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The hallmark of All4Ed’s policy and government relations work is our ability to take an idea; translate it into legislation, regulations, or guidance; advocate for its adoption; and support its implementation to maximize results for the nation’s young people. Our policy priorities include:

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Featured Report

College and career readiness (CCR) indicators are used for high school accountability in 37 states. However, without a uniform way to measure CCR, states developed different metrics for how students are deemed prepared. This raises questions of which approaches are more effective, which we explored in Undermeasuring: College and Career Readiness Indicators May Not Reflect College and Career Outcomes. We found that many CCR indicators may be “undermeasuring” students’ postsecondary potential, just as many highly qualified students are “undermatched” and do not enroll in colleges that reflect their abilities.

Given these findings, the report offered several recommendations to improve CCR indicators and highlighted a number of states leading the way. In this series, we follow up with three of them: California, Louisiana, and Georgia.

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Where We Stand

November 6, 2023
Publication
College and Career Pathways, Higher Education, State Policy Center
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
Evidence demonstrates the power of dual enrollment to increase postsecondary enrollment and completion. But it has an Achilles heel: credit transfer. The idea behind dual enrollment is powerful. When high school students enroll, and succeed, in college courses, they simultaneously gain access to advanced coursework while saving on college costs. Savings take place in two […]
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
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.
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
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.
October 26, 2023
Publication
Congress, Federal Education Budget, US Department of Education
Joint Letter Supporting Priorities for FY25 Biden-Harris Budget Request
All4Ed and partners urge the Biden administration to emphasize educational equity and needed academic supports for students in its FY25 budget request.
May 4, 2023
Publication
Career and Technical Education, College and Career Pathways, Congress, Federal Education Budget, US Department of Education
Support Career-Connected High Schools
Join All4Ed in advocating for continued investments in the Emergency Connectivity Fund to close the homework gap.
May 1, 2023
Publication
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
May 1, 2023
Publication
Assessment, Every Student Succeeds Act, US Department of Education
Joint Comments on Fostering Innovative Assessment
Joint comments on how the U.S. Department of Education can support states seeking to develop and pilot more innovative assessment approaches.

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