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AASCU.
2003.
Access for all? Debating in-state tuition for undocumented alien students.
Examines issues surrounding undocumented immigrants and postsecondary education.
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Academic Pathways to Access and Student Success (APASS).
2006.
National inventory of academic pathways.
Website with information about the "new and emerging academic pathways that extend from high school to college and enhance college access for traditionally underserved students."
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Academy for Educational Development and Chapin Hall Center for Children.
2003.
Vital voices: Building constituencies for public school reform.
Explores the goals, values, strategies, and challenges of groups united to advocate for school reform across the country. (Requires free registration to view).
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Achieve, Inc.
2006.
Closing the expectations gap: 2006.
This annual 50-state progress report examines states' alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and work.
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Achieve, Inc.
2007.
Closing the expectations gap 2007: An annual 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and work.
This annual report contains updates on the efforts of all 50 states to align their high school standards, graduation requirements, assessments, and accountability systems with the demands of college and work.
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Alliance for Excellent Education.
2007.
Understanding high school graduation rates.
This series of state-specific reports (and a national report) discusses the different graduation rates reported by government and independent sources and examines why these discrepancies are important.
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American Association of Community Colleges.
2006.
Community college finder.
Enables users to select a state or link for a complete listing of local community colleges.
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American Youth Policy Forum.
2002.
Equal access to postsecondary education? The case of undocumented immigrant students.
Examines state responses to federal legislation prohibiting in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
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Annie E. Casey Foundation.
2006.
Kids count data book: state-level data online.
Data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book are now available in the easy-to-use, powerful online database, State Level Data Online.
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Bacevich, A., and Salinger, T.
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Sustaining focus on secondary school reading: Lessons and recommendations from the Alabama reading initiative.
This brief examines the Alabama Reading Initiative for potential ideas relative to developing reading initiatives in other states.
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Balfanz, R., and Legters, N.
2005.
The graduation gap: Using promoting power to examine the number and characteristics of high schools with high and low graduation rates in the nation and in each state.
Examines promoting power data, and describes a series of key national findings, as well as a series of specific state-level results pertaining to graduation rates and corresponding demographic characteristics.
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Bell, J.
2006.
Transforming higher education: National imperative - state responsibility.
From the National Conference of State Legislatures Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education, this report offers recommendations to state legislatures on how to lead the way toward an accessible and accountable higher education system that serves all citizens.
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Boatman, A. & L’Orange, H.
2006.
State tuition, fees, and financial assistance policies for public colleges and universities, 2005-06.
This report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers examines the philosophies, policies, and procedures that drive decision-making in each state about public college and university tuition, fees, and financial aid programs, as well as general issues of college affordability.
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Boston Higher Education Partnership (BHEP).
2007.
From college access to college success: College preparation and persistence of BPS graduates.
Drawing on surveys and focus groups with Boston Public School (BPS) graduates, conversations with guidance counselors, and first-year college transcripts from BPS graduates, this preliminary study examines how well-prepared BPS graduates are for the first year of college.
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Brady, H., Hout, M., Stiles, J., Gleeson, S., and Hui, I.
2005.
Return on Investment: Educational Choices and Demographic Change in California's Future.
This report analyzes the costs and benefits of investments in college opportunity in California.
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Bragg, D., Kim, E., and Rubin, M.
2005.
Academic pathways to college: Policies and practices of the fifty states to reach underserved students.
"This study took an initial step to understand college access for undeserved students by conducting an “inventory” of existing and emerging academic pathways other than the traditional college preparatory track through which high school students transition to college."
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California Department of Education.
2007.
California: State Accountability Report Card 2005-06..
This report summarizes California students' assessment results and disaggregates results by subgroup, as required by NCLB.
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California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC).
2000.
Policy for progress: Reaffirming California higher education accessibility, affordability, and accountability into the 21st century.
Designed to provide policy recommendations to help guide elected officials, educational leaders, and state oversight and coordinating agencies in addressing important issues in higher education in the 21st century.
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Callan, P., and Finney, J.
2003.
Multiple pathways and state policy: Toward education and training beyond high school.
This paper discusses the public policy challenges of achieving increased higher education access and attainment for all students.
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Callan, P., Finney, J., Kirst, M., Usdan, M., and Venezia, A.
2006.
