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Author(s):Achieve, Inc.
Title:American Diploma Project (ADP) end-of-course exams: 2009 Annual report
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Date:2009
Organization:Achieve, Inc.
Short Description:This report details the work of the 15 states in Achieve's ADP Assessment Consortium to develop, set standards for and administer rigorous Algebra I and II exams that assess not only achievement in the course students have just completed, but also readiness for higher level mathematics.
Annotation:This report details the work of the 15 states in Achieve's ADP Assessment Consortium to develop, set standards for and administer rigorous Algebra I and II exams that assess not only achievement in the course students have just completed, but also readiness for higher level mathematics.
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What role can dual enrollment programs play in easing the transition between high school and postsecondary education
Dual enrollment: Accelerating the transition to college
Bridging the widest gap: Raising the achievement of Black boys
Courses count: Preparing students for postsecondary success
Powerful pathways: Framing options and opportunities for vulnerable youth
Advanced placement report to the nation: 2006
It's kind of different: Student experiences in two early college high schools
Indiana Academic Honors Diploma
Ready to succeed: Changing systems to give California's foster children the opportunities they deserve to be ready for and succeed in school
The forgotten middle: Ensuring that all students are on target for college and career readiness before high school
Diplomas count 2008 (Indiana state report): School to college: Can P-16 councils ease the transition
From high school to the future: The pathway to 20
UpwardBound Math-Science: STEM education that works
Benchmarking for success: Ensuring US students receive a world-class education
Striking the balance: Career academies combine academic rigor and workplace relevance
It's not about the cut score: Redesigning placement assessment policy to improve student success
Using early-warning data to improve graduation rates: Closing cracks in the education system
Gateway to College
Building a better bridge: Helping young adults enter and succeed in college
The early assessment program: Helping high school students meet college expectations in mathematics and English
California State University: Early assessment program
Creating postsecondary pathways to good jobs for young high school dropouts: The possibilities and the challenges
Indiana Graduation Plan Statute
Course-taking patterns and preparation for postsecondary education in California's public university systems among minority youth
What every college access practitioner should know about: The early college high school initiative – Indiana plans for the early college high school for science and technologies
Early intervention program and college partnerships
The impacts of regular Upward Bound: Results from the third follow-up data collection
The connection strategy: Preparing young people to succeed in college and beyond
State Cards (statistical snapshots of high school data by state)
Education Commission of the States: Research studies database
The real technology challenge
Minorities in higher education twenty-second annual status report: 2007 supplement
Setting the stage for new high schools: Municipal leadership in supporting high school alternatives
A call to action: Why America must innovate
High school dropouts in America
Rethinking high school: An introduction to New York City's experience
Five academic reasons why state virtual schools are important to your state
Advanced placement report to the nation: 2007
Education longitudinal study of 2002 (ELS:2002): A first look at the initial postsecondary experiences of the high school Sophomore class of 2002
What works clearinghouse: Middle school math
The nation's report card: Mathematics 2007
Indiana's best buys: An in-depth look at Hoosier high schools
Aligning high school graduation requirements with the real world: A road map for states
A framework and recommendations for federal action on secondary school reform
Education watch Colorado: Key education facts and figures
Education watch Colorado: Key education facts and figures 2006
States' progress toward high school restructuring
Education watch California: Key education facts and figures
Knocking at the college door: California state report
Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2004
Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2006
Education watch Texas: Key education facts and figures 2004
Education watch Texas: Key education facts and figures 2006
Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2004
Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2006
Achievement trap: How America is failing millions of high-achieving students from lower-income families
Education watch California: Key facts and figures
Managing the transition to ninth grade in a comprehensive urban school
Comprehensive school reform quality center report on middle and high school comprehensive school reform models
State approaches to more reliable and uniform dropout and graduation data
Dropout prevention for students with disabilities: A critical issue for state education agencies
In need of improvement: NCLB & high schools
The STEM graduate school experience: Reflections from minority post docs
In pursuit of a diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics workforce: Recommended research priorities to enhance participation by underrepresented minorities
Pathways to excellence
The nation's report card: NAEP 2008: Trends in academic progress
Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL)
Action required: Addressing the nation's lowest performing high schools
College readiness standards
Gallup student poll national report
Putting middle grades students on the graduation path: A policy and practice brief
A plan for success: Communities of color define policy priorities for high school reform
Assessing school engagement: A guide for out-of-school time program practitioners
U.S. performance across international assessments of student achievement: Special supplement to The Condition of Education 2009
Economic and noneconomic outcomes for GED credential recipients
Moving beyond AYP: High school performance indicators
The 2008 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning
The challenge of college readiness
Taking the easy way out: How the GED testing program induces students to drop out
Bringing off-track youth into the center of high school reform: Lessons and tools from leading communities
The high cost of low educational performance: The long-run economic impact of improving PISA outcomes
College readiness issue brief: Using data to improve educational outcomes
2008 GED testing program statistical report
Mapping state proficiency standards onto NAEP scales: 2005-2007
Achieving graduation for all: A governor's guide to dropout prevention and recovery
Between two worlds: How young Latinos come of age in America
Hispanics, high school dropouts, and the GED
The relationship between AP exam performance and college outcomes
Untapped potential: Early labor market outcomes of dropouts and graduates from Philadelphia's public schools
Improving education and employment for disadvantaged young men: Proven and promising strategies
Transforming the high school experience: How New York City's new small schools are boosting student achievement and graduation rates
The Condition of Education 2010
Learning communities for students in developmental reading: An impact study at Hillsborough Community College
6th Annual AP Report to the Nation: State Reports
The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
College Board AP Summary Reports: 2009
High school dropouts and the economic losses from juvenile crime in California
Can middle school reform increase high school graduation rates?
