Reports
Education and Workforce Data Connections: A Primer on States' Status
States have made tremendous progress in recent years to develop statewide education longitudinal data systems, according to this report, from the Data Quality Campaign. However linking education and workforce data is in its infancy. This policy brief provides an overview More »
Reports
Lumina Foundation Focus Spring 2010: Off the charts
As the need for increasing college-attainment levels in the United States becomes increasingly clear, states and institutions are taking steps to collect, analyze, use and share student-performance data to guide their improvement efforts. This publication highlights the trends-and trendsetters-in this More »
Reports
The Summer Flood: The Invisible Gap Among Low-Income Students
For a large group of high school graduates, admission to college is not the same as going to college. Programs that provide connections to caring adults and effective structures during the summer after graduation can help these students stay on More »
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Can I Get a Little Advice Here?
Are young people getting effective college help from high school guidance systems? The answer is “no” according to this report from Public Agenda. Part of the issue is the disproportionate student-to-counselor ratio in most states, but the report also suggests More »
Reports
Closing the Expectations Gap 2010
Aligning high school graduation requirements with the demands of college and the workplace has gone from isolated efforts among a few states to the “new norm,” contends this report, from Achieve. The 50-state survey reports on progress in five reform More »