Claiming common ground: State policymaking for improving college readiness and success.
This report identifies four state policy dimensions
for improving college readiness and success.
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21.
Carey, K.
2004.
The funding gap 2004: Many states still shortchange low-income and minority students.
Shows the most up-to-date estimates of low-income and minority funding gaps in America, with a further look at how those gaps have grown in some states and have shrunk in others.
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Center for Innovation in Assessment.
2005.
Keeping students in school: What other states are doing for at-risk students.
Report which looks at best practices from several states for promoting the success of at-risk students in high school.
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Center for the Study of Education Policy, Illinois State University.
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Grapevine: An annual compilation of data on state tax apropriations for the general operation of higher education.
Grapevine reports eacy year on total state tax appropriations for higher education, including general fund appropriations for universities, colleges, community colleges, and state higher education agencies.
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Center for the Study of Education Policy, Illinois University, National Association of State Student Grant Aid Programs, and State Higher Education Executive Officers.
2006.
Recession, retrenchment, and recovery: State higher education funding and student financial aid.
Examined the effects of
recessions on financial access to college
during the 25-year period 1979-2003,
and identified states that have been relatively
successful in maintaining financial access.
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Center for the Study of Education Policy, National Association of State Student Grant Aid Programs (NASSGAP), & State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO).
2006.
Recession, retrenchment, and recovery: State higher education funding and student financial aid. Volume II: State profiles.
This report is a companion to "Recession, Retrenchment and Recovery: Higher Education Funding and Student Financial Aid." It provides profiles of individual states and their performance from 1979 to 2004 on a variety of measures such as enrollment trends, appropriations for higher education, allocations to need-based student financial aid, and changes in tuition and fees at public institutions.
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Center on Education Policy.
2004.
State high school exit exams: A maturing reform.
Contains six major new findings about state exit exams, including challenges faced by states with exit exams.
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Chapman, C., & Hoffman, L.
2007.
Event dropout rates for public school students in grades 9-12: 2002-03 and 2003-04.
The report summarizes and compares event dropout rates for public high school students, by state, for 2002-03 and 2003-04.
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College Board.
2006.
College bound seniors 2006.
These reports present state-by-state data on the scores received by 2006 high school graduates who participated in the SAT Program.
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Collins, M.
2006.
By the numbers: State goals for increasing postsecondary attainment.
Addresses numerical goal setting as an approach to states' assessment of the value of public higher education.
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Comprehensive School Reform Awards Database, U.S. Department of Education.
2006.
State achievement data websites.
This site provides links to school achievement data in each of the fifty states.
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Conley, D.
2003.
Mixed messages: What state high school tests communicate about student readiness for college.
In this report, 66 high school exams from 20 states were analyzed to determine how well they matched postsecondary expectations.
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Curran, B.
2006.
Implementing graduation counts: State progress to date.
"In 2005 governors of all 50 states signed the Graduation Counts Compact and made an unprecedented commitment to a common method for calculating each state's high school graduation rate."
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Data Quality Campaign (DQC) and National Center for Educational Accountability (NCEA).
2006.
Results of 2006 NCEA survey of state data collection issues related to longitudinal analysis.
In August 2006, the Data Quality Campaign and the National Center for Educational Accountability (NCEA) conducted this survey to determine the number of states that have built the data system infrastructure to collect and analyze longitudinal data. This website provides an overview of the findings of the survey as well as a state-by-state analysis of the policy implications of each state's data system.
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Davis, J.
2001.
Designing a state student grant program: A framework for policy makers.
Provides information on the likely effects of a variety of programs and policies seeking to determine “who should receive how much aid to attend which kinds of institutions for what purposes."
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Dougherty, K. J. and Hong, E.
2005.
State systems of performance accountability for community colleges: Impact and lessons for policymakers.
This policy brief examines questions about state performance accountability systems in higher education, focusing on community college systems.
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Dounay, J.
2006.
Ensuring rigor in the high school curriculum: What states are doing.
Identifies strategies states are using to address challenges in accountability in the high school curriculum and to improve student preparation for college and the workforce.
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Dounay, J.
2006.
Alignment of high school graduation requirements and state-set college admissions requirements.
This table compares states’ high school graduation requirements with their college admissions requirements.
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Editorial Projects in Education (Education Week).
2007.
