino high achievers

The Gates effect

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

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

Puente Project

Preparate para la universidad: A college planning guide in Spanish for students in grades 9 through 12

High school academic preparation and postsecondary progress

Increasing the preparedness of at-risk students

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

Under-prepared community college students: Implications of attitudinal and experiential differences

The school to college transition: Challenges and prospects

An overview of higher education in the United States: Diversity, access, and the role of the marketplace

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

Detail to the key components of Indiana's P-16 plan for improving student preparation for college success

First in the family: Advice about college from first generation students

Achievement in America

Advanced placement information

Show us the money: Low-income students, families, and financial aid

Global Policy Fellows Program: Lessons learned

Investing in Indiana's adult workers: Increasing financial aid opportunities

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

Preparing for the AP test

Can the American high school become an avenue of advancement for all?

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

Tuition equity legislation: Investing in Colorado high school graduates through equal opportunity to postsecondary education

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

Grade retention: Achievement and mental health outcomes

Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL)

Official cohort default rates for schools

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

Creating college readiness: Profiles of 38 schools that know how

The price of knowledge: Access and student finance in Canada -- Third edition

Embracing differences: Post-secondary education among Aboriginal students, students with children and students with disabilities (2005)

Achieving the Dream Equity Resource Center

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

The value of value-added data

Annotated bibliography of resources for transforming school counseling

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

Community colleges as gateway and gatekeeper: Moving beyond the access "saga" to outcome equity

Linking secondary and postsecondary systems: Lessons from Indiana

Mathematics benchmarks grades K-12

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

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

This school works for me: Creating choices to boost student achievement: An implementation guide for school district administrators

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

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

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

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

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

PERSIST (Guide to improve higher education persistence, retention, and success)

Florida policy options to accelerate Latino student success in higher education

Closing the expectations gap 2010

The nation's report card: Reading 2009

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

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

Restructuring 'restructuring': Improving interventions for low-performing schools and districts

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

The economic benefits of reducing the dropout rate among students of color in the nation's largest metropolitan areas

Understanding the K-12 common core state standards in mathematics

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

SREB/Go Alliance

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

Managing contracts for educational equity: Emerging trends and issues

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

Improving achievement for the growing Latino population is critical to the nation's future

Policy implications of trends for Asian American students

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

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

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

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

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

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

Is school funding fair? A national report card

Turning the tide: Five years of Achieving the Dream in community colleges

Reality check: Hispanic-serving institutions on the Texas border strategzing financial aid

Everybody ready for college

Meeting the challenge: The role of school leaders in turning around the lowest-performing high schools

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

Stepping stones: Principal career paths and school outcomes

State test score trends through 2008-09, Part 3: Student achievement at 8th grade

Achieving ambitious goals: Case studies of scaling up programs for advancing low-skilled adults

Winning the future: Improving education for the Latino community

Affordability and transfer: Critical to increasing Baccalaureate degree completion

Conditional cash transfers and college persistence: Evidence from a randomized need-based grant program

Merit aid for undergraduates: Trends from 1995-96 to 2007-08

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

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

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

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

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

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

Up to the challenge: The role of career and technical education in college and career readiness

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

Farther, faster: Six promising programs show how career pathway bridges help basic skills students earn credentials that matter

Latino college completion: Texas

The College Match Program

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

Advocacy in action toolkit

Transforming education in America

The roll of Pell grants in access, persistence and completion

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

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

Much accomplished, much at stake: Performance and policy in Maryland higher education

50-state mathematics requirements for the standard high school diploma

Housing costs, zoning, and access to high quality schools

Information and college access: Evidence from a randomized field experiment

Collegiate remediation: A review of the causes and consequences

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

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

Factbook Bulletin: Minority enrollment gains show region's progress toward college completion goals

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

The effects of learning communities for students in developmental education

Driving K-12 reform through a college-access and success agenda

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

What can a multifaceted program do for community college students?

Not the ceiling, but the floor: Innovative Harlem early childhood education effort complicated by varying government regulations

Aid and innovation: How federal financial aid policy impacts student success and how states can respond

The nation's report card: Science 2011

The false promise of class-size reduction

The educational experience of young men of color (website)

Improving community college success

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

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

Power play: Teacher characteristics and class assignments

Latino college completion: Florida

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

Achieving success: The latest news in achieving community college success (2011)

Promoting full-time attendance among adults in community college: Early impacts from the performance-based scholarship demonstration in New York

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

Teacher voices: Immigration, language and culture

Roadmap for ensuring America's future

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

State policies regarding undocumented college students: A narrative of unresolved issues, ongoing debate and missed opportunities

School tracking and access to higher education among disadvantaged groups

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

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

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

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

Divided we fail: Improving completion and closing racial gaps in California community colleges

Web tables - profiles of students in graduate and first-professional education: 2007-08

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

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

Gaining ground: High schools closing the achievement gap

Dream vs. reality: An analysis of potential Dream Act beneficiaries

Investing in education and equity: Our nation's best future

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

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

Closing the college completion gap: A guidebook for the faith community

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

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

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

A new vision to increase the academic achievement for English language learners and immigrant students

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

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

Turning community college drop-outs into graduates

FloridaCAN! Empowering communities to work alongside our schools for student success

America after 3pm: Special report on summer: Missed opportunities, unmet demand

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

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

Building a learning agenda around disconnected youth

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

A smart move in tough times: How SREB states can strengthen adult learning and the work force

The 'bottom' seventy percent: What America's elite institutions of higher learning owe to everyone else

Comparing achievement between K-8 and middle schools: A large empirical study

Who benefits most from college? Evidence for negative selection in heterogeneous economic returns to higher education

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

What educators should learn from ER

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

High school dropout and completion rates in the United States: 2007

Schools without diversity: Education management organizations, charter schools, and the demographic stratification of the American school system

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

Transition and alignment: Two keys to assuring student success

Processes and challenges in identifying learning disabilities among English Language Learner students in three New York state districts

This school works for me: Creating choices to boost student achievement: A guide for America's leaders

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

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

Best practices in statewide articulation and transfer systems

Achieve Standards Alignment Tool

Between two worlds: How young Latinos come of age in America

Calculating cost-return for investments in students success

College readiness issue brief: High expectations: A key to success for all

What states can do to improve teacher effectiveness

Pathways to College Network

Southern Education Foundation (SEF)

No accounting for fairness: Equitable education funding remains elusive in Ohio

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

What matters for staying on-track and graduating in Chicago public schools: A focus on students with disabilities

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

“Why access matters” revisited: A review of the latest research

Postsecondary opportunity programs: Defining and improving an educational policy innovation

Institutional transfer and the management of risk in higher education

And after high school? A pan-Canadian study of grade 12 students in French-language schools in minority settings: Educational aspirations and plans to pursue a career in their home regions -- Executive Summary

BC AVID: Early implementation report

Common Core State Standards Initiative

Investing in disadvantaged young children is an economically efficient policy

How schools can shape peer relations to promote achievement among Mexican-origin youth

Listening to Latinas: Barriers to high school graduation

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

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

EPAS® state of the nation report 2007: Mathematics

Bridges to opportunity for underprepared adults: A state policy guide for community college leaders

Building tomorrow's workforce: Promoting the education and advancement of Hispanic immigrant workers in America

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

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

Poverty and potential: Out-of-school factors and school success

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

The Education Equality Project: Improving teacher quality

Campaign for High School Equity

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

First generation college students: A literature review

Network news: Focus on P-16 partnerships

Ball State: College transition program

African American achievement in America

Pre-college outreach programs for low-income students: A literature review

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

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

The American diploma project: Overview of research

The expectations gap: A 50 state review of high school graduation requirements

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

The challenge of access and persistence

A matter of degrees: Improving graduation rates in four-year colleges and universities

