"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) "Measuring What Matters": Report Evaluates States' Progress on Developing High-Quality Data Systems; (2) Mission Not Yet Accomplished: Achieve and Ed Trust Seek to Make College- and Work-Readiness the Goal for High Schools; and (3) Report Finds No Improvement in Texas' High Schools Attrition Rates Since 1985-86.