Diplomas Count: Ready for What?.
Provides data, disaggregated by race and gender, on graduation rates for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the 50 largest school districts. Also examines state graduation policies.
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Education Commission of the States.
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Access and participation profiles.
A website featuring profiles of postsecondary access and participation for each state in the United States.
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Education Commission of the States.
2005.
Education Commission of the States: Postsecondary Issues.
Provides information about and links to research related to postsecondary education issues.
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Education Commission of the States (ECS).
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High school database.
This online database contains information about high school policy issues such as Advanced Placement, graduation rates and requirements, college-ready standards, high school-college alignment, local initiatives, and state data systems.
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Education Trust.
2006.
Education watch online.
Ed Watch Interactive is a user-friendly source of data on educational performance and equity by race and class, kindergarten through college.
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Education Trust.
2005.
Issue brief - What students need, parts 1: Dropout prevention and recovery.
Issue brief which examines the dropout problem in Louisana and discusses strategies for prevention and recovery.
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Education Trust.
2006.
Education watch 2006 state summary reports.
Website with state reports concerning student achievement.
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Education Trust.
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Dispelling the myth - Online.
This online database lets users search data within states to answer the question: which schools are getting the highest performance or making the most improvement for low-income and minority students?
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Education Trust (Ed Trust).
2002-03.
Education watch: Achievement gap summary tables.
Lists achievement gains data by state, with measurement of achievement gaps in states where adequate data exists.
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Education Trust, Inc.
2002-03.
Education watch: Links to 2003 state summaries.
Online summaries of achievement data by state, including the District of Columbia, and the United States as a nation.
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Education Trust, Inc.
2003-04.
Education watch: Links to 2004 state summaries.
Online summaries of achievement data by state, including the District of Columbia, and the United States as a nation.
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Educational Needs Index.
2006.
Educational needs index.
The Education Needs Index (ENI) is a county-level study of educational, economic, and population pressures that influence educational policy and planning at local, regional, and state levels.
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Edweek.org.
2006.
Education counts.
The Education Counts database contains more than 250 state-level K-12 education indicators, many spanning multiple years.
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Ewell, P. & Boeke, M.
2007.
Critical connections: Linking states’ unit record systems to track student progress.
This report presents the results of a new comprehensive inventory of state-level student unit record (SUR) capacity, updated from a survey conducted in 2002. The survey addresses issues such as data-element coverage, analytical capability, and how states link SUR data with other data sources. The report also examines cross-cutting issues such as the feasibility of harnessing these state-level databases to create a national capability to track student progress.
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52.
Gillie, S.
2006.
Hoosiers on Jupiter.
Presentation which focuses on the male achievement gap for Indiana students.
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Greene County Schools.
2004.
College access: A framework for systemic program development.
This document reflects the vision and experience over four years of one school district - Greene County Schools - in developing and implementing a college access program in partnership with a GEAR UP state grant.
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54.
Hall, D.
2005.
Getting honest about grad rates: How states play the numbers and students lose.
Addresses innacuracies in state's self-reporting of high school graduation rates.
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Harvard School of Public Health.
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DiversityData.org.
The DiversityData project identifies indicators of diversity, opportunity, quality of life, and health for various racial/ethnic population groups by U.S. metropolitan area.
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Harvard University Civil Rights Project.
2005.
Confronting the graduation rate crisis in the south.
This report gives special attention to graduation rates in five southern states, emphasizing graduation rates of minorities in these states.
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57.
Heller, D. E.
2003.
NDSFA: State financial aid and college access.
Heller’s paper documents the recent trend in state financial aid programs from providing need-based aid to providing merit-based aid or aid with some merit component.
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Heller, D.E. & Rasmussen, C.J.
2001.
Do merit scholarships promote college access? Evidence from two states..
This report examines merit-based aid programs in two states - Georgia and Michigan - to determine their efficacy in promoting college access.
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Hoffman, N.
2005.
Add and subtract: Dual enrollment as a state strategy to increase postsecondary success for underrepresented students.
Add and Subtract is a policy primer for states wishing to implement dual enrollment as a strategy for increasing college credentialing rates of underrepresented students.
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60.
Holzman, M.
2004.
Public education and black male students: A state report card.
Illustrates widespread disparities in the quality of education received by members of different racial/ethnic groups.
