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Santos, Jose Luis; Haycock, Kati – Education Trust, 2016
In response to mounting concerns about the cost of college, lawmakers have proposed major new partnerships between the federal government and states to tackle college affordability. The Education Trust maintains that any new federal-state proposal aimed at making college more affordable must also simultaneously address completion problems by…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Educational Change, Federal State Relationship, Partnerships in Education
Hall, Daria – Education Trust, 2007
An analysis of accountability for high school graduation rates under the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reveals two major problems: (1) State goals for raising graduation rates are far too low to spur needed improvement and (2) Gaps between student groups are allowed to persist by an accountability system that looks only at average…
Descriptors: High Schools, Accountability, Graduation Rate, Educational Objectives