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Anne Hyslop

Director of Policy Development, All4Ed

Anne Hyslop joined All4Ed in July 2018 and leads the organization’s policy research, analysis, and evaluation efforts.

For more than a decade, Ms. Hyslop has focused on creating effective, equity-oriented policies that will ensure all students graduate high school college- and career-ready, with expertise in standards, assessments, accountability, and school improvement. Through her experience at the state and federal levels, she has worked to drive change through policy analysis and research, writing, strategic consulting, and technical assistance.

From 2014–2016, Ms. Hyslop was a senior policy advisor in the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Education. In this role, she helped develop and implement the Obama administration’s K–12 policy priorities, supported the drafting of the Every Student Succeeds Act, and led efforts to write regulations and guidance for school accountability and innovative assessments. Through her past work for Chiefs for Change, Bellwether, New America, and Education Sector, she provided technical assistance to state policymakers, advised clients, conducted research, and wrote extensively on school accountability systems, high school exit exams, Common Core implementation, and college and career readiness. Her work and commentary have been featured in The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, Slate, Education Week, The 74, and Politico.

Ms. Hyslop began her career working in state government, developing early childhood policy for the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation and managing Virginia’s quality rating and improvement system and other efforts to promote school readiness and access to high-quality preschool. She holds a bachelor’s degree in government from the College of William and Mary and a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University and resides in Richmond, Virginia.

Articles by Anne

February 1, 2024

Publication | Accountability and Support, Every Student Succeeds Act, Federal Education Budget, Funding Equity

When Equity Is Optional: Does Accountability Drive School Spending? 

States should use accountability to identify and provide extra resources to struggling schools, yet many schools spent less, not more, after being identified.
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October 31, 2023

Publication | Accountability and Support, College and Career Pathways, Data, High Schools

College and Career Readiness Close-Up

A three-part series on leading state practices to hold high schools accountable for providing pathways that prepare students for college and careers
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October 31, 2023

Publication | Accountability and Support, College and Career Pathways, Data, High Schools

Louisiana Defines a Stronger Diploma

How Louisiana's college and career readiness indicator rewards schools for helping students go beyond a high school diploma
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October 31, 2023

Publication | Accountability and Support, College and Career Pathways, Data, High Schools

Georgia Measures Readiness With College Outcomes

Georgia sets itself apart as the only state that uses college remediation rates as a college and career readiness accountability indicator.
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October 31, 2023

Publication | Accountability and Support, College and Career Pathways, Data, High Schools

California Leads in Disaggregating Readiness Data

By breaking down its college and career readiness data, California shines a light on how, and which students, are ready for success after high school.
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May 1, 2023

Advocacy | Assessment, Every Student Succeeds Act, US Department of Education

Improving Implementation of Innovative Assessments

All4Ed's ideas for how the U.S. Department of Education can foster innovation in statewide assessments
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