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Holzman, M.
2006.
Public education and black male students: The 2006 state report card.
This state-by-state “report card” from the Schott Foundation for Education highlights disparities in the quality of education provided to African-Americans by comparing high school graduation rates of Black and White non-Hispanic males. According to estimates based on NCES data, in 2003-04, 55% of African-American males did not receive diplomas with their cohort. Much of the problem is concentrated in a few large cities, such as New York City, Chicago, Detroit, and Dade County.
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Indiana Pathways to College Network.
2004.
Counselor ratios by state 2002.
A comparison of student-to-counselor ratios among states in the U.S.
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Indiana Project on Academic Success.
2005.
Indiana project on academic success.
The Indiana Project on Academic Success is a statewide project that uses a reseach-based approach to study how and why students succeed in college.
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Institute for Higher Education Policy.
2005.
The investment payoff: A 50 state analysis of the public and private benefits of higher education..
Articulates the benefits of higher education on a 50 state basis, demonstrating that the same benefits found at the national level can also be found at the individual state level.
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Jobs for the Future.
2007.
Update: State policies regarding in-state tuition for undocumented students.
This policy brief reports on legislation, proposed legislation, and other developments in states involved in the “Achieving the Dream” initiative around tuition and financial aid for undocumented students
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66.
Jones, D.
2006.
State shortfalls projected to continue, despite economic gains.
States are likely to face increased competition for scarce resources, intensified by greater growth in demand for state services other than
higher education.
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67.
Kemple, J. J., Herlihy, C. M., Smith, T. J.
2005.
Making progress toward graduation: Evidence from the talent development high school model.
A rigorous independent evaluation of the Talent Development High School model (a comprehensive school reform initiative), focusing on the first five high schools to begin using the model in the School District of Philadelphia.
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Kirshstein, R., Berger, A., Benatar, E., Rhodes, D.
2004.
Workforce contingent financial aid: How states link financial aid to employment.
This study identified 161 WCFA programs in 43 states.
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Koelsch, N.
2006.
Improving literacy outcomes for English language learners in high school: Considerations for states and districts in developing a coherent policy framework.
This brief from the National High School Center outlines barriers facing English Language Learner (ELL) students, including teacher expectations, tracking, and placement, as well as recommendations for states and districts to better support ELLs.
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Koelsch, N.
2006.
Improving literacy outcomes for English language learners in high school: Considerations for states and districts in developing a coherent policy framework.
This brief from the National High School Center outlines barriers facing English Language Learner (ELL) students, including teacher expectations, tracking, and placement, as well as recommendations for states and districts to better support ELLs.
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Krueger, C.
2006, April.
The progress of P-16 collaboration in the states.
This brief from the Education Commission of the States describe the P-16 concept, its components, and the progress in various states of P-16 activities.
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Krueger, C.
2006.
Dual enrollment: Policy issues confronting state policymakers.
Examines benefits and controversy related to dual-enrollemnt programs and provides examples of specific programs states are enacting.
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Krueger, C.
2006.
P-16 collaboration in the states.
Lists states that currently engaged in some kind of K-16, P-16, or P-20 activity and what the activity includes.
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Lohse, C.D., and Ockert, S.
2005.
American Indian student achievement in Montana public schools: Features of the achievement gap and policy prescriptions.
This report presents the results of an analysis of the performance of American Indian students compared to White students in Montana schools which indicate a significant achievement gap between the two subgroups.
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Long, B.
2005.
State financial aid: Policies to enhance articulation and transfer.
Examines the impact of state policies on articulation and transfer of students between postsecondary institutions from students’ freshman year to graduation.
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Long, B.
2003.
How do financial aid policies affect colleges? The institutional impact of the Georgia HOPE scholarship.
This paper examines the effects of financial aid policies on the behavior of postsecondary institutions. Using the introduction of the Georgia HOPE Scholarship as an experiment, it investigates the impact of the policy on
college pricing, institution aid, expenditures, and state appropriations.
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Lord, J.
2002.
Student readiness for college: Connecting state policies.
Lays out a policy framework for states, with particular attention to the needs of students and parents.
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Lumina Foundation for Education.
2007.
Lumina Foundation Lessons: Places - and faces - that foster student success.
This publication provides a snapshot of fifteen institutions in Indiana and their efforts to create or enhance programs to improve student success in the first and second years of college.