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

Minority student achievement network

Promise abandoned: How policy choices and institutional practices restrict college opportunity

Early college high school initiative: Core principles

Foundation for excellent schools

National Association of Street Schools

Career advancement for low-income workers through community college and community-based organization partnerships

Redesigning high schools to prepare students for the future

Bridges to Success

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

The higher dropout rate of foreign-born teens: The role of schooling abroad

Increasing the college preparedness of at-risk students

The power to change: High schools that help all students achieve

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

National college access network

A step toward college success: Assessing attainment among Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars

Standards for what? The economic roots of K-16 reform

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

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

Miles to go: Louisiana

Accelerated learning options: A promising strategy for states

Middle College National Consortium

The early college high school concept: Requisites for success

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

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

Indiana P-16 policy roundtable: Summary report

How do pre-collegiate outreach programs impact college-going among underrepresented students

Effective preschool curricula and teaching strategies

Promoting school readiness through universal preschool

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

Higher education, higher cost and higher debt: Paying for college in the future

Aligning postsecondary expectations and high school practice: The gap defined

The progress of education reform: Closing the achievement gap

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

Profile of undergraduates in U.S. postsecondary education institutions: 2003-04, With a special analysis of community college students

Proven benefits of early childhood interventions

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

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

Ensuring academic success for English learners

National Indian education study part II: The educational experiences of fourth- and eighth-grade American Indian and Alaska Native students

Charter high schools: Closing the achievement gap

PERSIST: A comprehensive guide for student success in higher education

Alignment of high school graduation requirements and state-set college admissions requirements

What works for Latino students

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

Update: State policies regarding in-state tuition for undocumented students

Setting students' sights on college: Chicago public schools

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

More states using the ACT as part of alignment efforts

Graduate education: The backbone of American competitiveness and innovation

No Child Left Behind: State report card 2005-2006

States' progress toward high school restructuring

Federal support for adolescent literacy: A solid investment

College affordability for students from low and lower-middle income families

Choosing Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs): A closer look at Latino students college choices

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

Enhancing student services at Lorain County Community College: Early results from the Opening the Doors demonstration in Ohio

Understanding Latino parental involvement in education: Perceptions, expectations, and recommendations

The nation's report card: Reading 2007

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

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

2007 Status report on the Pell Grant program

Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2004

Forming a college-going community in U.S. public high schools

Status and trends in the education of racial and ethnic minorities

Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2004

The narrowing gap in New York City teacher qualifications and its implications for student achievement in high-poverty schools

Learning in a new key

The Breakthrough High School project

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

Education longitudinal study of 2002 (ELS:2002): A first look at the initial postsecondary experiences of the high school Sophomore class of 2002

Learning about the role of college student in dual enrollment participation

Best practices: Resource for TRIO directors

The impacts of regular Upward Bound: Results from the third follow-up data collection

In-state tuition for undocumented immigrants

Redesigning the ninth-grade experience: Reduce failure, improve achievement, and increase high school graduation rates

Turning around chronically low-performing schools

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

Graduation rate watch: Making minority student success a priority

Economic mobility: Is the American Dream alive and well?

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

Indiana University High School

The Chafee Educational and Training Voucher (ETV) program: Six states' experiences

The future of public education in New Orleans

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

Race matters: Unequal opportunities in education

Science and mathematics education indicators

I-STEM Resource Network

Indiana's K-12 STEM Ed Report Card

Beyond social justice: The threat of inequality to workforce development in the Western United States

Status and trends in the education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008

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

Recommended policies and practices for advancing Indiana's system of adult education and workforce training

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

Next generation state data system: What is needed to support the next generation assessment and accountability systems

NAEP Science 2011 State Snapshot Reports

Certificates: Gateway to gainful employment and college degrees

Transforming the educational experience of young men of color

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

Replenishing opportunity in America: The 2012 midterm report of public higher education systems in the Access to Success Initiative

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

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

The causes and consequences of attending historically black colleges and universities

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

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

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

SREB State progress reports 2012

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

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

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

The reality of college readiness 2012: National report

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

Advancing to completion: Increasing degree attainment by improving graduation rates and closing gaps for African-American students

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

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

Can scholarships alone help students succeed? Lessons from two New York City community colleges

The great cost shift: How higher education cuts undermine the future middle class

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

Is high school tough enough?

A stronger nation through higher education: A detailed look at college attainment-nationally, by state and by metro area

Campaign for the Future of Higher Education

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

No DREAMers left behind: The economic potential of DREAM Act beneficiaries

Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education

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

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

Pell grants and the lifting of rural America's future

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

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

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

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

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

Debt to degree: A new way of measuring college success

Employer-paid tuition advancement for low-income workers

Latino college completion: California

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

Getting it right: Crafting federal accountability for higher student performance and a stronger America

Assimilation tomorrow: How America's immigrants will integrate by 2030

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

Achieving the Dream data notes: What's in a name? Are they really credential-seeking students?

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

American Association of Community Colleges: Report on the 21st century initiative listening tour

Underserved students who earn credit through prior learning assessment have higher degree completion rates and shorter time-to-degree

The hidden costs of community colleges

High schools as launch pads: How college-going culture improves graduation rates in low-income high schools

Student aversion to borrowing: Who borrows and who doesn't

The effectiveness of student aid policies: What the research tells us

Counting on graduation: An agenda for state leadership

2008-2009 Alternative education programs (by Indiana county)

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

Strategic designs: Lessons from leading edge small urban high schools

Case studies of leading edge small urban high schools

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

Developing early warning systems to identify potential high school dropout

Evaluating the impact of interventions that promote successful transitions from high school

Education at a glance 2008: OECD indicators

A matter of trust: Ten key insights from recent public opinion research on attitudes about education among Hispanic parents

Science and engineering indicators 2008: State data tool

Strengthening financial aid policies for low-income working adults

Wealth mobility and volatility in black and white

What happens to high school dropouts who reenroll?

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

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

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

The turnaround challenge: Why America's best opportunity to dramatically improve student achievement lies in our worst-performing schools

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

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

Project stepping stone: A college preparation program for Hispanic youth

School strategies and the "college linking" process: Reconsidering the effects of high schools on college enrollment

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

Reaching higher with Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana: Focusing on the roll of community colleges

Reaching higher with affordability (working paper)

Center for Native Education: Frequently asked questions and fact sheet

Helping low-wage workers persist in education programs

A profile of the Ronald McNair postbaccalaureate achievement program: 1999-2000

Engaged for success: Service-learning as a tool for high school dropout prevention

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

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

The nation's report card: Mathematics 2007

Evaluation of new century high schools: Profile of an initiative to create and sustain small, successful high schools

Are private high schools better academically than public high schools?

Opportunity in America: The role of education

Innovation America: A compact for postsecondary education

How far behind in math and reading are English Language Learners?

