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Expanding Opportunities: A College Choice Report for the Graduating Class of 2014. Part 1: Preferences and Prospects

ACT, Inc., 2014

This College Choice Report series follows the ACT-tested high school graduating class of 2014, focusing on specific testing behaviors that may expand college opportunities available to students. This is an important topic for enrollment managers and admissions officers to consider, as students' participation in these testing behaviors have…

Descriptors: College Choice, Research Reports, High School Graduates, Educational Opportunities

State Education Accountability Reports and Indicator Reports: Status of Reports across the States, 1998. Results of a 50-State Survey.

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Tucker, Tamelyn; Manise, Jennifer – 1998

The first complete survey of all state education reports was conducted in 1994. For the 1998 edition, state education staff were asked to identify and update all current state reports that provide accountability for K-12 education or that report on a set of education indicators. As of August, 1998, all states have at least 1 annual accountability…

Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Indicators, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education

State Education Accountability Reports and Indicator Reports: Status of Reports across the States, 2002. Results of a 50-State Survey by the CCSSO Division of State Services and Technical Assistance.

Manise, Jennifer; Pewett, Cynthia; Potts, Abigail – 2002

The Council of Chief State School Officers worked with state departments of education to compile this summary document on the current status of state education accountability and state education indicator reports. The summary is designed to provide state-by-state information (all 50 states, the Department of Defense Dependants Schools, the Virgin…

Descriptors: Accountability, Annual Reports, Educational Indicators, Elementary Secondary Education

State Education Accountability Reports and Indicator Reports: Status of Reports across the States 1999. Results of a 50-State Survey by the CCSSO State Education Assessment Center.

MacMillan, Thomas; Manise, Jennifer – 1999

This report presents, in chart form, information about the accountability reports and indicator reports from each state. State education staff were asked to identify and update descriptions of all current state reports that provide accountability or educational indicator information for K-12 education. As of August 1999, all state agencies except…

Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Indicators, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Agencies

State Test Score Trends through 2008-09, Part 4: Is Achievement Improving and Are Gaps Narrowing for Title I Students?

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Kober, Nancy; McMurrer, Jennifer; Silva, Malini R. – Center on Education Policy, 2011

Title I provides extra instructional services designed to raise achievement for low-performing students in schools with relatively high poverty rates, and for all students in many of the nation's highest-poverty schools. To learn more about how well Title I students are performing academically, the Center on Education Policy (CEP) compared…

Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, African American Students

National Overview: Measuring College and Career Readiness--The Class of 2009

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ACT, Inc., 2009

"Measuring College and Career Readiness" represents a snapshot of the ACT-tested graduates in the class of 2009 and focuses on their readiness for college and careers. Designed to inform policymakers and practitioners about selected indicators of effectiveness, it is not intended to be comprehensive but instead is designed to help…