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Measuring Up 2002, the U.S. Census, and Postsecondary Education Opportunity.
2002.
Comparison of selected education data and rankings for 50 states.
Includes high school graduation rates and rankings, chance for college by age 19, and high school to college rates, as well as baccalaureate attainment by adults ages 25+.
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Midwestern Higher Education Compact.
2005.
Investment payoff: The benefits of a higher education in the Midwestern states.
Presents state-level data for Midwestern states and compares the performance of these states on measures set forth in IHEP's 50 state analysis.
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Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC).
2006.
Midwest PERL: Postsecondary education resource library.
The Midwest PERL is designed to meet the data and policy-research needs of MHEC’s constituents through two complementary databases.
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Miller, M., and Ewell, P.
2005.
Measuring up on college-level learning.
Measures college-level learning outcomes on a state by state basis, providing useful information for policymakers and anyone else concerned with postsecondary learning outcomes.
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83.
Mills, J.
2005.
State data systems and privacy concerns: Strategies for balancing public interests.
Explores ways in which states can balance the interests of accountability and privacy, while working to close the achievement gap and to increase the success of underserved students in community colleges.
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84.
Moore C. and Shulock, N.
2006.
State of decline? Gaps in college access and achievement call for renewed commitment to educating Californians.
A report which analyzes and interprets "California's performance on key higher education measures by looking at regional and racial differences in these measures."
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Mortenson, T.
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High school graduation rates, college continuation rates, and chance for college by state: 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000.
This table includes data for all 50 states.
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National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs.
2005.
NASSGAP annual surveys.
This site contains NASSGAP annual surveys from 1969 through 2004.
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National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs (NASSGAP).
2006.
36th Annual survey report on state-sponsored student financial aid: 2004-2005 Academic year.
State-by-state data about state-funded expenditures for student financial aid.
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National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs (NASSGAP).
2004.
35th Annual survey report on state-sponsored student financial aid: 2003-2004 Academic year.
Provides state-by-state data regarding state-funded expenditures for student financial aid.
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National Center for Education Statistics.
2004.
School counselors by state, 2002.
Lists total number of: K-12 students, elementary and secondary guidance counselors, and students per counselor for each of the 50 states.
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National Center for Education Statistics.
2006.
User's guide to computing high school graduation rates, Volume 2: Technical evaluation of proxy graduation indicators.
The second volume of this report provides
documentation of the technical work that the Department leadership used to
select an interim graduation rate.
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National Center for Education Statistics.
2005.
The averaged freshman graduation rate for public high schools from the common core of data: School years 2001-02 and 2002-03.
Presents the averaged freshman graduation rate for public high school students for school years 2001-02 and 2002-03, based on data reported by state education agencies to NCES.
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National Center for Education Statistics.
2006.
State Education Reform.
Serves as a general resource on state education reforms, describing major developments in state-level education policies.
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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
2006.
College Opportunities Online Locator (COOL).
Based on IPEDS data, this online database provides information about nearly 7,000 colleges and universities across the nation, including admissions, financial aid, and retention/graduation rates.
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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
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State education reforms – Standards, assessment, and accountability.
This page provides a list of data tables for various state-level education reforms related to content standards, graduation requirements, and state data systems.
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National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
2005.
Income of U.S. workforce projected to decline if education doesn't improve.
Current demographic trends indicate a projected decline in educational attainment and personal income over the next 15 years, unless states do a better job of educating all racial/ethnic groups.
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National Governors Association.
2004.
Getting it done: Ten steps to a state action agenda.
The National Governors Association has identified ten steps governors can take to quickly put states on the path to redesign their high schools.
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National High School Center.
2006.
National High School Center.
The National High School Center identifies research-supported improvement programs and tools, offers user-friendly products, and provides technical assistance services to improve secondary education.
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National Institute for Early Education Research.
2005.
The state of preschool: 2005 State preschool yearbook.
The 2005 State Preschool Yearbook is the third in a series of annual reports profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States.
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National Priorities Project Database.
2005.
National Priorities Project Database.
Analyses federal spending and human needs, providing a breakdown of federal spending by state, county, school district, and year.
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NCHEMS Information Center.
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NCHEMS information center.
Provides state-by-state information about higher education preparation, affordability, student learning, completion, and benefits.