Minorities in higher education twenty-second annual status report: 2007 supplement

American Indian and Alaska Native students in U.S. high schools

Fifty states of achieving the dream: State policies to enhance access to community colleges across the United States

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

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

A supporting role: How accreditors can help promote the success of community college students

Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2006

Institutional Student Profiles Fall 2006 for the State of Alabama

Great expectations: A guide to Alabama's high school graduation exam

Change, and response to change, in Florida's public schools

Alabama: Featured facts from the SREB Fact Book on higher education

Tools for Latino family outreach: Supporting student success in the middle grades and beyond

The state role in accelerating student growth in low-performing high schools

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

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

A disturbing trend in law school diversity

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

National Council of La Raza

Education pays 2007: The benefits of higher education for individuals and society

Access to success initiative

Transfer between community colleges and four-year colleges: The all-American game

Accelerated developmental education project

Graduation matters: Improving accountability for high school graduation

Knocking at the college door: California state report

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

YMCA

Return on investment: Educational choices and demographic change in California's future

California policy options to accelerate Latino success in higher education

EPAS®: A system that works

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

Course credit accrual and dropping out of high school

Aligned expectations: A closer look at college admissions and placement tests

Helping equip teachers to answer students' questions on college knowledge

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

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

Early childhood investment yields big payoff

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

The alternative pathways project: A framework for dropout reduction and recovery

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

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

Campus diversity initiative evaluation project resource kit

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

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

National Indian education study part I: The performance of American Indian and Alaska Native fourth- and eighth-grade students on NAEP 2005 reading and mathematics assessments

Engaging students, challenging the odds

Tracking achievement gaps and assessing the impact of NCLB on the gaps

The unraveling of No Child Left Behind: How negotiated changes unravel the law

Racial transformation and the changing nature of segregation

Destination university: A guide to college for students and their families (English Version)

Destination university: A guide to college for students and their families (Spanish Version)

Critical connections: Linking states’ unit record systems to track student progress

Catching the Dream

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

Early childhood education: Investing in quality makes sense

Improving urban student achievement through early childhood reform: What state policymakers can do

College learning for the new global century

Can separate be equal? The overlooked flaw at the center of No Child Left Behind

Children at risk: Consequences for school readiness and beyond

The seventh generation: Native students speak about finding the good path

CPS: A leader in AP growth

Stepping stones to a degree: The impact of enrollment pathways and milestones on older community college student outcomes

An exploration of what we know about the formation and impact of perceptions of college prices, student aid, and the affordability of college-going and a prospectus for future research

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

Strategies for success: Six stories of increasing college access

Leaving boys behind: Public high school graduation rates

School-business partnerships: Seven strategies for success

State of decline? Gaps in college access and achievement call for renewed commitment to educating Californians

College access: From the inside out

Moving on: State policies to address academic brain drain in the South

Schools to watch

Kids Count state-level data online

Confronting the graduation rate crisis in the south

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

P-16: Building a cohesive education system from preschool through postsecondary

Education Trust, Inc

College access in Indiana and the United States: A 2006 status report

Closing the expectations gap: 2006

Addressing the shame of higher education: Programs that support college enrollment and retention of African-American males

Prekindergarteners left behind: Expulsion rates in state pre-kindergarten systems

Academic pathways to access and student success

Knowledge is power program

Involving families in high school and college expectations

Alpha Phi Alpha: Go to high school, go to college initiative

High school guidance counselors: Facilitators or preemptors of social stratification in education

College knowledge: Addressing information barriers to college

P-16 Data systems: An alignment status report

Midwest PERL: Postsecondary education resource library

State merit scholarship programs and racial inequality

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

Latino students and the educational pipeline: Latino high school and baccalaureate graduates: A comparison

Latino students and the educational pipeline: Pathways to the bachelor’s degree for Latino students

A shared agenda: A leadership challenge to improve college access and success

Latino youth and the pathway to college

The dream deferred: Increasing the college preparedness of at-risk students

School and college partnerships: The missing link

Latino achievement in America

Indiana Academy distance learning: 2005-06

Indiana University: Advance college project

School relationships foster success for African American students

The funding gap 2004: Many states still shortchange low-income and minority students

Educational attainment in the United States: 2003

Preparing the workers of today for the jobs of tomorrow

National education standards: Getting beneath the surface

Preparation for college admissions exams

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

Dynamic annotated bibliographies from the IPCN online college access library

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Education Equality Project

Young lives on hold: The college dreams of undocumented students

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

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

State early commitment programs: A contract for college success?

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

From high school to the future: The pathway to 20

Ready to succeed: Changing systems to give California's foster children the opportunities they deserve to be ready for and succeed in school

Cities in crisis 2009: Closing the graduation gap: Educational and economic conditions in America's largest cities

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

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

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

From assets to school outcomes: How finances shape children's perceived possibilities and intentions

Legal Center for Foster Care and Education

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

College readiness and high school-to-college success

More guidance, better results? Three-year effects of an enhanced student services program at two community colleges

Taking the easy way out: How the GED testing program induces students to drop out

The American high school graduation rate: Trends and levels

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

Mind the access gap: Breaking down barriers to post-secondary education

Canada's Tuition and Education Tax Credits

BC AVID: Early Implementation Report -- Executive Summary

No Excuses University Network

Equity overlooked: Charter schools and civil rights policy

Are charter schools making a difference? A study of student outcomes in eight states

Hopes & hurdles: California foster youth and college financial aid

A new diverse majority: Students of color in the South's public schools

College readiness issue brief: Social support: An essential ingredient to success

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

2009 What works for Latinos in higher education

Turnaround schools that work: Moving beyond separate but equal

Georgia Graduation Coach Initiative

Financial education in TRIO programs

Opportunity adrift: Our flagship universities are straying from their public mission

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

The economic benefits from halving Indianapolis's dropout rate: A boon to regional business

Mobilizing a cross-sector collaborative for systemic change: Lessons from project U-turn, Philadelphia's campaign to reduce the dropout rate

This school works for me: Creating choices to boost student achievement: Supplement to the analysts' guide

Choice without equity: Charter school segregation and the need for civil rights standards

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

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

A penny saved is mobility earned: Advancing economic mobility through savings

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

Family factors and student outcomes

Complete College America

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

Rising to the challenge: Hispanic college graduation rates as a national priority

Expanded learning time by the numbers: The traditional school calendar is failing to meet many students' needs

Don't leave accountability behind: A call for ESEA reauthorization

Raising their voices: Engaging students, teachers, and parents to help end the dropout epidemic

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

The financial aid challenge: Successful practices that address the underutilization of financial aid in community colleges

Raising the roof: Explore California public school data

College Board Advocacy and Policy Center

Hispanics, high school dropouts, and the GED

Enhancing school reform through expanded learning

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

Untapped potential: Early labor market outcomes of dropouts and graduates from Philadelphia's public schools

The tax and transfer fiscal impacts of dropping out of high school in Philidelphia city and suburbs

Better late than never? Examining late high school graduates

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

The breaking through practice guide

The Harlem Children's Zone, Promise Neighborhoods, and the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education

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)

The evaluation of charter school impacts: Final report

Culturally responsive Response to Intervention

The path forward: The future of graduate education in the United States

The Pell Institute and Pathways to College Network Evaluation Toolkit

Understanding the common core state standards

Rebalancing the mission: The community college completion challenge

The social life of college information: Relationships and experiences as tools for enhancing college decision making

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

P-20 governance

Certificates count: An analysis of sub-baccalaureate certificates

National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP)

Improving Hispanic achievement: Implications for state policy

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

Getting what we pay for: State community college funding strategies that benefit low-income, lower-skilled students

Access/Acceso: Rising to the challenge of improving higher education opportunities for Latinos

Developmental education in community colleges

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

College admissions tests as measures of accountability

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

Attendance counts: Advancing student success by reducing chronic absence

Young Hispanic children: Boosting opportunities for learning

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

Achieving the dream data notes: Outcomes of first-year persisting students

Enhancing tax credits to encourage saving for higher education: Advancing the American opportunity tax credit and reforming the saver's credit

Illinois adult education bridge evaluation: Technical report

The nation's report card: Science 2009

The state of communities of color in the U.S. economy

Reauthorizing ESEA: Considerations for dropout prevention and recovery

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

Assessing developmental assessment in community colleges

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

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

A measured approach to improving teacher preparation

Improving child care access to promote postsecondary success among low-income parents

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

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

Latino college completion: Pennsylvania

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

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

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

Ready by 21 case study: Petaluma

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

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

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

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

GEAR UP Data: An information center of data, research, and analysis on GEAR UP

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

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

US Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

Gender inequalities in education

New path to federal student aid for those with no high school diploma or GED

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

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

Providing effective financial aid assistance to students from foster care and unaccompanied homeless youth: A key to higher education access and success: Version 2.0

Community college access and affordability for occupational and nontraditional students

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

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

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

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

The Future Ready Project

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

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

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

Linking costs and postsecondary degrees: Key issues for policymakers

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

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

GEAR UP: Current project overviews 2002

Estimating the return to college selectivity over the career using administrative earnings data

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

Jobs, jobs, jobs: Challenges community colleges face to reach the unemployed

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

Mobility makers

Bullying and open enrollment

Waiving away high school graduation rate accountability?