State test score trends through 2007-08: Has progress been made in raising achievement for students with disabilities?
Promoting a culture of student success: How colleges and universities are improving degree completion
A Profile of California Partnership Academies 2004–2005
State test score trends through 2007-08, Part 5: Are there differences in achievement between boys and girls?
This school works for me: Creating choices to boost student achievement: A guide for America's leaders
High school policy reform: A plan for success (California)
One dream, two realities: Perspectives of parents on America's high schools
Taking action for America: A CEO plan for jobs and economic growth: A skilled, prepared workforce
Graduate enrollment in science and engineering grew substantially in the past decade but slowed in 2010
Teaching and learning in the era of the Common Core: The Students at the Center series ebook
Providing greater opportunities for deeper learning in NCLB waivers
Putting a price tag on the Common Core: How much will smart implementation cost?
Common core state standards & career and technical education: Bridging the divide between college and career readiness
State Cards (statistical snapshots of high school data by state) Updated 2012
Committing to quality: Guidelines for assessment and accountability in higher education
Caught in the crisis: Students of color and native students in U.S. high schools
Building pathways to transfer: Community colleges that break the chain of failure for students of color
Beyond the master plan: The case for restructuring baccalaureate education in California
Meeting the STEM workforce challenge: Leveraging higher education's untapped potential to prepare tomorrow's STEM workforce
The economic value of opportunity youth
Testing the impact of Higher Achievement's year-round out-of-school time program on academic outcomes
A better measure of skills gaps: Utilizing ACT skill profile and assessment data for strategic skill research
STEM: Science, technology, engineering, mathematics (Full Report)
STEM: State reports and state level analysis
Using data and inquiry to build equity-focused college-going cultures
Different approaches to dual enrollment: Understanding program features and their implications
What gets measured gets done: Adding college-course completion to K-12 accountability systems
Getting through: Higher education's plan to increase the college completion rates of Boston public schools graduates
Expanded learning opportunities: A more comprehensive approach to preparing high school students for college and a career
Making every diploma count: Using extended-year graduation rates to measure student success
Clearing the path: Creating innovation space for serving over-age, under-credited students in competency-based pathways
Expanded measures of school performance
Designing common assessments to be measures of college and career readiness: Challenges and opportunities
Mapping state proficiency standards onto the NAEP scales: Variation and change in state standards for reading and mathematics, 2005-09
The Future Ready Project
College Bound Seniors 2011
The condition of education in brief: 2005
Building a learning agenda around disconnected youth
Now what? Imperatives and options for common core implementation and governance
Achievement gaps: How Hispanic and white students in public schools perform in mathematics and reading perform on the national assessment of educational progress
Ready by 21 case study: Petaluma
The condition of education 2011
K-12 education reform: Implications and opportunities for public colleges and universities
Spotlight on the common core state standards: What do teachers need to know?
Winning the future: Improving education for the Latino community
Building roads to success: Key considerations for communities and states reconnecting youth to education
Building capacity for reconnecting youth
Return on educational investment: A district-by-district evaluation of U.S. educational productivity
Retaining students in grade: A literature review of the effects of retention on students' academic and nonacademic outcomes
Examining the role of summer bridge programs in promoting college readiness and completion: Lessons learned from Texas' developmental summer bridges
Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the challenge of preparing young Americans for the 21st century