"NACEP Standards are measurable criteria that address quality in concurrent enrollment programs." You can download the most recent standards (2011) from this page.
A program of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) promoting Shakespeare in the schools. The campaign was launched in 2008. On this page, you can download the manifesto, as well as some programs that we created by this campaign.
NAEP administers assessments in the areas of mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography, and U.S. history. These assessments are conducted periodically and adhere to a uniform approach using the same set of test booklets across the nation. This site represents the different components of the NAEP assessment. Another website, The Nation's Report Card (nationsreportcard.gov), publishes the results of the assessments.
A program of the Greater Texas Foundation (GTF). Studying a cohort of 250,000 students who were in 9th grade in 1997, data showed that 75,000 "who graduated high school and enrolled in college left empty-handed." GTF then worked with FSG Social Impact Advisors to look at persistence and completion as they restructured their post-secondary scholarship funding. Two related reports are available on this page.
Op-Ed by David Brooks in the New York Times, October 31 2011. Brooks finds that the disparity between college grads and non-grads is much more glaring than that of the "1%" who are the focus of the Occupy Wall Street and similar movements. And he finds that this disparity is seen in small cities and towns all over America. Not only does he cite income disparity, but also family structure and things like health risks.
Housed at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, "At SERVE Center, we believe that education is advanced through knowledge, innovation and action."
These publications, authored by David T. Conley, all look at issues relating to college and career readiness. CEPR is located at the University of Oregon.
The DECA Institute was formed with grant funds awarded to the Dayton Early College Academy. The purpose of the grant was to share successful practices for urban students with other Ohio schools. Video and PowerPoint resources from the Institute are available on the website.
"The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board provides leadership and coordination for the Texas higher education system." Agency reports are available to download from the site.
Resources on College and Career Readiness (CCR) Act Pilot, including Conley's Comprehensive Model. These resources are on the site for Office of Community College Research and Leadership at the College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
By Janet E. Lieberman, Ed. in New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 63, Fall 1988. A collection of essays that provide background to joint programs between colleges and schools and describes a sample of approaches. This link to to the record on Eric. Full text PDF available to download.
Website offering a library of over 2,400 educational videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 150 practice exercises.
From the home page, "Welcome to the knowledge and learning community committed to college completion, where you can share and collaborate across stakeholders, learn about innovative projects, and read current college completion news."
The current issue, Vol 34, #3, 2011 looks at the theme of collaboration, with articles ranging from a look at online collaborative experiences, to digital publishing and collaboration, to an opinion piece titled From Us vs. Them to We: Collaborating for Change.
From About NACEP, "The National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships is a professional organization for high schools and colleges that advances seamless education through secondary and post-secondary collaborations." The organization has arms for both research and policy (at the state and federal levels).
From the Overview, "Cal-PASS is an initiative that collects, analyzes and shares student data in order to track performance and improve success from elementary school through university."