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Pathways to College Network.
2002.
Washington P-16 policy roundtable: Summary report.
Summary of the P-16 Policy Roundtable meeting in Washington, which was held on December 4, 2001 and focused on getting the P-16 agenda on to the table for state policymakers and education leaders.
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Pew Hispanic Center.
2006.
Estimates of the unauthorized migrant population for states based on the March 2005 CPS.
Contains statistics about the number of unauthorized migrants living in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Prince, H.
2006.
Money on the table: State initiatives to improve financial aid participation.
From the Achieving the Dream project, this policy brief describes the efforts of four states to address low rates of financial aid uptake.
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Project on Student Debt.
2006.
Student debt and the class of 2005: Average debt by state, sector, and school.
The Project on Student Debt has conducted an analysis of student debt levels for the class of 2005, based on data reported by more than 1,400 four-year colleges and
universities around the country. The results provide a unique, state-level look at student loan debt, with total, public, and private sector averages for all 50 states (weighted by campus enrollment).
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Protopsaltis, S.
2005.
Undocumented immigrant students and access to higher education: An overview of federal and state policy.
Describes the challenges faced by undocumented students in pursuing access to postsecondary education.
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Rivas, M.A., Pérez, J., Alvarez, C.R., & Solorzano, D.G.
2007.
An examination of Latina/o transfer students in California’s postsecondary institutions.
This brief examines community college to four-year transfer as a critical segment of the education pipeline for Latina/o students in California.
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SHEEO.
2004.
State higher education finance: FY 2003.
This report is a tool to help policymakers and educators address broad public policy questions.
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SHEEO.
2005.
State higher education finance: FY 2004.
The State Higher Education Finance report is a tool to help policy makers and educators address broad
public policy questions related to tuition, financial aid, and college finance.
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Shulock, N. & Moore, C.
2007.
Rules of the game: How state policy creates barriers to degree completion and impedes student success.
This report argues that access to postsecondary education with low rates of success/degree completion is giving California Community College students a false sense of opportunity. It outlines five ways that policymakers can remove barriers to completion.
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Smith, L., Steurer, S. J., and Tracy, A.
2001.
Three state recidivism study.
Report on a longitudinal study of education and recidivism in three states.
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Smith, T.J.
2007.
Managing the transition to ninth grade in a comprehensive urban high school.
Snapshot of how a school is using the Ninth Grade Success Academy, a component of the Talent Development model, to help ninth-graders make a successful transition from middle school.
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Snipes, J., Williams, A., Horwitz, A., Soga, K., & Casserly, M.
2007.
Beating the odds: An analysis of student performance and achievement gaps on state assessments – Results from the 2005-2006 school year.
The seventh edition of “Beating the Odds” examines urban student achievement and achievement gaps in math and reading for the 2005-06 school year.
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Southern Regional Education Board.
2007.
High school to college and careers: Aligning state policies.
This report provides a one-page summary of each southern (SREB) state’s current policies, programs, and requirements for high school completion and college entrance.
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Southern Regional Education Board.
2005.
Getting serious about high school graduation.
This report examines high school graduation rates and the challenges associated with improving these rates in the SREB states. It then encourages states to implement four strategies to raise these rates.
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Southern Regional Education Board.
2005.
Investing wisely in adult learning is key to state prosperity.
Examines the considerable impact of closing the education gap for adults.
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Southern Regional Education Board (SREB).
2006.
College degrees benefit states and individuals significantly.
This edition of SREB's "Fact Book Bulletin" reports by region the advantages of a college education for adults, including improved health, civic participation, a lower chance of unemployment, and greater productivity.
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SREB (Southern Regional Education Board).
2007.
SREB Fact Book on Higher Education.
The SREB Fact Book on Higher Education provides comparative national, regional and state-specific data highlighting trends that affect colleges and universities for sixteen southern states.
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Swail, W. S. and Gladieux, L. E.
2006.
California trends in student aid: 1994-95 to 2003-04.
Released by the California Student Aid Commission and EdFund, this report documents the financial aid available and cost of college to students in California.
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Swanson, C.
2006.
Diplomas count: An essential guide to graduation policy and rates.
Provides detailed data on graduation rates across the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and in the nation’s 50 largest school districts.
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Swanson, C.
2004.
