"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "What Happened to Dropouts from the High School Class of 2004?": Brief Finds Over a Third Not Working and Not in School; (2) Something in Common: Achieve Reports That Many States Are Voluntarily Setting College- and Work-Readiness Standards; (3) Predicting the Future: ACT Projects Future Workforce for States, Finds Many High School Graduates Unprepared for Success in College; and (4) "What Did I Do Wrong?": New Jersey College Students Push for Tougher High School Courses to Help Future Students Avoid Remediation. (Contains 1 footnote.)