Western Policy Exchanges

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

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

Learning denied: The case for equitable access to effective teaching in California's largest school district

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

Pathways through graduate school and into careers

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

Atlanta civic site: Climbing the ladder of civic proficiency

Keeping the promise of opportunity: Redesigning financial aid to support post-secondary completion among low-income young adults

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

Education at a glance 2012: OECD indicators

The condition of college and career readiness 2012: National report

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

From capacity to success: HSIs and Latino student success through Title V

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

Repository of resources for undocumented students

Measuring nontraditional student success: An imperative for colleges and universities

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

Where to begin? The evolving role of placement exams for students starting college

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

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

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

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

Yesterday's nontraditional student is today's traditional student

Optimism, college major, and post-secondary dropout

Stuck schools revisited: Beneath the averages

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

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

Front and center: Critical choices for higher education

Unfulfilled expectations: Recent college graduates struggle in a troubled economy

National Coalition for College Completion

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

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

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

Parents' guide to student success

Data tools for accelerating Latino student success (ALASS)

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

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

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

Adults with college degrees in the United States, by county

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

Retaining students in grade: A literature review of the effects of retention on students' academic and nonacademic outcomes

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

The condition of education in brief: 2005

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

The impact of loan repayment rates on minority students

Which achievement gap?

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

STEM coursetaking among high school graduates, 1990-2005

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

The black-white achievement gap: When progress stopped

Suspended education: Urban middle schools in crisis

Ensuring America's future: Benchmarking Latino college completion to meet national goals: 2010 to 2020

Reinventing alternative education: State policy profiles

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

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

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

Time to act: Closing the racial achievement gap

Tuition discounting: Institutional aid patterns at public and private colleges and universities, 2000-01 to 2008-09

Doing more with less: The inequitable funding of community colleges

Dollars for degrees: Financial aid and its impact on post-secondary degree completion in Texas

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

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

Building a higher skilled workforce: Results and implications from the Bridgeconnect national survey

An extreme degree of difficulty: The educational demographics of urban neighborhood high schools

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

Enrollment management, Inc.: External influences on our practice

The impact of teacher experience

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

Afterschool Alliance

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

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

Setting statewide college- and career-ready goals

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

Route 21: 21st century skills information, resources, and community tools

Getting ready for college: Financial concerns and preparation among the high school senior class of 2003-04

High school mentors in brief: Findings from the Big Brothers Big Sisters school-based mentoring impact study

Unfulfilled promise: The dimensions and characteristics of Philadelphia's dropout crisis, 2000-2005

Education Trust-West

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

Recommendations for incorporating postsecondary and workforce data into statewide longitudinal data systems

Achieving dramatic school improvement: An exploratory study

Altered state: How the Virginia community college system has used Achieving the Dream to improve student success

Eight components of college and career readiness counseling

Center on Education and the Workforce

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

2009 Report on Indiana's dropout student population

The Condition of Education 2010

Child poverty and intergenerational mobility

California Dropout Research Project (CDRP)

Close the hidden funding gaps in our schools

Developmental Education Initiative: State policy framework and strategy

Reducing dropout rates through expanded learning opportunities

Higher education commission helps high schools track graduates' progress

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

Principles for a comprehensive assessment system

Common Standards: The Time Is Now

Indiana Growth Model Factsheet

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

Chronic early absence: Providing solutions for increasing achievement in the early grades and preventing school drop-out

Expanded learning: Making it work for high school students

Building a campus support network for students emerging from foster care

Alignment and the states: Three approaches to aligning the national assessment of educational progress with state assessments, other assessements, and standards

The past, present, and future of comprehensive school reform

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

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

The facts: Postsecondary access and success

Accountability for equitable outcomes in higher education

Socioeconomic stratification of community college transfer access in the 1980s and 1990s: Evidence from HS&B and NELS

Transfer access from community colleges and the distribution of elite higher education

Drowning in debt: The emerging student loan crisis

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

Recommendations for state postsecondary data systems: A report from state data experts

Taking stock: Higher education and Latinos

Providing effective financial aid assistance to students from foster care and unaccompanied homeless youth

Aligning secondary and postsecondary education: Lessons from the past

The class of 2003 high school follow-up survey

State and community-based promise programs: Early commitments of financial aid for college

Work less, study more, & succeed: How financial supports can improve postsecondary success

The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2009

NAEP Mathematics 2009 state snapshot reports

Projecting the economic benefits of reducing high school dropout rates in America's 45 largest metropolitan areas

Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Academic outcomes of high risk students

The schools teachers leave: Workforce mobility in Chicago public schools

Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (H.R. 6893) Summary

Comparative indicators of education in the United States and other G-8 countries: 2009

Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007

Achieving the Dream Data Notes: When do students stop out?

Raising graduation rates: A series of data briefs: Progress toward increasing national and state graduation rates

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

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

A developmental perspective on college and workplace readiness

High school literacy: A quick stats fact sheet

Reviving the goal of an integrated society: A 21st century challenge

The role of nonacademic factors in college readiness and success

Referral, enrollment, and completion in developmental education sequences in community colleges

Getting back on track: Effects of a community college program for probationary students

High school course-taking patterns for English Language Learners: A case study from California

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

Developmental Education Toolkit

Creating a college-going culture: A resource guide

SREB Factbook on higher education

Education for foster children: Removing barriers to academic success

Easy money: How congress could increase federal student aid funding at no additional cost to taxpayers

Improving lives through higher education: Campus programs and policies for low-income adults

Characteristics of minority students who excel on the SAT and in the classroom

Opening doors: Expanding educational opportunities for low-income workers

HBCU graduates: Employment, earnings, and success after college

Access for all? Debating in-state tuition for undocumented alien students

Achieving diversity: Race neutral alternatives in American education

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

How do educators’ cultural belief systems affect underserved students’ pursuit of postsecondary education

College knowledge: What Latino parents need to know and why they don't know it

College success programs

Getting through college: Voices of low-income and minority students in New England

Who should we help? The negative social consequences of merit aid scholarships

Student success: Statewide P-16 programs

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

Success for All Foundation

Cal-SOAP

Claiming common ground: State policymaking for improving college readiness and success

As America becomes more diverse: The impact of state higher education inequality

Expanding access and opportunity: The impact of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program

Yes we can: Telling truths and dispelling myths about race and education in America

The impact of advice on price: Evidence from research

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

Ready to succeed: All students prepared for college and work

Indiana's P-16 plan for improving student achievement (Powerpoint)

