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Pecheone, Raymond – Jobs for the Future, 2018
Emboldened by the provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act, state and local education leaders are increasingly interested in redesigning their systems of assessment to further align with college and career readiness and to support meaningful learning for all students. This paper presents stories from three states undertaking this work:…
Descriptors: State Government, Local Government, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Pecheone, Raymond – Jobs for the Future, 2018
Emboldened by the provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act, state and local education leaders are increasingly interested in redesigning their systems of assessment to further align with college and career readiness and to support meaningful learning for all students. This paper presents stories from three states undertaking this work:…
Descriptors: State Government, Local Government, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Ward, Diane S.; Vargas, Joel – Jobs for the Future, 2012
As demand for a highly educated and skilled workforce grows, many governors have made student college and career readiness a priority in 2012. In their State of the State addresses, governors in Mississippi, Missouri, Virginia, and Wisconsin promoted the expansion of dual enrollment programs as a key strategy for strengthening academic…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Career Readiness, College Readiness, High School Students
Altstadt, David – Jobs for the Future, 2012
Building on their work through Achieving the Dream, six states and 15 community colleges joined the Developmental Education Initiative (DEI) in 2009 to take on one of higher education's most daunting challenges: improving the success of students who enter community college academically underprepared. The states and Jobs for the Future, which…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges, Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement