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America's perfect storm: Three forces changing our nation's future

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

The condition of education 2012 (Report)

Winning the future: Improving education for the Latino community

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

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

Achievement and attainment in Chicago charter schools

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

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

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

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

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

Who graduates in California?

Paying double: Inadequate high schools and community college remediation

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

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

Miles to go: Louisiana

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

The condition of education 2011

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

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

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

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

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

The economic value of opportunity youth

Waiving away high school graduation rate accountability?

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

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

Remediation: Higher education's bridge to nowhere

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

Postsecondary success

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

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

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

Middle skills jobs and the growing importance of postsecondary education

High-stakes testing in PreK-12 education

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

Reading to achieve: A governor's guide to adolescent literacy

The relationship between advanced placement and college graduation

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

Achievement trap: How America is failing millions of high-achieving students from lower-income families

A framework and recommendations for federal action on secondary school reform

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

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

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

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

Selected states response to supporting high school English language learners

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

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

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

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

Windows on achievement and inequality

The minds of boys

Education at a glance 2008: OECD indicators

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

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

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

What educators should learn from ER

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

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

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

The 4th annual AP report to the nation

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

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

Charter high schools: Closing the achievement gap

Collegiate learning assessement project

Healthier and wealthier: Decreasing healthcare costs by increasing educational attainment

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

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

Youth indicators 2005: Trends in the well-being of American youth

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

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

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

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

Assessing developmental assessment in community colleges

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

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

College admissions tests as measures of accountability

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

The 2010 Brown Center report on American education

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

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

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

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

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

The condition of college and career readiness 2012: National report

The SAT report on college & career readiness: 2012

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

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

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

The 8th annual AP report to the nation

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

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

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

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

Gains and gaps: Changing inequality in U.S. college entry and completion

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

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

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

Assessing deeper learning

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

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

Freshman transition initiatives: Long term and comprehensive

The effects of learning communities for students in developmental education

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

The causes and consequences of attending historically black colleges and universities

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

What can a multifaceted program do for community college students?

Closing the expectations gap 2011

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

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

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

The condition of college and career readiness 2010

Complete to compete: Common college completion metrics

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

Insulating the education pipeline to increase postsecondary success

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

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

One year out: Findings from a national survey among members of the high school graduating class of 2010

7th Annual AP report to the nation

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

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

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

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

Students and teachers talk about school reform and student engagement

Powerful pathways: Framing options and opportunities for vulnerable youth

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

Closing the aspirations-attainment gap: Implications for high school reform

The 2003 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning?

Do graduation tests measure up: A closer look at state high school exit exams

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

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

OECD Programme for international student assessment

Leaving boys behind: Public high school graduation rates

Does implementing a research based school counseling curriculum enhance student achievement

College learning for the new global century

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

High school to college and careers: Aligning state policies

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

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

Qualified teachers for at-risk schools: A national imperative

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

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

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

Event Dropout Rates for Public School Students in grades 9-12: 2002-3 and 2003-4

Education watch Washington: Key education facts and figures 2004

Education watch Washington: Key education facts and figures 2006

In need of improvement: NCLB & high schools

College degree nearly doubles annual earnings; Indiana lags nation in attainment of bachelor's degree

PISA 2006: OECD Briefing notes for the United States

Transitioning out of high school: A quick stats fact sheet

2007 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report

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

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

Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2004

Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2006

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

Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2004

Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2006

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

Are private high schools better academically than public high schools?

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

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

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

Raising rigor, getting results: Lessons learned from AP expansion

College readiness and high school-to-college success

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

Latinos and education: Explaining the attainment gap

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

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

Principles for a comprehensive assessment system

The relationship between AP exam performance and college outcomes

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

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

Hispanics, high school dropouts, and the GED

Foster youth who have succeeded in higher education: Common themes

Beyond the rhetoric: Improving college readiness through coherent state policy

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

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

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

Gateway to College

Condition of education 2008

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

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

Campaign for High School Equity

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

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

Preparing the workers of today for the jobs of tomorrow

The state of learning disabilities 2009

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

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

Smart options: Investing the recovery funds for student success

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

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

Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Developmental education: Completion status and outcomes

CAPE Network: Universal Encouragement Program (UEP) Guidance Assessments

EPAS® state of the nation report 2007: Mathematics

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

Barriers to college attainment: Lessons from Chicago

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

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

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

Closing the expectations gap, 2008

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

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

Early intervention programs: Opening the doors to higher education

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

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

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

Understanding the K-12 common core state standards in mathematics

Community College 2.0

Better late than never? Examining late high school graduates

How does extended learning time impact student achivement?

Common Standards: The Time Is Now

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

The nation's report card: Reading 2009

The 2009 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning?

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

Projections of education statistics to 2018

The American high school graduation rate: Trends and levels

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Retooling career and technical education

Redesigning schools: 10 features of effective schools

Closing the gaps by 2015: The Texas higher education plan

High school dropouts in America

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

High school dropout: A quick stats fact sheet

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

Quality counts 2008

Projections of education statistics to 2016

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

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

Graduation matters: Improving accountability for high school graduation

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

Education watch California: Key facts and figures

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

Education watch Texas: Key education facts and figures 2004

Education watch Texas: Key education facts and figures 2006

Education watch California: Key education facts and figures

Education watch Colorado: Key education facts and figures

Education watch Colorado: Key education facts and figures 2006

Raising the Bar: Policy Recommendations for high school reform

No Child Left Behind: State report card 2005-2006

States' progress toward high school restructuring

Accelerated learning for all

A voice from the middle

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

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

Transitioning adults to college: Adult basic education program models

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

Lost learning, forgotten promises: A national analysis of school racial segregation, student achievement, and "controlled choice" plans

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

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

Promoting a systematic focus on learning supports to address barriers to learning and teaching

Increasing academic rigor in high schools: Stakeholder perspectives

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

Career academies: Impacts on labor market outcomes and educational attainment

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

Institutional grants and baccalaureate degree attainment

Critical postsecondary education issues in Indiana

What works clearinghouse

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

Measuring up 2004

Pushed out or pulled up: Exit exams and dropout rates in public high schools

When it comes to school, girls rule

Findings from the Condition of Education 2001: Students whose parents did not go to college

Bridging the widest gap: Raising the achievement of Black boys

State high school exit exams: A maturing reform

Whatever it takes: How twelve communities are reconnecting out-of-school youth

Ready to succeed: All students prepared for college and work

Public high school graduation and college-readiness rates: 1991-2002

Addressing the needs of under-prepared students in higher education: Does college remediation work

An action agenda for improving America's high schools

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

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

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

Core principles for transforming remedial education: A joint statement

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

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

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

Debt to degree: A new way of measuring college success

Gender inequalities in education

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

Developmental Education Initiative (DEI) self-assessment tool

America's Promise Alliance dropout prevention summits

Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Time to completion

Economic change effects on men and implications for the education of boys

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

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

The 6th annual AP report to the nation

Building a learning agenda around disconnected youth

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

Big gaps, small gaps: Some colleges and universities do better than others in graduating African-American students

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

Strong foundations: The state of postsecondary data systems

Developmental education in community colleges

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

State high school tests: Exit exams and other assessments

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

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

The degree qualifications profile

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

Reauthorizing ESEA: Considerations for dropout prevention and recovery

What is "career ready"?