More on affordability: Response to Tom Mortenson

They can't go home again: Undocumented aliens and access to U.S. higher education

Higher education opportunities for foster youth: A primer for policymakers

The student debt dilemma: Debt aversion as a barrier to college access

Beyond the tunnel problem: Addressing cross-cutting issues that impact vulnerable youth

Gaining traction, gaining ground: How some high schools accelerate learning for struggling students

Investing wisely in adult learning is key to state prosperity

Educational needs index state report: Indiana

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

Increasing success for underserved students: Redesigning introductory courses

Status and trends in the education of American Indians and Alaska Natives

Income of U.S. workforce projected to decline if education doesn't improve

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

GEAR UP

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

Student readiness for college: Connecting state policies

Priming the pump: Strategies for increasing the achievement of underrepresented minority undergraduates

America's perfect storm: Three forces changing our nation's future

Lottery funded merit scholarships: Some lessons from the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship program

Indiana's 2006 graduation rate

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

American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian education in the states

Designing and financing an integrated program of college study: Lessons from the California Academy of Liberal Studies

Center for Student Opportunity

The college and financial aid guide for: AB540 undocumented immigrant students

National College Access Program Directory

American Indian science and engineering society

Report of Rhode Island case study site visit

SPIDO (State Policy Inventory Database Online)

Tennessee P-16 policy roundtable: Summary report

State of college admission 2007

Prep for prep

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

Unfinished business: More measured approaches in standards-based reform

Raising minority academic achievement: A compendium of education programs and practices

Beating the odds: A city-by-city analysis of student performance and achievement gaps on state assessments

Education watch online

A profile of the American high school sophomore in 2002

Reaching parents: The role of Latino parents in their children's education

Postsecondary access for Latino middle-grades students (PALMS)

Data proposals threaten education and civil rights accountability

Education and incarceration

Strategies for improving student success in postsecondary education

Pacific Islanders lagging behind in higher educational attainment

Access and achievement: Building educational and career pathways for Latinos in advanced technology

After Michigan, what? Next steps for affirmative action

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

Preliminary report on No Child Left Behind in Indiana country

Who's left behind? Immigrant children in high and low LEP schools

Opportunities for expanding college bridge programs for out of school youth

New faces, old patterns: Segregation in the multiracial south

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

School readiness: Closing racial and ethnic gaps

Promoting a systematic focus on learning supports to address barriers to learning and teaching

Diversity workshops: Gender equity--a closer look

College guide for students with disabilities

High school planner: Your guide to planning for college

Student African American Brotherhood

Access to college: The role of tuition, financial aid, scholastic preparation and college supply in public college enrollments

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

Early college planning pays big dividends: Louisiana

The effects of using ACT® Composite score and high school average on college admission decisions for racial/ethnic groups

What are ACT's college readiness benchmarks?

Academic and noncognitive variables related to PLAN scores

Education watch Washington: Key education facts and figures 2004

Education watch Washington: Key education facts and figures 2006

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

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

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

Getting ready for college: Advising high school students with learning disabilities

Echoes of Bakke: A fractured Supreme Court invalidates two race-conscious K-12 student assignment plans but affirms the compelling interest in the educational benefit of diversity

Colorado Reports

African American students and U.S. high schools

Funding Gaps 2006

College access for the working poor: Overcoming burdens to succeed in higher education

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

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

Enhancing student services at Owens Community College: Early results from the Opening Doors demonstration in Ohio

Educating English language learners: Implementing instructional practices

Head Start participants, programs, families, and staff in 2005

Frequently asked questions about college access and success

A framework and recommendations for federal action on secondary school reform

Making pre-kindergarten work for low-income working families

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

Historic reversals, accelerating resegregation and the need for new integration strategies

Transitioning out of high school: A quick stats fact sheet

State college- and career-ready high school graduation requirements

Beyond access: How the first semester matters for community college students' aspirations and persistence

Postsecondary success begins with high school preparation

Improving math performance

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

Retooling career and technical education

In-state tuition for undocumented immigrants: States' rights and educational opportunity

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

Afterschool programs as an oasis of hope for black parents in four cities

Camino de la universidad: The road to college

A new majority: Low income students in the South's public schools

Best practices: TRIO student support programs & Upward Bound

National study of student support services. Third-year longitudinal study results and program implementation study update

First-generation students: Undergraduates whose parents never enrolled in postsecondary education

Indiana college success coalition

A profile of the Talent Search program: 1998-99

Building community learning systems: The Columbus learning center

Dropout risk factors and exemplary programs: A technical report

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

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

Youth with disabilities in the foster care system: Barriers to success and proposed policy solutions

State high school exit exams: Students with disabilities

Transitional jobs for ex-prisoners: Early impacts from a random assignment evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program

Adult learning in focus: National and state-by-state data

Denied: Community college students lack access to affordable loans

Avoidable Losses: High-Stakes Accountability and the Dropout Crisis

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

Parent expectations and planning for college: Statistical analysis report

Consortium on Chicago school research at the University of Chicago

Getting ahead or losing ground: Economic mobility in America

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

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

The funding gap 2007

The funding gap (Spanish version)

Orphan Foundation of America

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

Green lights and red tape: Improving access to financial aid at California's community colleges

Characteristics and destinations of students who transfer: Second report

Economic state of young America

Beyond access: Explaining socioeconomic differences in college transfer

ETS Policy Notes: Adult education in America

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

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

Test drive: Six states pilot better ways to measure and compare community college performance

Starting right: A first look at engaging entering students

Wising up: How government can partner with business to increase skills and advance low-wage workers

Lifelong learning: New strategies for the education of working adults

Supporting English language acquisition: Opportunities for foundations to strengthen the social and economic well-being of immigrant families

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

National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy

Corporate investments in college readiness and access

Pushing the envelope: State policy innovations in financing postsecondary education for workers who study

Community colleges under stress

The role of schools in the English language learner achievement gap

Good Shepherd Services

Urban school counseling: Implications for practice and training

The Condition of Latinos in education: 2008 Factbook

Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Developmental education: Completion status and outcomes

APSCU's five tenents of veteran education

What is "career ready"?

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

Providing greater opportunities for deeper learning in NCLB waivers

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

Opportunities suspended: The disparate impact of disciplinary exclusion from school

Hispanic student enrollments reach new high in 2011

Commencement day: Six-year effects of a college learning community program at Kingsborough Community College

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

Students and teachers talk about school reform and student engagement

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

Economic Diversity Among Selective Colleges: Measuring the Enrollment Impact of "No-loan" Programs

Higher education: Gaps in access and persistence study

Adult college completion toolkit

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

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

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

Simplifying student aid: What it would mean for states

California District Report Cards

Remediation: Higher education's bridge to nowhere

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

Student learning plans: Supporting every student's transition to college and career

On her majesty's school inspection service

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

The state of preschool 2011: State preschool yearbook

State implementation and perceptions of Title 1 school improvement grants under the Recovery Act: One year later

The American freshman: National norms fall 2011

Increasing opportunities for immigrant students: Community college strategies for success

Issues facing historically black colleges and unversities: Results of a focused discussion and survey

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

Improving the odds for failing schools

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

Sealing the gaps: Supporting low-income, first-generation students at four-year institutions in Texas post-transfer

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

Hearing on non-traditional students

The college completion agenda: 2011 progress report

2008-09 Baccalaureate and beyond longitudinal study (B&B:08/09)

National Governor's Association: Complete to Compete Resources

Linking data across state agencies: States that are making it work

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

Using linked data to drive education and training improvement

A guide for Hispanic parents: How to help your child prepare for college and career