High school graduation, completion, and dropout indicators: A primer and catalog.
This catalog provides a basic inventory of the various methods for estimating high
school graduation, completion, and dropout (GCD) rates.
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Swanson, C.
2005.
Who graduates in the South: Minority students lag behind, effects of segregation persist.
This policy bulletin summarizes data on high school graduation rates in the South. Graduation rates for the high school class of 2002 show that less than 65 percent of all students attending public schools in the South complete high school with a regular diploma. Findings also show very large disparities between students from different racial and ethnic groups.
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Tennessee Higher Education Commission.
2002.
Tennessee higher education commission: The case for P-16 education in Tennessee.
This paper is an outgrowth of the P-16 Policy Roundtable in Tennessee. It urges the benefits of P-16 education reform and argues that, due to the budget crisis, the time is ripe for large-scale change in the state.
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Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.
2006.
How well are states educating our neediest children?: The Fordham report 2006.
This report from the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation appraises each state according to thirty indicators across three major categories: student achievement for low-income, African-American, and Hispanic students; achievement trends for these same groups over the last 10-15 years; and the state’s track record in implementing education reforms.
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Trombley, W.
2003.
College affordability in jeopardy: The rising price of higher education.
Offers a snapshot of the current recession and its impact on state higher education budgets enacted and revised in the last half of 2002.
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U.S. Census Bureau.
2006.
American FactFinder.
The American FactFinder provides an immediate profile of any area, zip code, state, or region.
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U.S. Census Bureau.
2004.
Educational attainment in the United States: 2003.
Provides information on educational trends and attainment levels across the population.
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UCLA Asian American Studies Center, et al.
2006.
Pacific Islanders lagging behind in higher educational attainment.
Using data released from the 2005 American Community Survey, the U.S. Census Bureau, and other data, this analysis concludes that Pacific Islanders have fallen behind in access to college and educational attainment. Among the findings: Among those 25 years and older, single-race Pacific Islanders are only about half as likely as non-Hispanic whites to have at least a bachelor's degree, a level of educational attainment similar to African Americans.
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Van Meter, D., & Price, M.
2007.
Not for the timid: Breaking down barriers, creating breakthrough high schools in Ohio.
This report analyzes both the perceived barriers to high school reform in Ohio among those “on the front lines,” as well as real impediments embedded in federal and state regulations and district policies.
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Venezia, A., Callan, P., Finney, J., Kirst, M., Usdan, M.
2005.
The governance divide: A report on a four-state study on improving college readiness and success.
This report is based on findings from Partnerships for Student Success, a four-state study that analyzed K–16 educational governance and policies
at the state level.
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Venezia, A., Kirst, M., and Antonio, A.
2003.
Betraying the college dream: How disconnected K-12 and postsecondary education systems undermine student aspirations.
Examines unnecessary and detrimental barriers between high school and college undermining the college aspirations of America’s high school students.
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Voorhees, R., and Lingenfelter, P.
2003.
Adult learners and state policy.
Reviews the particiapation of adults in postsecondary education, and outlines policies and strategies states can use to enhance the capacity of their workforce.
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Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board.
2007.
2006-07 Washington state tuition and fee report.
Presents information on tuition and fees for postsecondary schools in the state of Washington.
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Wellman, J.
2002.
State policy and community college-baccalaureate transfer.
Examines the role of state policy in influencing community college– baccalaureate transfer.
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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
2006.
Tuition and fees in public higher education in the West.
A report on tuition and mandatory fees at public insitutions in WICHE's 15-state region.
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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
2007.
Regional factbook for higher education in the west.
This website features data on a number of higher education indicators such as access, affordability, demographics, finance, preparation, and progression for the WICHE states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming).
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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
2006.
What state policymakers should know about federal higher education policy.
State policymakers need to understand the nature and rationale of the roughly 25 billion dollar annual federal investment in higher education in order to gain the maximum benefit from their state investments.
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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
2006.
Accelerated learning options: A promising strategy for states.
A study which examines the effectiveness, quality, financing, and availability of state and insitutional policies and practices related to accelerated learning.
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Wohlford, J., Kipp, S., and Price, D.
2002.
Unequal opportunity: Disparities in college access among the 50 states.
Explains why college opportunity is unequal among states and for students within states, and compares these differences by state.
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