Digest of Education Statistics 2011

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

Pathways through graduate school and into careers

Hard choices ahead: Performance and policy in Texas higher education

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

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

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

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

Higher education: Gaps in access and persistence study

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

NAEP Science 2011 State Snapshot Reports

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

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

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

Data that matters: Giving high schools useful feedback on grads' outcomes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The middle class is key to a better-educated nation: A stronger middle class is associated with better educational outcomes

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

The hidden costs of community colleges

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

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

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

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

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

Unlocking the gate: What we know about improving developmental education

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

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

2011 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report

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

Measuring nontraditional student success: An imperative for colleges and universities

APSCU's five tenents of veteran education

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

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

Student success courses and educational outcomes at Virginia community colleges

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

On the road to success

50-state mathematics requirements for the standard high school diploma

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

Instructional supports: The missing piece in state educational standards

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

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

The nation's report card: Science 2009

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

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

A call to action to raise achievement for African American students

Closing the gap between high school and college

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

Policy implications of trends for Asian American students

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

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

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

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

Big gaps, small gaps: Some colleges and universities do better than others in graduating Hispanic students

The black-white achievement gap: When progress stopped

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

National Opportunity to Learn Campaign

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

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

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

Doing more with less: The inequitable funding of community colleges

2010 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report

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

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)

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

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

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

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

The condition of college and career readiness 2011

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

The high cost of low graduation rates: Taxpayers lose millions

Stepping stones: Principal career paths and school outcomes

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

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

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

School tracking and access to higher education among disadvantaged groups

Cross-system collaboration for reconnecting youth

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

Projections of education statistics to 2019

High standards help struggling students: New evidence

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

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

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

Critical perspectives on race and equity in review of higher education

2012 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report

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

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

African American achievement in America

Rising to the challenge: Are high school graduates prepared for college and work

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

Ready for college and ready for work: Same or different

Improving educational outcomes for students with disabilities

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

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

High school academic preparation and postsecondary progress

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

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

Data quality campaign: Using data to improve student achievement

Economic outcomes of high school completers and non-completers 8 years later

Forum guide to education indicators

Crisis or possibility? Conversations about the American high school

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

From high school to the future: A first look at Chicago public school graduates' college enrollment, college preparation, and graduation from four-year colleges

Capturing the college potential of students from under-served populations: An analysis of efforts to overcome social and financial barriers to college, executive summary

Increasing rates of school completion: Moving from policy and research to practice

Rethinking high school graduation rates and trends

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

Early childhood education: Investing in quality makes sense

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

Equality and education, A Century Foundation project

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

Indian students and college preparation

Bridging the gap between high school and college

Quality Counts 2007: State Highlights Reports

Pacific Islanders lagging behind in higher educational attainment

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

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

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

Who's left behind? Immigrant children in high and low LEP schools

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

Course credit accrual and dropping out of high school

Expanding learning time in high schools

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

Setting students' sights on college: Chicago public schools

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

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

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

Hispanic students’ ACT scores hold steady as number of those testing increases at record pace

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

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

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

ACT high school profile report: National

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

Advanced placement report to the nation: 2007

State college- and career-ready high school graduation requirements

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

Alabama education quick facts 2007

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

Is student success labeled institutional failure? Student goals and graduation rates in the accountability debate at community colleges

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

Access to success initiative

High school remediation

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

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

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

Expanded learning: Making it work for high school students

The dropout/graduation crisis among American Indian and Alaska Native students: Failure to respond places the future of native peoples at risk

With their whole lives ahead of them: Myths and realities about why so many students fail to finish college

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 Ideas to ensure college readiness in the No Child Left Behind and Higher Education Acts

Listening to Latinas: Barriers to high school graduation

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

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

The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2009

NAEP Mathematics 2009 state snapshot reports

Higher education success among historically marginalized males

2009 ACT National and State Scores

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

Measuring student achievement at postsecondary institutions

Are we there yet? What policymakers can learn from Tennessee's growth model

Education reform 101: A primer on the new Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

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

Terms of engagement: Men of color discuss their experiences in community college

NAEP reading 2009 state snapshot reports

Preparing students for college and career: Linked learning in California

Addressing the American male imperative in higher education: Implications for public and research universities

Scaling up learning communities: The experience of six community colleges

A new national approach to career navigation for working learners

Child poverty and intergenerational mobility

Higher education commission helps high schools track graduates' progress

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

A next social contract for the primary years of education

Enhancing school reform through expanded learning

Raising the roof: Explore California public school data

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

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

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

Indiana's K-12 STEM Ed Report Card

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

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

When girls don't graduate, we all fail

From No Child Left Behind to Every Child a Graduate

State future workforce gap summaries

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

The costs of failure factories in American higher education

Measuring and improving the effectiveness of high school teachers

Making the transition to four-year institutions: Academic preparation and transfer

Early intervention program and college partnerships

McNair scholar handbook

I-STEM Resource Network

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

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

Education watch 2009

Changes in Graduation Rates by State (Progress and Challenge Indexes)

Why Boys Fail (whyboysfail.com)

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

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

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

Educational outcomes for children and youth in foster and out-of-home care

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

The Condition of Latinos in education: 2008 Factbook

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

Measuring up 2008

Summer Search

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

Improving low performing high schools: Searching for evidence of promise

The nation's report card: 2007 At a glance

The Education Equality Project: Improving teacher quality

Finding a way: Practical examples of how a principal-counselor relationship can lead to success for all students

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

2009 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report

Economic and noneconomic outcomes for GED credential recipients

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

Moving beyond AYP: High school performance indicators

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

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

From qualifications to results: Promoting teacher effectiveness through federal policy

National opportunity to learn campaign: State data and analysis

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

Sizing up state standards: 2008

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

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

The other college: Retention and completion rates among two-year college students

A developmental perspective on college and workplace readiness

From high school to the future: The pathway to 20

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

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

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

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

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

The male achievement gap in Indiana

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

The state of American manhood

Raising boys' achievement

Education at a glance 2007: OECD indicators

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

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

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

Turning around chronically low-performing schools

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

Helping low-wage workers persist in education programs

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

State policies to bring adult learning into focus

The economic benefits of academic and career preparation

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

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

Community colleges under stress

Indiana by the numbers

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

Test drive: Six states pilot better ways to measure and compare community college performance

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

State indicators of science and mathematics education: 2007

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

Race matters: Unequal opportunities in education

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

The Condition of Education 2010

Turning community college drop-outs into graduates

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

Status and trends in the education of minority groups

Diploma to nowhere

Employment experience of youths: Results from a longitudinal survey

A national study of institutional policies for the evaluation of transfer applicants

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

Connected by 25: Effective policy solutions for vulnerable youth

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

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

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

Developmental Education Initiative: State policy framework and strategy

Digest of Education Statistics, 2009

College- and career-ready (video presentation): Giving students extra support to meet standards in challenging academic and career courses.