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

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

Building integrated pathways to sustainable careers: An introduction to the Accelerated Opportunity Initiative

Using data to drive change: A guide for college access and success stakeholders

Integrating suburban schools: How to benefit from growing diversity and avoid segregation

Federal policy guidance issued on the rights of undocumented school children

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

Expanded measures of school performance

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

Charting pathways to completion for low-income community college students

The case for change in college admissions

Recruitment, retention and the minority teacher shortage

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

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

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

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

Data that matters: Giving high schools useful feedback on grads' outcomes

State test score trends through 2008-09, Part 5: Progress lags in high school, especially for advanced achievers

Ramp-up to Readiness: The Ramp-up goals

Performance-based scholarships: Emerging findings from a national demonstration

Scaling and sustaining: State progress in the developmental education initiative

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

The forgotten middle: Ensuring that all students are on target for college and career readiness before high school

Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Students earning zero credits

Joining the conversation about educating our poorest children: Emerging leadership roles for school counselors in high-poverty schools

Indiana Graduation Plan Statute

College tools for schools

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

State future workforce gap summaries

Apply to succeed: Ensuring community college students benefit from need-based financial aid

Indiana Latino Institute, Inc.

National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education

Center for Law and Social Policy

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

School funding's tragic flaw

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

Community colleges: Special supplement to the Condition of Education 2008

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

Achieving college access goals: The relevance of new media in reaching first-generation and low-income teens

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

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

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

Closing the gap in science achievement: Using NAEP science assessment scores to analyze state trends

Black college dollars: 2007-2008 Directory of scholarships for African-American students

Academic competitiveness grants

Do student success courses actually help community college students succeed?

Do support services at community colleges encourage success or reproduce disadvantage?

Remediation in the community college: An evaluator's perspective

State merit aid programs: Responses by Florida community colleges

Racial disparities and the new federalism

An overview of post-secondary support programs for former foster youth

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

Economic mobility of black and white families

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

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

Empowering students: How Georgia College early college changes student aspirations

Higher education: Tuition continues to rise, but patterns vary by institution type, enrollment, and educational expenditures

Adult learning in focus: Individual state profiles and downloadable data

Annotated bibliography: Adult learning in focus: National and state data report

Cities in crisis: A special analytic report on high school graduation

Big ideas dropout prevention strategies: Check and Connect

State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act

Examining gaps in mathematics achievement among racial-ethnic groups, 1972-1992

A profile of the Talent Search program: 1999-2000

Research brief: Practices that support data use in urban high schools

Anderson University: ADVANCE

Ronald E. McNair Postbaccaluareate Achievement Program: 2002-05 facts and figures at a glance

Counselors and Mentors Handbook on Federal Student Aid: A Guide for Those Helping Students Prepare for Postsecondary Education

GEAR UP Resources Clearinghouse Homepage

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

Education at a glance 2007: OECD indicators

Kids2College

Best practices in recruiting and retaining minority graduate students

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

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

State of college readiness for Latino students

A plan to improve the quality of teaching in American schools

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

Rethinking high school: Five profiles of innovative models for student success

Rethinking high school: An introduction to New York City's experience

School Redesign Network

New kids on the block: Results from the Moving to Opportunity experiment

PISA 2006: OECD Briefing notes for the United States

The road ahead: Improving diversity in graduate education

Characteristics of minority-serving institutions and minority undergraduates enrolled in these institutions

Students with learning disabilities transitioning from high school to college

Education in the United States: Parent primer (English Language Version)

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

Not black and white: Making sense of the United States Supreme Court decisions regarding race-conscious student assignment plans

Power tools: Designing state community college data and performance measurement systems to increase student success

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

What works in remediation: Lessons from 30 years of research

What matters for staying on-track and graduating in Chicago public high schools

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

Chicago Public Schools Department of Postsecondary Education

Financing asset building and financial education programs for youth transitioning out of foster care

Financing workforce development programs for youth transitioning out of foster care

Mounting pressures facing the U.S. workforce and the increasing need for adult education and literacy

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Opening doors to earning credentials: Impressions of community college access and retention from low-wage workers

Back to school: Federal student aid policy and adult college enrollment

Post-secondary education options for low-income students

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

The professional mentor program plus: An academic success and retention tool for adult learners

Latino students and U.S. high schools

In pursuit of a diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics workforce: Recommended research priorities to enhance participation by underrepresented minorities

Education watch Indiana: Key education facts and figures 2006

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

State approaches to more reliable and uniform dropout and graduation data

Action plan: Educators/Policymakers

Mathematics and science achievement and course-taking for college-bound high school students

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

Selected state data

Average ACT® score for the high school class of 2006 is the highest since 1991

Hispanic students’ ACT scores hold steady as number of those testing increases at record pace

Statewide administration of the ACT: A key component in improving student preparation for college and work

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

Enhancing student success in education: Summary report of the NPEC Initiative and National Symposium on Postsecondary Student Success

The High Schools Hispanics Attend: Size and Other Key Characteristics

Differential grading standards among high schools

Money on the table: State initiatives to improve financial aid participation

Returning to our roots: Student access

Financial aid and scholarship information for undocumented students

Hispanic Scholarship Fund: Frequently asked questions

Reading--Young children's achievement and classroom experiences

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

Looking to the future: Volunatary K-12 school integration

American Indian and Alaska Native children: Findings from the base year of the early childhood longitudinal study, birth cohort

Participation in adult education for work-related reasons: 2002-03

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

Transitioning adults to college: Adult basic education program models

Supporting adult English language learners' transitions to postsecondary education

Championing success: A report on the progress of tribal college and university alumni

What it's worth: Field of training and economic status: 2001

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

MALDEF Federal education rights pamphlet (English version)

Latinos in secondary education

The changing landscape of American public education: New students, new schools

Student debt and the class of 2005: Average debt by state, sector, and school

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

Equality and education, A Century Foundation project

Pathways to improving practice: How can pre-college outreach programs work with schools

Literature review: Intervention methods and programs for pre-college entry for disadvantaged students

Pathways to improving practice: Data-driven pre-college outreach programs

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

Strategic instruction model

Evaluating the effectiveness of technology in our schools

Latino achievement in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics

Focus on families: How to build and support family-centered practices after school

Academic pathways, preparation, and performance: A descriptive overview of the transcripts from the high school graduating class of 2003-04

Placing college graduation rates in context: How 4-Year college graduation rates vary with selectivity and the size of low-income enrollment

Helping adult learners make the transition to postsecondary education

A study of admissions officers' perceptions of and attitudes toward homeschooled students

Middle Start

Improving lives: Ensuring the academic success of low-income adults

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

American Indian student achievement in Montana public schools: Features of the achievement gap and policy prescriptions

Guide to creating community-based college access programs

How well are states educating our neediest children?: The Fordham report 2006

Every child, every promise: Turning failure into action

Career academies: Impacts on labor market outcomes and educational attainment

Public education and Black male students: The 2006 state report card

Education pays update 2005: The benefits of higher education for individuals and society

An action agenda for improving America's high schools

Learning to reduce recidivism: A 50-state analysis of postsecondary correctional education policy

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

Transitions to college: From theory to practice

Global debt patterns: An international comparison of student loan burdens and repayment conditions

The challenges of financial aid awareness and college access

Educational needs index

Breaking through: Helping low-skilled adults enter and succeed in college and careers

Indiana inventory of academic pathways

Improving educational outcomes for students with disabilities

American student achievement institute

The silent epidemic: Perspectives of high school dropouts

Convergence: Trends threatening to narrow college opportunity in America

Whatever it takes: How twelve communities are reconnecting out-of-school youth

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

Measuring up 2006

Reforms that could help narrow the achievement gap

College enrollment gender gap widens for White and Hispanic students, but race and income disparities still most significant new ACE report finds

