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What the Experts Say

College and Career Readiness:

• ACT, Inc. (2011).  Affirming the Goal: Is College and Career Readiness an Internationally Competitive Standard?

• ACT, Inc. (2011). The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2011.

• Achieve, Inc.  American Diploma Project (ADP) Benchmarks

• Achieve Inc. (2010).  Closing the Expectations Gap.

• Achieve Inc. (2008).  Making College and Career Readiness the Mission for High Schools:  A Guide for State Policymakers.

• Achieve, Inc.  Rethinking Accountability in a College and Career-Ready World.

• Achieve Inc. (2008).  Transforming Statewide High School Assessment Systems:  A Guide for State Policymakers.

• Achieve, Inc.  College and Career Readiness

• Aldeman, C. (2010). College- and Career-Ready:  Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success.  Education Sector:  Washington D.C.

• Alliance for Excellent Education. (2010).  Principles for a Comprehensive Assessment System (Policy Brief).

• Alliance for Excellent Education. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.all4ed.org/files/Missouri.pdf.

• Association for Career and Technical Education.  What is “Career Ready”?

• Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) & the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS).  (2011).  Not Just Kid Stuff Anymore: The Economic Imperative for More Adults to Complete College.

• College Board. (2012). The 8th Annual AP Report to the Nation.

• Education Week.  (2010).  A Special Supplement to Diplomas Count 2010, Graduation by the Numbers, Putting Data to Work for Student Success.

• Education Week.  Projected Number of 2009 Nongraduates by State.

• Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. (2011). One Degree of Separation.

• Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. (2011). The Undereducated American.

• Godofsky, J., Zukin, C., & Van Horn, C. (2011). Unfulfilled Expectations: Recent College Graduates Struggle in a Troubled Economy.

• Harvard Educational Review.  Editor’s Review of Tough Choices or Tough Times:  The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce by the National Center on Education and the Economy.

• Harvard Graduate School of Education. (2011). Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the challenge of preparing young Americans for the 21st Century.

• Kaye, R.D., Lord, J., & Bottoms, G. (2006.) Getting Students Ready for College and Careers.

• Lapan, R., Gysbers, N., & Kayson, M.  (2007). Missouri School Counselors Benefit All Students:  How Implementing Comprehensive Guidance Programs Improves Academic Achievement For All Missouri Students.

• Long, M., Iatarola, P., & Conger, D. (2009).  Explaining Gaps in Readiness for College Level Math:  the Role of High School Courses.  American Education Finance Association.
• National Research Council.  (2011).  Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

• Pearson Issue Papers. (2009). Using Assessments to Improve Learning and Student Progress.

• Rowan, A. H., Hall, D., & Haycock, K. (2010).  Gauging the Gaps:  A Deeper Look at Student Achievement.  The Education Trust

• Southern Regional Education Board. (2010). No Time To Waste.

• The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. (2010). Help Wanted: Projections of jobs and education requirements through 2018.

• The Nation’s Report Card: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.

• The Next Generation of School Accountability:  A Blueprint for Raising High School Achievement and Graduation Rates in SREB States.  Southern Regional Education Board Publication (no date given)
• U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2011). News Release: College enrollment and work activity of 2010 high school graduates

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Teacher Quality:

• International Reading Association.  (2010).  Response to Intervention: Guiding Principles for Educators from the International Reading Association.

• National Council on Teacher Quality Yearbook 2010.  (2011).  Blueprint for Change in Missouri.

• National Council on Teacher Quality Yearbook 2009.  (2010).  Missouri.

• National PTA. (2011). Teaching the Teachers: Preparing Educators to Engage Families for Student Achievement.

• NGA Center for Best Practices. (2007). Improving Teaching Through Pay for Contribution.

• Public Impact.  How America’s Best Teachers Could Close the Gaps, Raise the Bar,
  and Keep Our Nation Great.

• The Education Trust.  Fighting for Quality and Equality, Too: How State Policymakers Can Ensure the Drive to Improve Teacher Quality Doesn’t Just Trickle Down to Poor and Minority Children.
  

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Early Childhood Education:

• National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation Task Force on Early Learning (2011).  Building and Supporting an Aligned System:  A Vision for Transforming Education Across the Pre-K-Grade Three Years

• Frede, E. & Barnett, W.S. (2011). Why Pre-K Is Critical to Closing the Achievement Gap.

• National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force.  Taking Stock:  Assessing and Improving Early Childhood Learning and Program Quality.

• ReadyNation.  Meeting America's Energy Workforce Needs Tomorrow…Means Meeting the Developmental Needs of Young Children Today.

• Snow, C. E. & Van Hemel, S. B. (2008).  Early Childhood Assessment:  Why, What, and How.   Executive Summary

• The Pew Center on the States.  (2010).  Formula for Success:  Adding High-Quality Pre-K to State School Funding Formulas.

• White, S.   Pre-K Assessment.

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Common Core Standards:

• Fordham Foundation (2010).  The State of State Standards - and the Common Core in 2010.

• National Governors Association, the Council of Chief State School Officers and Achieve, Inc.  (2008).  Benchmarking for Success:  Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a World-Class Education.

• National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) (2011).  The Parents' Guide to Student Success.

• The Common Core State Standards Validation Committee.  (2010).  Reaching Higher: A Report from the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

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College Access Pipeline:

• Center for Evaluation and Education Policy: Spradlin, Terry, Rutkowski, D, Burroughs, N, & Lang, J.  (2010).  Effective college access, persistence and completion programs, and strategies for underrepresented student populations:  opportunities for scaling up.

• Deaconess Foundation & The St. Louis Regional College Access Pipeline.  (2009).  Beyond High School, Building Better Futures.

• Jones, E., & Palazzolo, C. J.  (2009).  College Access Pipeline Report.

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General:

• Center for American Progress and Public Impact.  (2009).  Stimulating Excellence Unleashing the Power of Innovation in Education.
• Center for American Progress, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Frederick M. Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.  (2009).  Leaders and Laggards:  A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation.
• Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2011). 2000 Census Demographics.
• Missouri Senate Educated Citizenry 2020 Committee: Final Report
• Missouri State Auditor. (2011). Missouri Statewide Performance Indicators: A National Comparison, pp. 10-17.
• Missouri Strategic Initiative for Economic Growth: Executive Summary

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