State test score trends through 2007-08, Part 5: Are there differences in achievement between boys and girls?

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

State test score trends through 2007-08: Are achievement gaps closing and is achievement rising for all?

Policies paved the way: Early college innovation in North Carolina

Expanding access and opportunity: The Washington State Achievers Program

BC AVID: Early Implementation Report -- Executive Summary

BC AVID: Early implementation report

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

Hispanicity and educational inequality: Risks, opportunities and the nation's future

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

Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Characteristics of students who stop out

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

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

Insuring college failure risk

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

Early college placement testing opportunities in Maine

Re-imagining community colleges in the twenty-first century

Training tomorrow's workforce: Community college and apprenticeship as collaborative routes to rewarding careers

Mathematics benchmarks grades K-12

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

Early-childhood poverty and adult attainment, behavior, and health

Closing the expectations gap 2010

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

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

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

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

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

Validity of high-school grades in predicting student success beyond the freshman year: High-school record vs. standardized tests as indicators of four-year college outcomes

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

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

Opportunity in America: The role of education

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

Innovation America: A compact for postsecondary education

Institutional Student Profiles Fall 2006 for the State of Alabama

Learning in a new key

School Redesign Network

Status and trends in the education of racial and ethnic minorities

Postsecondary success begins with high school preparation

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

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

Accelerated developmental education project

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

What works in remediation: Lessons from 30 years of research

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

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

Students with learning disabilities transitioning from high school to college

Promising practices for community college developmental education

Value-added analysis and education policy

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

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

Minority males: Race/ethnicity, gender, and student outcomes

Recent participation in formal learning among working-age adults with different levels of education

Effective instruction: An inconspicuous strategy for dropout prevention

Overlooked gems: A national perspective on low-income promising learners

Average ACT® score for the high school class of 2006 is the highest since 1991

No county left behind: The persistence of educational deprivation in Indiana

Educational Attainment in the United States 2006

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

What kind of test preparation is best?

EPAS®: A system that works

Latino students and U.S. high schools

Dream it! Do it!

Digest of education statistics: 2006

State approaches to more reliable and uniform dropout and graduation data

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

Education watch Indiana: Key education facts and figures 2006

Highlights of the 2007 Accountability System in the State of Texas

New Hampshire's multi-tiered approach to dropout prevention

Colorado Reports

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

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

Latinos in secondary education

Who graduates in the South: Minority students lag behind, effects of segregation persist

Looking to the future: Volunatary K-12 school integration

Closing the achievement gap: An overview

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

Engaged learning: Fostering success for all students

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

Embedding college readiness indicators in high school curriculum and assessment

Public education and Black male students: The 2006 state report card

New Technology High School postsecondary student success study

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

Demography as destiny: How America can build a better future

Strategies for improving student success in postsecondary education

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

Correctional education facts

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

Children at risk: Consequences for school readiness and beyond

Educational vouchers for universal preschools

User's guide to computing high school graduation rates, Volume 2: Technical evaluation of proxy graduation indicators

What are the expected benefits associated with implementing a comprehensive guidance program

Making good on a promise: What policymakers can do to support the educational persistence of dropouts

Measuring up 2006

Projections of education statistics to 2015

Yes we can: Telling truths and dispelling myths about race and education in America

A profile of the American high school sophomore in 2002

The effects of students' middle-school and high school experiences on completion of the bachelor's degree: How can school counselors make a difference

Postsecondary access for Latino middle-grades students (PALMS)

Placing college graduation rates in context: How 4-Year college graduation rates vary with selectivity and the size of low-income enrollment

The role of the guidance profession in a shifting education system

How curriculum influences college persistence in Indiana and the nation

One-third of a nation: Rising drop-out rates and declining opportunity

The American diploma project: Overview of research

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

Decisions without direction: Career guidance and decision-making among American youth

College access in Indiana and the United States: A 2003-04 status report

Left behind: Unequal opportunity in higher education

Work-based learning and higher education: A research perspective

Comparison of selected education data and rankings for 50 states

Latino youth finishing college: The role of selective pathways

Learning to earn

Where the boys aren't: The drift away from academic achievement is a trend

Projections of education statistics to 2014

Improving education outcomes for foster youth: The Guardian Scholars Project Year 1

A call to action: Transforming high school for all youth

College enrollment gender gap widens for White and Hispanic students, but race and income disparities still most significant new ACE report finds

Gender gap grows

Dollars and sense: The cost effectiveness of small schools

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

American higher education: How does it measure up for the twenty-first century

National High School Center

Our impoverished view of education reform

Reading between the lines: What ACT reveals about college readiness in reading

Advanced placement report to the nation: 2006

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

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

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

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

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

Transfer: An indispensable part of the community college mission

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

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

Information and college access: Evidence from a randomized field experiment

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

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

Parents' guide to student success

Building capacity for reconnecting youth

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

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

Everybody ready for college

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

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

Plugged in: Positive development strategies for disconnected Latino youth

Podcast: Getting high school dropouts in and out of college

Public school graduates and dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School year 2008-09

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

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

Expanded measures of school performance

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

The college payoff: Education, occupations, and lifetime earnings

Education and the economy: Boosting the nation's economy by improving high school graduation rates

The College Match Program

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

Overlooked and underpaid: How Title 1 shortchanges high schools, and what ESEA can do about it

Linking costs and postsecondary degrees: Key issues for policymakers

Research support for school counseling

The undereducated American

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

The educational experience of young men of color (website)

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

US Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

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

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

No time to waste: Policy recommendations for increasing college completion

College graduation rates: Behind the numbers

One-shot deal? Students' perceptions of assessment and course placement in California's community colleges

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

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

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

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

Annie E. Casey Foundation 2010 Kids Count Data Book

Setting statewide college- and career-ready goals

ED Data Express

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

Beyond the bubble: Technology and the future of student assessment

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

Tracking students to 200 percent of normal time: Effect on institutional graduation rates

Getting students ready for college and careers: Transitional senior mathematics

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

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

Dual enrollment: A strategy for educational advancement of all students

Top 10 higher education state policy issues for 2011

The US STEM education model (simulation)

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

Voluntary Framework of Accountability (VFA) for community colleges

Voluntary Framework of Acountability (VFA) proposed stage one measures

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

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

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

Leading by example: A case study of peer leader programs at two Achieving the Dream colleges

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

The nation's report card: Science 2011

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

The condition of education 2012 (Website)

Dual enrollment: Reviewing programs to promote college completion

8th Annual AP report to the nation

Why access matters: The community college student body

Do high stakes placement exams predict college success?