SMASH Academy

Remedial education: One-third of incoming college students unprepared by K-12 schools

Perceptions of college financial aid among California Latino youth

Knocking at the college door: Projections of high school graduates by state, income, and race/ethnicity

Socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and selective college admissions

Public high school graduation and college readiness rates in the United States

Empty promises: The myth of college access in America

Missed opportunities: A new look at disadvantaged college aspirants

2003 status report on the Pell grant program

College access in Indiana and the United States: A 2003-04 status report

Fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education: A two-tiered education system

Capturing the college potential of students from underserved populations: An analysis of efforts to overcome social and financial barriers to college

Creating seamless educational transitions for urban African American and Hispanic students

Value added: The costs and benefits of college preparatory programs in the united states

Beyond percentage plans: The challenge of equal opportunity in higher education

What we know about access and success in postsecondary education: Informing Lumina Foundation's strategic direction

Findings from the Condition of Education 2001: Students whose parents did not go to college

Low-income adults in profile: Improving lives through higher education

Getting it done: Ten steps to a state action agenda

In state tuition for undocumented immigrants

Encouraging news for college bound foster youth

Foster care independence act of 1999 and John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program

Challenging the myths: Rethinking the role of school counselors

The educational pipeline: Big investment, big returns

Outcomes of learning: Results from the 2000 program for international student assessment of 15 year-olds in reading, mathematics, and science literacy

Courses count: Preparing students for postsecondary success

Who goes to college? High school context, academic preparation, the college choice process, and college attendance

A summary of career beginnings impact evaluation: Findings from a program for disadvantaged high school students

Mentoring high-school Latino students: Realism versus false hope

How Latino students pay for college: Patterns of financial aid in 2003-04

The 2003 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning?

Connected by 25: Financing housing supports for youth transitioning out of high school

Connected by 25: Financing policies and practices that support permanency for youth transitioning out of foster care

The state of learning disabilities 2009

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

Breakthrough Collaborative

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

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

Smart options: Investing the recovery funds for student success

Connext Postsecondary Assessment System

Health and health-related behaviors: Minnesota postsecondary student veterans

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

Rewarding persistence: Effects of a performance-based scholarship program for low-income parents

10 New higher education ideas for a new Congress

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

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

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

Community colleges: A route of upward economic mobility

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

Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - Education provisions

Campus commons? What faculty, financial officers, and others think about controlling college costs

Changing schools: A look at student mobility trends in Chicago public schools since 1995

Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Late stop-outs

International trends in adult education and lifelong learning

Latinos and education: Explaining the attainment gap

College readiness for all toolbox

Family firsts: Reach for your dreams

Are achievement gaps closing and is achievement rising for all?

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

Promoting partnerships for student success: Lessons from the SSPIRE Initiative

Future to Discover: Early Implementation Report

Future to discover: Early implementation report -- Executive summary

Changing course: Improving Aboriginal access to post-secondary education in Canada

Why stop after high school?: A descriptive analysis of the most important reasons that high school graduates do not continue to PSE

The Millennium Bursary in British Columbia: Exploring its impact: Summary report (2004)

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

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

Re-imagining community colleges in the twenty-first century

Strong students, strong workers: Models for student success through workforce development and community college partnerships

Higher education success among historically marginalized males

Ready or not? Literacy skills and post-secondary education

The Equity Scorecard: A collaborative approach to assess and respond to racial and ethnic disparities in student outcomes

Working too hard to make the grade: How fewer work hours and more financial aid can help California community college students succeed

Top 10 higher education state policy issues for 2010

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

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

Alternative schools: What's in a name?

Bitter pill, better formula: Toward a single, fair, and equitable formula for ESEA Title 1, Part A

The Consortium on Chicago School Research: A new model for the role of research in supporting urban school reform

Lowering student loan default rates: What one consortium of historically black institutions did to succeed

High school remediation

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

Empowering effective teachers: Readiness for reform

Emerging Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs): Serving Latino students

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

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

Achievement gap patterns of grade 8 American Indian and Alaska Native students in reading and mathematics

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

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

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

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

Terms of engagement: Men of color discuss their experiences in community college

NAEP reading 2009 state snapshot reports

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

Indiana's Cash for College

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

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

The connection between health and high school dropout

Toward reduced poverty across generations: Early findings from New York City's conditional cash transfer program

Toward more inclusive college savings plans: Sample state legislation

State Higher Education Finance FY 2009

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

Effectiveness, not seniority: Keeping the best teachers in high-need schools

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

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

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

The foreclosure generation: The long-term impact of the foreclosure crisis on Latino children and families

Turning it around: A collective effort to understand and resolve Philadelphia's dropout crisis

Connected by 25: Effective policy solutions for vulnerable youth

YourWordsToday.org

What does research say about 21st century skills?

State of metropolitan America: On the front lines of demographic transformation

Foster youth who have succeeded in higher education: Common themes

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

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

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

The economic benefits of reducing the dropout rate among students of color in the nation's largest metropolitan areas (aggregate analysis)

Status and trends in the education of minority groups

The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

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

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

ETS Policy Notes: Advancing learning for our diverse adult population

Online learning: Addressing challenges and seizing opportunities

The National Indian Education Study

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

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

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

Quick stats fact sheet: High schools in the United States

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

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

A call to action to raise achievement for African American students

Do institutions respond asymmetrically to changes in state need- and merit-based aid?

Evaluating programs for community college students: How do we know what works?

Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success (C-PES)

Clearinghouse on foster youth and transition

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

Strong foundations: The state of postsecondary data systems

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

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

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

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

No time to waste: Policy recommendations for increasing college completion

Seeking assistance: Who gets financial aid at California community colleges?

Unexpected pathways: Transfer patterns of California community college students

A gathering force: A survey of two cohorts of Hispanic Scholarship Fund scholars

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

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

Accounting for socioeconomic differences in delaying the transition to college

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

Minority male student success programs at community colleges

Trends in the receipt of Pell Grants: Selected years 1995-96 to 2007-08

Protecting the federal investment in higher education: The gainful employment rule

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

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

Building a grad nation: Progress and challenge in ending the high school dropout epidemic (March 2011 Update)

Community college students and grant aid: Bringing equity to the provision of grant aid by states and institutions

Ready by 21 case study: Austin, TX

The role of mentoring in college access and success

America's Promise Alliance dropout prevention summits

On our way: Educational toolkit for families (A program instructional guide)

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

Capacity building to diversify STEM: Realizing potential among HBCUs

The economic value of higher teacher quality

Economic change effects on men and implications for the education of boys

The condition of education 2011

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

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

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

Own the Turf: College and Career Readiness Counseling Campaign

Leaving no worker behind: Community colleges retrain the Michigan workforce-and themselves

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

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

Single mothers and college success: Charting paths out of poverty

Strategies for success in career development: The career coach curriculum guide

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

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

Focus on education for the formerly incarcerated

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

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

Trends in high school dropout and completion rates in the United States: 1972-2009

Can applying to more colleges increase enrollment rates?

