Delivering relevant and impactful education and career training programs for Alaskans is a key component to strengthening Alaska's workforce and economy for generations to come. To build programming for Alaska's future, it is important to reflect on the State's current education and career training landscape. The 2025 Alaska Higher Education…

This brief explores how the growth of school-day testing has changed the overall population of annual ACT testers to be more representative of all students; it also highlights key insights from school-day testing programs nationwide.

University-based talent searches, in which students take a challenging, above-level test, have provided rigorous outside-of-school opportunities to academically talented students for decades. Talented young students take a test that was developed for older students, and the test results help educators discover the level of challenge the student…

The Tuition Opportunity Program for Students, subsequently renamed the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS), was created by Act 1375 of the 1997 Regular Legislative Session. The first college freshman class to receive TOPS awards entered postsecondary education in the fall of 1998. Act 1202 of the 2001 Regular Legislative Session…

This study examines differences in educational experiences and outcomes for high school (HS) students who participated in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program and earned full diplomas compared to those who participated in the IB Diploma Program but did not earn the diploma. ACT scores, after-HS placement, and HS graduation rates of…

Section 13 of Senate Bill No. 183 (SB 183) was enacted in 1989 by the Oklahoma Legislature to establish a program designed to evaluate the performance of individual schools and school districts in the state of Oklahoma. This program not only requires multiple types of evaluation by the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE), but also…

This study provides strong evidence that both the rigor and the quantity of high school coursework in mathematics, science, and English and language arts have a significant influence on ACT ELA and STEM Benchmark attainment. Students who take advanced coursework, complete more years of subject-specific courses, and maintain higher GPAs are more…

Prior learning refers to knowledge, skills, or competencies acquired through formal and informal education outside a traditional academic environment. This can include a student acquiring knowledge or skills through employee-sponsored training or military training, earning an industry certification, or taking national standardized exams. In the…

The statistics and data in this 2024 Quick Facts document are drawn from various published sources and the Alabama State Department of Education. Provided is a snapshot of facts that includes: (1) Alabama Students; (2) Alabama Educators; (3) Average Daily Attendance; (4) Financial Data FY2023; (5) National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Lunches…