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

College rewired: Innovative approaches help higher education connect to productivity

The impact of affirmative action bans in graduate education

Denied? The impact of student debt on the ability to buy a house

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

Cracking the credit hour

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

State high school exit exams: A policy in transition

The economic case for higher education

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

21st Century skills assessment

Trends among young adults over three decades, 1974-2006

The role of student learning outcomes for institutional accountability and transparency

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

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

The Future Ready Project

Top ten higher education policy issues for 2011

Don't count us out: How an overreliance on accountability could undermine the public's confidence in schools, business, government and more

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

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

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

Forgotten middle-skill jobs: State by state snapshots

Cheap for whom? How much education costs taxpayers

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

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

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

Hidalgo early college district toolkit

Middle-class societies invest more in public education: A stronger middle class is associated with higher levels of spending on education

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

Career clusters: Forecasting demand for high school through college jobs 2008-2018

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

The role of Pell Grants in access, persistence and completion

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

A crucible moment: College learning & democracy's future

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

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

Reading on grade level in the third grade: How is it related to high school performance and college enrollment

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

The college completion agenda: 2011 progress report

The college completion agenda: 2011 state policy guide

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

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

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

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

AYP results for 2010-11

General education, vocational education, and labor-market outcomes over the life-cycle

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

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

New measures, new perspectives: Graduates time-and-credits-to degree in SREB states

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

Characteristics of GED recipients in high school: 2002-06

Advocacy in action toolkit

Transforming education in America

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

Movin' it and improvin' it! Using both education strategies to increase teaching effectiveness

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

Improving the odds for failing schools

NSSE Annual results 2011: Fostering student engagement campuswide

The global gender gap index: 2011

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

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

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

Using community colleges to build a STEM-skilled workforce

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

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

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

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

The college completion agenda: 2011 Progress report: Latino edition

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

For profit higher education: The failure to safeguard the federal investment and ensure student success

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

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

The American middle class, income inequality, and the strength of our economy: New evidence in economics

ERIN Project: Education Resource Information Navigator

Evaluating student outcomes at for-profit colleges

Left out. Forgotten? Recent high school graduates and the Great Recession

Education at a glance 2012: OECD indicators

The college advantage: Weathering the economic storm

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

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

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

The state of Latinos in the United States: Although the growing population has experienced marked success, barriers remain

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

Degreeless in debt: What happens to borrowers who drop out

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

Opportunity for action: Preparing youth for 21st century livelihoods

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

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

AACC statement on the American Enterprise Institute's "Completion Matters: The High Cost of Low Community College Graduation Rates"

Fault lines in our democracy: Civic knowledge, voting behavior and civic engagement in the United States

Choosing who delivers: The impact of placing limits on the delivery of remedial education at four-year institutions

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

Sending veterans to school: Fast facts on the post-9/11 GI Bill

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

California District Report Cards

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

Action plan for improving measures of postsecondary student success

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

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

Return on investment to increasing postsecondary credential attainment in the United States

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

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

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

Finding your workforce: The top 25 institutions graduating Latinos in health professions and related programs by academic level

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

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

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

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

Adults with college degrees in the United States, by county

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

Trends in high school dropout and completion rates in the United States: 1972-2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

Certificates count: An analysis of sub-baccalaureate certificates

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

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

Chidren's Budget 2010

The key to prosperity: The skills of the American worker

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

A draft degree qualifications profile: A transformational challenge for US higher education

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

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

The College Completion Agenda

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

The National Indian Education Study

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

Annie E. Casey Foundation 2010 Kids Count Data Book: State Profiles

Gaining ground: High schools closing the achievement gap

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

Community college students: Goals, academic preparation, and outcomes

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

Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success (C-PES)

Cracks in the ivory tower? The views of education professors circa 2010

The progress of education reform: Investing in college completion

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

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

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

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

Unfulfilled expectations: Recent college graduates struggle in a troubled economy

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

Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Characteristics of credential completers

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

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

National Governor's Association: Complete to Compete Resources

From information to action: Revamping higher education accountability systems

Optimism, college major, and post-secondary dropout

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

2011 ACT national and state scores: State reports

Stuck schools revisited: Beneath the averages

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

ESEA Briefing Book

Capacity building to diversify STEM: Realizing potential among HBCUs

Accelerating the academic achievement of students referred to developmental education

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

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

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

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

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

Steps taken on the path forward

Student success in higher education

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

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

Postsecondary and labor force transitions among public high school career and technical education participants

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

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

Changing the odds for students: Spotlight on Kingsborough College

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

Changing the DNA of higher education from the inside out

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

College completion toolkit

View from the field: How to launch district virtual learning

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

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

The reality of college readiness 2012: National report

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

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

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

Graduating to a pay gap: The earnings of women and men one year after college graduation

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

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

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

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

Business resources for a college- and career-ready America

RTTD Action brief: Establishing the foundational conditions for personalized learning

The earning power of graduates from Tennessee's colleges and universities: How are graduates from different degree programs doing in the labor market?

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

Profile of 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients in 2009

The earning power of recent graduates from Virginia's colleges and universities: How are graduates from different degree programs doing in the labor market?

Latino achievement in America

Waiting to attend college: Students who delay postsecondary enrollment

The trouble with Black boys: The role and influence of environmental and cultural factors on the academic performance of African American Boys

William Pollack

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

Gaining traction, gaining ground: How some high schools accelerate learning for struggling students

Investing wisely in adult learning is key to state prosperity

Foundation for excellent schools

Project GRAD

What effect does a career intervention have on at-risk middle school students' career maturity levels, self-esteem, and academic achievement

Effective college transition planning for students with learning disabilities: What does the research tell us?