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

College Bound Seniors 2011

Education at a glance 2011: OECD indicators

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

Project WIn-Win

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

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

A guide for African-American parents: How to help your child prepare for college and career

2011 ACT national and state scores: State reports

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

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

The college completion agenda: 2011 state policy guide

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

Fall 2011: Estimated headcount enrollment and Pell Grant trends

Why policymakers should care about children's savings

Completing college: Assessing graduation rates at four-year institutions

Comparability of state local expenditures among schools within districts: A report from the study of school-level expenditures

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

Federal student loan interest rates: History, subsidies, and cost

Assets & opportunity scorecard

The role of Pell Grants in access, persistence and completion

The road to high-quality early education

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

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

State HIgher Education Finance 2011

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

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

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

Transfer & mobility: A national view of pre-degree student movement in postsecondary institutions

On the road to success

Do high stakes placement exams predict college success?

The widening academic achievement gap between the rich and the poor: New evidence and possible explanations

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

Why access matters: The community college student body

Third grade literacy policies: Identification, intervention, retention

End-of-course exams

Latino college completion in 50 states: Executive summary

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

College and career development organizer

Core principles for transforming remedial education: A joint statement

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

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

Transfer: An indispensable part of the community college mission

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

Adding it all up in 2012: Are college net price calculators easy to find, use and compare?

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

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

Freshman transition initiatives: Long term and comprehensive

College Greenlight

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

Black male student athletes and racial inequities in NCAA division I college sports

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

2012 National survey of school counselors

Completing college: A national view of student attainment rates

Forging new pathways: The impact of the breaking through initiative in michigan

America's children in brief: Key national indicators of well-being, 2012

The economic case for higher education

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

Trends among young adults over three decades, 1974-2006

The role of student learning outcomes for institutional accountability and transparency

Does race matter in educational diversity? A legal and empirical analysis

Making loans work: How community colleges support responsible borrowing

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

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

The condition of education 2012 (Report)

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

Finding your workforce: The top 25 institutions graduating Latinos in health professions and related programs by academic level

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

Overlooked and underpaid: How Title 1 shortchanges high schools, and what ESEA can do about it

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

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

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

The federal comprehensive school reform program and school turnaround: Key evaluation findings

Podcast: Getting high school dropouts in and out of college

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

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

Students speak! Understanding the value of HBCUs from student perspectives

Greening community colleges: An environmental path to improving educational outcomes

A grounded theory of adult student persistence

ESEA Briefing Book

The Future of Children Journal: Immigrant children

Research support for school counseling

Shifting trends in special education

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

Turning points: A case study of family literacy-Community college partnerships

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

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

An analysis of inquiry, nonstart and drop reasons in nontraditional university student populations

Projections of education statistics to 2019

State tuition, fees, and financial assistance policies for public colleges and universities, 2010-11

Staff report to the NACAC Assembly: Early notification study

Keeping score when it counts: Graudation success and academic progress rates for the 2011 NCAA Division1 men's basketball tournament teams

The College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) program

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

The differential impact of wealth vs. income in the college-going process

Wealth, income, and academic achievement in the college-going process

Steps taken on the path forward

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

Financing community schools: Leveraging resources to support student success

Data Quality Campaign: Data for action 2010: Executive summary

Building capacity for reconnecting youth

Charter schools that work: Economically integrated schools with teacher voice

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

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

Transforming high schools: Performance systems for powerful teaching

Web tables - student financing of undergraduate education: 2007-08

California community college transfer rates: Who is counted makes a difference

Immigrant mothers' involvement in their children's education at home and at school in 1999-2000

College graduation rates: Behind the numbers

Children of immigrants: 2008 state trends update

Youth in foster care: Easing the transition to adulthood

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

The condition of college and career readiness 2010

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

Midwest evaluation of the adult functioning of former foster youth

Underperforming schools and the education of vulnerable children

Five strategies to help low-income adults and youth attain community college credentials

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

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

Community colleges and higher education: How do state transfer and articulation policies impact student pathways?

Persistence and attainment of 2003–04 beginning postsecondary students: After six years

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

HBCU distance learning 2010

The US STEM education model (simulation)

I Need a Pencil.com

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

Effects of welfare reform on vocational education and training

Closing the gap between high school and college

Opportunity for all: How the American public benefits from internet access at U.S. libraries

Educational attainment in the United States: 2009

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

"Ahead of the curve" charter school policies

Sample state legislation to extend foster care, adoption, and guardianship protections, services, and payments to young adults age 18 and over

Is it live or is it Internet? Experimental estimates of the effects of online instruction on student learning

Minorities and the recession era college enrollment boom

Models of Response to Intervention in the Northwest Region States

Teacher evaluation: New approaches for a new decade

The achievement gap where you live

Big gaps, small gaps: Some colleges and universities do better than others in graduating Hispanic students

Building an early childhood professional development system

15 Effective strategies for dropout prevention

Community College 2.0

Latino College Dollars: Scholarships for Latino students

The impact of "going green" on the Latino community

Project U-turn

Breaking the habit of low performance: Successful school restructuring stories

Employment experience of youths: Results from a longitudinal survey

Achieving success: The state policy newsletter of Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count: Spring issue

State and local implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act: Volume IX - Accountability under NCLB: Final report

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

Education reform 101: A primer on the new Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

Improving access to higher education by promoting saving

First-generation students: Undergraduates whose parents never enrolled in college

Writing to read: Evidence for how writing can improve reading

Keeping score when it counts: Graduation rates for 2010 NCAA men's division 1 basketball tournament teams

A Profile of California Partnership Academies 2004–2005

Fueling the race to postsecondary success: A 48-institution study of prior learning assessment and adult student outcomes

Council for Exceptional Children

State high school exit exams: Trends in test programs, alternate pathways, and pass rates

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

A snapshot of African Americans in higher education

Achieving the Dream: Evidence of change

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

Indiana's guide to paying for college: Step-by-step tips to help high school seniors apply for financial aid

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

Creating jobs and supporting homeless students

The dropout/graduation crisis among American Indian and Alaska Native students: Failure to respond places the future of native peoples at risk

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

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

Addressing study error in the random assignment national evaluation of Upward Bound: Do the conclusions change?

Assessing the use and impact of ECMC Foundation's Realizing the College Dream curriculum

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

North Carolina Early Mathematics Placement Testing

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

La Plaza's scholarship and financial aid guide for Latino's in Indiana - Fall 2009

10 Ideas to ensure college readiness in the No Child Left Behind and Higher Education Acts

A shared agenda: Action alert for school superintendents & middle & high school principals

College readiness issue brief: Early commitment of financial aid: Individual development accounts (IDAs) for higher education

Insuring college failure risk

Graduation championship series: If a school's graduation rates mattered on the gridiron, college football's national rankings would look quite different

Overcoming doubts about online learning

Multiple pathways to STEM: Examining state differences in community college attendance among Latino STEM bachelor's degree holders

Baccalaureate success of transfers and rising four-year college juniors

2009 ACT National and State Scores

How bold is "bold?" Responding to Race to the Top with a bold, actionable plan on teacher effectiveness

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

Diversifying the STEM pipeline: The model replication institutions program

Putting money on the table: Information, financial aid, and access to college

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

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

Growing What Works Database

Does money matter? II

Educational equity profiles: Practical leadership tools for equitable and excellent schools

The Canadian student financial aid system: The case for modernization

Achieving graduation for all: A governor's guide to dropout prevention and recovery

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

The next generation of school accountability: A blueprint for raising high school achievement and graduation rates in SREB states

Creating a college-going culture for English-language learners

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

Access to Medical Education in Canada: Do Differing Tuition Regimes Affect Access and Career Choice?

Strengthening community colleges' influence on economic mobility

Measuring the Effectiveness of Student Assistance (MESA) -- Annual Report 2007

LE,NONET pilot project: Interim evaluation report

Economic and noneconomic outcomes for GED credential recipients

Education & the military spouse: The long road to success

Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Characteristics of students who stop out

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