Education commission of the states: Online high school policy database

Minority student achievement network

Investing in the education of older students: A summary of the evidence

Primary progress, secondary challenge

Institutional graduation rate for 1985 entering cohorts

Examining college remediation trends in Indiana

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

Cultural issues related to high school reform: Deciphering the case of black males

American student achievement institute

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

Trends in educational equity of girls and women: 2004

Preparing diverse adolescents for the transition to adulthood

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

School relationships foster success for African American students

Indiana baccalaureate graduation data

Outcomes of learning: Results from the 2000 program for international student assessment of 15 year-olds in reading, mathematics, and science literacy

Gender gap among undergraduates could stem from wage premium for women, study finds

Losing our future: How minority youth are being left behind by the graduation rate crisis

Educational attainment of people 18 years and over, by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, for the 25 largest states: March 2000

Educational attainment of the population 25 years and over, by state

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

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

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

Education and the economy: An indicators report

Academic pathways, preparation, and performance: A descriptive overview of the transcripts from the high school graduating class of 2003-04

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

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

Strategic instruction model

The high cost of failing to reform public education in Indiana

Bridge Partnership

Beating the odds: A city-by-city analysis of student performance and achievement gaps on state assessments

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

The high school transcript study: A decade of change in curricula and achievement, 1990-2000

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

American FactFinder

Do expenditures for student support services lead to demonstrable gains in student achievement

Smart boys, bad grades

Promoting school readiness through universal preschool

Recent STEM initiatives

Proven benefits of early childhood interventions

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

Early childhood investment yields big payoff

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

The high cost of high school dropouts: What the nation pays for inadequate high schools

American diploma project network Indiana action plan

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

Just for the kids

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

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

Benefits of a high school core curriculum

Education and incarceration

Results that matter: New technology high school at a glance

How well are states educating our neediest children?: The Fordham report 2006

Every child, every promise: Turning failure into action

Making opportunity affordable: Reinvesting in college access and success

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

Homeschooled adults: Are they ready for college

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

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

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

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

The progress of education reform 2007: Same-sex schooling

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

What works for Latino students

States that raise their high school graduation rates could generate millions more in higher wages

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

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

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

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

Tapping America's potential: The education for innovation initiative

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

Preparing for college

Building a strong community college system for the state of Indiana: A best practices study

The benefits of statewide use of the ACT test

Managing the transition to ninth grade in a comprehensive urban school

The first year of high school: A quick stats fact sheet

Graduate education: The backbone of American competitiveness and innovation

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

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

Incorporating ACT scores into your statewide assessment

The sensitivity of the ACT to instruction

What are ACT's college readiness benchmarks?

The effects of using ACT® Composite score and high school average on college admission decisions for racial/ethnic groups

Preparing Oklahoma students for the future

Indiana college completion rates 2007

Digest of Education Statistics

ACT high school profile report: Indiana

The growing importance of inherited educational opportunity

Graduate migration from Indiana's postsecondary institutions

Using student engagement to improve adolescent literacy

Encouraging girls in math and science

Organizing instruction and study to improve student learning

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

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

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

2007-08 Directory of colleges cooperating with the SAT program fee-waiver service

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

A disturbing trend in law school diversity

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

Quality counts 2008: Indiana report

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

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

Understanding NAEP: Inside the nation's education report card

Are they really ready to work? Employers perspectives on the basic knowledge and applied skills of new entrants to the 21st century U.S. workforce

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

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

Community college student success: What institutional characteristics make a difference

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

Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG.org)

A call to action: Why America must innovate

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

The nation's report card: Mathematics 2007

The nation's report card: Reading 2007

National Council of La Raza

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

How much growth toward college readiness is reasonable to expect in high school?

Achieving the Dream: Evidence of change

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

2009 What works for Latinos in higher education

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

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

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

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

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

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

Education at a glance 2009: OECD indicators

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

Creating college readiness: Profiles of 38 schools that know how

The consequences of dropping out of high school: Joblessness and jailing for high school dropouts and the high cost for taxpayers

Aboriginal peoples and post-secondary education: What educators have learned

Ready or not? Literacy skills and post-secondary education

The next generation of school accountability: A blueprint for raising high school achievement and graduation rates in SREB states

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

Strengthening community colleges' influence on economic mobility

Achieving graduation for all: A governor's guide to dropout prevention and recovery

Parental transfers, student achievement, and the labor supply of college students

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

Rising by Degrees

Rising to the challenge: Meaningful assessment of student learning

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

Condition of Education 2009

Family factors and student outcomes

Indiana Growth Model Factsheet

Mind the (other) gap: State profiles

State test score trends through 2007-08: Has progress been made in raising achievement for students with disabilities?

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

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

Alternative pathways to high school graduation: An international comparison

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

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

Reducing dropout rates through expanded learning opportunities

The foreclosure generation: The long-term impact of the foreclosure crisis on Latino children and families

Characteristics of effective urban college preparation programs

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

Curriculum and instruction: A 21st century skills implementation guide

Comparing NCLB and the Obama administration's blueprint

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

The state of preschool 2009: State preschool yearbook

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

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

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

Why Algebra II?

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

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

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

Dual enrollment: Postsecondary/secondary partnerships to prepare students

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

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

A portrait of low-income young adults in education

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

Online learning: Addressing challenges and seizing opportunities

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

Supporting English language acquisition: Opportunities for foundations to strengthen the social and economic well-being of immigrant families

Lifelong learning: New strategies for the education of working adults

The ESL logjam: Waiting times for adult ESL classes and the impact on English language learners

Tapping America's Potential

Back to basics: Improving college readiness of community college students

ETS Policy Notes: Adult education in America

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

Wealth mobility and volatility in black and white

Descriptive summary of 2003-04 beginning postsecondary students: Three years later

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

Community colleges: Special supplement to the Condition of Education 2008

California State University: Early assessment program

The future workforce of Indiana

YouthBuild USA

Communities in Schools

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

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

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

Developing early warning systems to identify potential high school dropout

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

A good start: Two-year effects of a freshman learning community program at Kingsborough Community College

Big ideas dropout prevention strategies: Check and Connect

Every student counts: The case for graduation rate accountability

Parent expectations and planning for college: Statistical analysis report

Reaching higher college completion (working paper)

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

Cities in crisis: A special analytic report on high school graduation

State high school exit exams: Students with disabilities

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

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

For every 100 girls...

Avoidable Losses: High-Stakes Accountability and the Dropout Crisis

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

National study of student support services. Third-year longitudinal study results and program implementation study update

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

Do community colleges provide a viable pathway to a Baccalaureate degree?

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and student benefits: Implications for the safe schools/healthy students core elements

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

College readiness standards

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL)

Grade retention: Achievement and mental health outcomes

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

Smaller Learning Communities Annotated Bibliography

Indiana Graduation Plan Statute

Schools, skills, and synapses

Coming to our senses: Education and the American future

Enhancing college student success through developmental education

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

Meeting the invention challenge

A developmental perspective on workplace readiness: Preparing high school students for success

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

How do American students measure up? Making sense of international comparisons

Finishing high school: Alternative pathways and dropout recovery

Gallup student poll national report

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

Keeping score when it counts: Assessing the 2008-09 bowl-bound college football teams: Academic performance improves, but race still matters

State early commitment programs: A contract for college success?

2008 College-bound seniors

The misplaced math student: Lost in eighth-grade Algebra

NACAC Prep for college calendar

Working learners: Educating our entire workforce for success in the 21st century

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

Promoting economic mobility by increasing postsecondary education

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

Rethinking developmental education in community colleges

U.S. performance across international assessments of student achievement: Special supplement to The Condition of Education 2009

Preparation for college admissions exams

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

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

Breakthrough Collaborative

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

How much are college students borrowing?

Education & the military spouse: The long road to success

College readiness for all toolbox

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

Military service members and veterans in higher education: What the new GI Bill may mean for postsecondary institutions

Achievement gaps: How black and white students in public schools perform in mathematics and reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress

A profile of successful Pell Grant recipients: Time to Bachelor's degree and early graduate school enrollment

The path to career success: High school achievement, certainty of career choice, and college readiness make a difference

The Everyone Graduates Center

Late high school dropouts: Characteristics, experiences, and changes across cohorts

Rising tuition and enrollment in public higher education

National Center for Summer Learning

Center on Reinventing Public Education

Keeping score when it counts: Graduation rates and academic progress rates (APR) for 2009 NCAA women's and men's division I basketball tournament teams

Improving accountability in public education

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

Beyond test scores: Leading indicators for education

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

Cost, commitment, and attainment in higher education: An international comparison

Learning and assessment: Trends in undergraduate education

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

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

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

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

Chasing the high school graduation rate: Getting the data we need and using it right

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

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

High school literacy: A quick stats fact sheet

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

The future of middle-skill jobs

US Department of Labor Youth Services: Summaries of education models

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

Squeeze play 2009: The public's views on college costs today

Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007

Imagine success: Engaging entering students

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

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

Facts for education advocates: School counseling, access and persistence

International Benchmarking Toolkit

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

Do increases in Pell and other grant awards increase college-going among lower income high school graduates? Evidence from a 'natural experiment'

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

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

The Bologna Process for US eyes: Re-learning higher education in the Age of Convergence

ASCA National standards for students

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

Survey finds that Hoosier students are setting their sights on higher education

Skills2Compete

National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy

Center for Law and Social Policy

ADULT ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES: Determining Need and Investing Wisely

Toward a national workforce education and training policy

First-generation students: Undergraduates whose parents never enrolled in postsecondary education

The education success program

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

A study of the Talent Search program: Analysis and highlights

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

College For Every Student

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

Huntington College: EXCEL Adult Degree Programs

Gap or gaps? Challenging the singular definition of the achievement gap

Improving academic performance among Native American students: A review of the research literature

Education and economic mobility

Ten years after college: Comparing the employment experiences of 1992-93 Bachelor's degree recipients with academic and career-oriented majors

Engaging faculty and staff: An imperative for fostering retention, advising, and smart borrowing

Economic mobility: Is the American Dream alive and well?

Economic mobility project

State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act

Examining gaps in mathematics achievement among racial-ethnic groups, 1972-1992

Adult learning in focus: National and state-by-state data

Adult learning in focus: Individual state profiles and downloadable data

Annotated bibliography: Adult learning in focus: National and state data report

Dropout risk factors and exemplary programs: A technical report

Graduation rate watch: Making minority student success a priority

The enhanced reading opportunities study: Early impact and implementation findings

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

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

The role of schools in the English language learner achievement gap

Fulfilling the commitment: Recommendations for reforming federal student aid

The contribution of adult learning to health and social capital

Community college success: Is it a pathway to opportunity?

Dropout and completion rates in the United States: 2006

College access and success state data

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

Good Shepherd Services

Indiana Latino Institute, Inc.

Facts for education advocates

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

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

National Center for Postsecondary Education

For the benefit of all: Ensuring immigrant health and well-being

Beyond access: Explaining socioeconomic differences in college transfer

The fiscal impacts of college attainment

Science and mathematics education indicators

Starting right: A first look at engaging entering students

Learning better together: The impact of learning communities on the persistence of low-income students

Fixing No Child Left Behind

Rebalancing the mission: The community college completion challenge

Educational attainment in the United States: 2009

SREB/Go Alliance

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

ETS Policy Notes: Advancing learning for our diverse adult population

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

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

Help wanted: Projections of jobs and education requirements through 2018

Minorities and the recession era college enrollment boom

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Managing contracts for educational equity: Emerging trends and issues

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

College for all?

College Board Advocacy and Policy Center

Eight components of college and career readiness counseling

National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET): Creating opportunities for youth with disabilities to achieve successful futures

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

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

The breaking through practice guide

A five year comparison between an extended school year and a conventional year school: Effects on academic achievement

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

Special report on the transfer admission process: National Association for College Admission Counseling

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

Do high school grade configurations affect student achievement and outcomes?

What does research say about 21st century skills?

Mini-digest of education statistics, 2009

Can middle school reform increase high school graduation rates?

College readiness for all: The challenge for urban high schools

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

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

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

First-generation students: Undergraduates whose parents never enrolled in college

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

State high school exit exams: Trends in test programs, alternate pathways, and pass rates

Ed.gov Open Innovation Portal

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

Retaining Teacher Talent Study

Keeping score when it counts: Assessing the 2009-10 bowl-bound college football teams - academic performance improves but race still matters

Alternative schools and programs for public school students at risk of educational failure: 2007-08

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

Mapping state proficiency standards onto NAEP scales: 2005-2007

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

Growing What Works Database

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

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

ACE Online Information Center

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

Getting started at community colleges: Reducing unplanned pregnancy and strengthening academic achievement

Changes in postsecondary degrees below the Bachelor's: 1997-2007

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

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

Closing the access gap: Does information matter?

Changing course: Improving Aboriginal access to post-secondary education in Canada

Survey Of Secondary School Students

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

Foundations for success: Early implementation report

College enrollment hits an all-time high, fueled by community college surge

The spaces between the numbers: Getting international data on higher education straight

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

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

The class of 2003 high school follow-up survey

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

International trends in adult education and lifelong learning

Background and supporting evidence for Adult Education for Work

Progress and gaps in college preparation policy

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

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

Are achievement gaps closing and is achievement rising for all?

Educational Policy Improvement Center

The changing pathways of Hispanic youth into adulthood

Are student employment and academic success linked?

An examination of barriers to pursuing PSE and potential solutions

Reinventing the federal role in education: Supporting the goal of college and career readiness for all students

The productivity argument for investing in young children

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

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

Common Core State Standards Initiative

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

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

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

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

Chasing the same dream, climbing different ladders: Economic mobility in the United States and Canada

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

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

Graduation championship series: If a school's graduation rates mattered on the gridiron, college football's national rankings would look quite different

Baccalaureate success of transfers and rising four-year college juniors

The Equity Scorecard: A collaborative approach to assess and respond to racial and ethnic disparities in student outcomes

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

Empowering effective teachers: Readiness for reform

Complete College America

The Springboard Project: Getting ahead - staying ahead: Helping America's workforce succeed in the 21st century

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

Indiana's Growth Model (for measuring student achievement)

A snapshot of African Americans in higher education

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

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

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

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

Beyond myths: The growth and diversity of Asian American college freshmen: 1971-2005

What works clearinghouse: Middle school math

Camino de la universidad: The road to college

Indiana higher education opportunity data book 2007

More information on the methodology, data, and terms used in the AP dropout factory story

Frequently asked questions about college access and success

The road ahead: Improving diversity in graduate education

Improving educational attainment through extensive postsecondary encouragement services

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

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

Postsecondary Access and Success

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

A plan to improve the quality of teaching in American schools

Standardization vs. flexibility: State policy options on placement testing for developmental education in community colleges

Comparative indicators of education in the United States and other G-8 countries: 2006

Rethinking high school: Five profiles of innovative models for student success

Rethinking high school: An introduction to New York City's experience

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

Database of 21st century skills assessments

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

The Breakthrough High School project

ACT high school profile report: The graduation class of 2007 (Indiana)

The American freshman: National norms for fall 2005

Power tools: Designing state community college data and performance measurement systems to increase student success

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

Experiences that matter: Enhancing student learning and success

What matters for staying on-track and graduating in Chicago public high schools

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

College admission for homeschoolers

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

Programme for international assessment (PISA): 2006 Results

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

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

High school - Advanced placement

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

Approaches to dropout prevention: Heeding early warning signs with appropriate interventions

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

Historic reversals, accelerating resegregation and the need for new integration strategies

MHEC in Indiana: 2006-07

Remediation in the community college: An evaluator's perspective

The real technology challenge

Education Commission of the States: Research studies database

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

Do student success courses actually help community college students succeed?

Using longitudianal data to increase community college student success: A guide to measuring milestone and momentum point achievement

Enrollment status and outcomes

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

The Black Collegian Online: The Career Site for Students of Color

North Central Regional Educational Research Laboratory: Data Primer

The effects of cognitive-behavioral interventions on dropout for youth with disabilities

National dropout prevention center for students with disabilities

Condition of education 2002: Special analysis, nontraditional undergraduates

More states using the ACT as part of alignment efforts

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

UA Adult Focus

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

African American students and U.S. high schools

Mathematics and science achievement and course-taking for college-bound high school students

Academic and noncognitive variables related to PLAN scores

College readiness crisis spurs call for change by ACT in nation's core high school curriculum

Early college planning pays big dividends: Louisiana

Chicago Public Schools Department of Postsecondary Education

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

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

Washington Data and Reports

Earnings by attainment

Knocking at the college door: California state report

State and district-level support for successful transitions into high school

Differential grading standards among high schools

The path through graduate school: A longitudinal examination 10 years after bachelor’s degree

Academic interventions to help states meet rigorous standards: Policy options

Cómo obtener su GED (How to obtain your GED)

Institute for Educational Leadership

How outreach programs are implemented affects student achievement

Championing success: A report on the progress of tribal college and university alumni

A multi-institution analysis of the effects of campus-based financial aid on student persistence at public four-year institutions

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

Closing educational achievement gaps for Latino/a students in Utah

Measuring up internationally: Developing skills and knowledge for the global economy

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

Understanding recent changes in child poverty

Successful bilingual schools: Six effective programs in California

ACT national curriculum survey, 2005–2006

Standards for quality online teaching

What it's worth: Field of training and economic status: 2001

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

Keeping America's promise: A report on the future of the community college

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

Value added assessment: Accountability's new frontier

Engaging students, challenging the odds

A whole 'nother world: Students navigating community college

Degree completions in areas of national need: 1996-97 to 2001-02

First year college performance: A study of home school graduates and traditional school graduates

Stats Indiana

Moving Indiana forward: High standards and high graduation rates

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

Kids Count state-level data online

NCAA Federal Graduation Rates Data Archive

Federal requirements for homeschoolers seeking college admission and financial aid

Schools to watch

Talent Development High Schools

The toolbox revisited: Paths to degree completion from high school through college

Projections of 2003-04 high school graduates: Supplemental analyses based on findings from who graduates? Who doesn't?

Dropout rates in the United States: 2004

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

Charting a new course for career and technical education

Hidden benefits: The impact of high school graduation on household income

College bound seniors state profile report tutorial

A new way on school integration

Highlights from the 2003 international adult literacy and lifeskills survey

Students entering and leaving postsecondary occupational education: 1995-2001

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

Effective preschool curricula and teaching strategies

Smart boys, bad grades.com

The PISA 2003 assessment framework: Mathematics, reading, science and problem solving knowledge and skills

Measuring up 2006 state report card on education: Indiana

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

Identifying potential dropouts: Key lessons for building an early warning data system: A dual agenda of high standards and high graduation rates

P-16 Data systems: An alignment status report

Involving families in high school and college expectations

User's guide to computing high school graduation rates, Volume 1: Review of current and proposed graduation indicators

Does public funding for higher education matter?

Implementing graduation counts: State progress to date

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

State of college admission 2007

Minorities in higher education twenty-first annual status report, 2003-04

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

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

The literacy of America's college students

Getting students ready for college and careers

High school reform - Issue brief

English language learners: Boosting academic achievement

High School Survey of Student Engagement

What we can learn from high school students

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

The connection collection: School-family-community connections database

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

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

What do we know: Seeking effective math and science instruction

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the Pathways to College Network framework: Mutually supportive visions and complementary goals

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

Public education and black male students: The 2004 state report card

What’s wrong with the guys

All students reaching the top: Strategies for closing academic achievement gaps

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

Public high school graduation and college readiness rates in the United States

The education pipeline in the U.S., 1970-2000

Raising our sights: No high school senior left behind

Creating seamless educational transitions for urban African American and Hispanic students

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

Latino youth and the pathway to college

Student success: Understanding graduation and persistence rates

Locating the dropout crisis: Which high schools produce the nation’s dropouts? Where are they located? Who attends them

The graduation gap: Using promoting power to examine the number and characteristics of high schools with high and low graduation rates in the nation and in each state

The role of finances in the persistence process.: A structural model

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

Where have all the students gone

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

Pathways to a four-year degree: The higher education story of one generation

Measured progress: Achievement rises, and gaps narrow, but too slowly

Education for foster children: Removing barriers to academic success

Encouraging news for college bound foster youth

The economic benefits of the Dream Act and the Student Adjustment Act

Data sources for improving college access and success

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

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

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

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

Remedial education at degree-granting postsecondary institutions in Fall 2000

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

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

The ABC's of early awareness: A resource guide and toolkit for helping students achieve a higher education

Indiana higher education opportunity data book

Transitions to college: From theory to practice

Income of U.S. workforce projected to decline if education doesn't improve

Beyond high school: Improving transition programs for postsecondary education

Mexican Americans and other Latinos in postsecondary education: Institutional influences

Career-related predictors of work-bound and college-bound status of adolescents in rural and nonrural areas

The state of our nation's youth

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

High schools for the new millennium

Access and persistence: Winter 2006

ACSFA policy brief: The toolbox and student aid policy

The Gates effect

Success for All Foundation

Redesigning high schools to prepare students for the future

The looming workforce crisis: Preparing American workers for 21st century competition

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

It takes more than pressure to improve failing high schools

Pathways to college access and success

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

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

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

Participation in adult education and lifelong learning: 2000-01

Life after high school: Young people talk about their hopes and prospects

Closing the expectations gap: 2006

Does diversity make a difference? Three research studies on diversity in college classrooms

Education pays update 2005: The benefits of higher education for individuals and society

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

NCHEMS information center

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

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

Mentoring at-risk high school students: Evaluation of a school-based program

State strategies for redesigning high schools and promoting high school to college transitions

High school graduation, completion, and dropout indicators: A primer and catalog

2012 National survey of school counselors

Completing college: A national view of student attainment rates

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

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

The limited career prospects for high school graduates without additional education and training

College and career readiness: A quick stats fact sheet

Regardless of the cost, college still matters

Common measures for college access and success

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

Autonomy and innovation: Systemic change in a decentralized state

The future of the US workforce: A survey of hiring practices across industries

Field of degree and earnings by selected employment characteristics: 2011

Enrollment in postsecondary institutions, fall 2011; financial statistics, fiscal year 2011; and graduation rates, selected cohorts, 2003-2008 : First look (preliminary data)

Progress of education reform: Producing quality credentials: Why data and analytics matter

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

College and career development organizer

The first year of high school

The economic benefits of postsecondary degrees: A state and national level analysis

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

An analysis of inquiry, nonstart and drop reasons in nontraditional university student populations

A sound investment: The community college dividend

Data tools for accelerating Latino student success (ALASS)

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

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

Buying college: What consumers need to know

Protecting the federal investment in higher education: The gainful employment rule

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

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

Transforming high schools: Performance systems for powerful teaching

Charter schools that work: Economically integrated schools with teacher voice

A detection model of college withdrawal

A measured approach to improving teacher preparation

Students speak! Understanding the value of HBCUs from student perspectives

Teacher and leader effectiveness in high-performing education systems

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

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

Facilitating student learning through contextualization

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

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

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

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

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

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

Teacher voices: Immigration, language and culture

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

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

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

On our way: Educational toolkit for families (A program instructional guide)

Front and center: Critical choices for higher education

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

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

Ready by 21 case study: Petaluma

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

The educational experience of young men of color: Capturing the student voice

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

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

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

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

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

Understanding the working college student

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

Higher education web portals: Serving state and student transfer needs

Attendance counts: Advancing student success by reducing chronic absence

Changes in postsecondary awards below the bachelor's degree: 1997-2007

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

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

STEM coursetaking among high school graduates, 1990-2005

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

Degree completion beyond institutional borders: Responding to the new reality of mobile and non-traditional learners

6th Annual AP Report to the Nation: State Reports

Building an early childhood professional development system

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

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

America's private public schools

Are you gainfully employed? Setting standards for for-profit degrees

Measuring success by degrees: The status of college completion in SREB states

Community college and high school partnerships

Student progression through developmental sequences in community colleges

Promoting quality: State strategies for overseeing dual enrollment programs

From Wall Street to Wal-Mart: Why college graduates are not getting good jobs

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

The rise of college student borrowing

Community colleges and higher education: How do state transfer and articulation policies impact student pathways?

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

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

Effects of welfare reform on vocational education and training

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

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

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

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

Community college student survey

The effects of grade retention on high school completion

Breaking new ground: Building a national workforce skills credentialing system

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

Reclaiming the American Dream: Community colleges and the nation's future: A report from the 21st century commission on the future of community colleges

Survey of income and program participation data on educational attainment

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

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

An undeveloped national resource: The unrealized potential of the nation's career/technical centers

Reforming the state's transfer progress on senate bill 1440

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

Latino college completion in 50 states: Executive summary

Housing costs, zoning, and access to high quality schools

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

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

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

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

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

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

Is high school tough enough?

Final report of the task force on undergraduate graduation rates

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

State HIgher Education Finance 2011

Connecting the dots between learning and resources

Preparing students to transition from high school to college: A review of the perceptions surrounding college and the challenges students face as they prepare for their collegiate experience

Learning what it takes: An initial look at how schools are using early warning data and collaborative response teams to keep all students on track to success

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

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

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

Employment by summary education and training assignment, 2010 and projected 2020

Pursuing the American Dream: Economic mobility across generations

Examining economic mobility and the American Dream across demographics

Housing wealth and higher education: Building a foundation for economic mobility

Does America promote mobility as well as other nations?

Leaders & laggards: A state-by-state report card on public postsecondary education

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

Healthcare

Transforming the educational experience of young men of color

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

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

SREB State progress reports 2012

New Americans in postsecondary education: A profile of immigrant and second-generation American undergraduates

From soldier to student II: Assessing campus programs for veterans and service members

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

Enrollment management trends report: A snapshot of the 2011 ACT tested high school graduates

5 Education factors in focus

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

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

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

College Bound Seniors 2011

Education at a glance 2011: OECD indicators

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

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

An economy that works: Job creation and America's future

Charting pathways to completion for low-income community college students

Women see value and benefits of college; Men lag on both fronts, survey finds

Military service members and veterans: A profile of those enrolled in undergraduate and graduate education in 2007-08

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

Trends in high school dropout and completion rates in the United States: 1972-2009

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

The state of young America: Economic barriers to the American dream

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

Principal-counselor toolkit

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

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

State test score trends through 2008-09, Part 5: Progress lags in high school, especially for advanced achievers

Growth in the residential segregation of families by income, 1970-2009

For profit schools: Experiences of undercover students enrolled in online classes at selected institutions

Maximizing the College Choice Process to Increase Fit & Match for Underserved Students

The widening academic achievement gap between the rich and the poor: New evidence and possible explanations

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

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

Adolescent literacy

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

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

Issues facing historically black colleges and unversities: Results of a focused discussion and survey

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

US Students in overseas degree programs: Key destinations and fields of study

Beginning subbaccalaureate students' labor market experiences: Six years later in 2009

Postsecondary education student outcomes vary at for-profit, non-profit, and public schools

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

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

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

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

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

America's youth: Transitions to adulthood

Hard times: College majors, unemployment and earnings: Not all college degrees are created equal