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States Falter in Providing Affordable College Opportunities 
SAN JOSE (December 3, 2008) - States are making little or no progress in providing affordable college opportunities or improving college completion rates for their residents, says a report released today by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. Drawing on nearly two decades of data, the report, Measuring Up 2008, finds that while states have made modest gains in preparing students for college, more students are failing to graduate from high school. The report also notes that the burden of paying for college is now higher for students in every state, and low college completion rates have barely improved. Additionally, disparities persist in college access and success by income, race and ethnicity, and state. Learn more

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August 13, 2008
The Center on Education Policy released a report on high school exit exams

August 21, 2008
Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll released the results of a national poll of views on public education

September 10, 2008
The Woodrow Wilson Foundation released its report on second-career teachers

June 25, 2008
The Indiana Education Research Council released its report on teacher quality in Illinois

June 25, 2008
The Public Education Network released its Civic Index Report

June 20, 2008
Making Waves held its 2008 graduation ceremony

June 18, 2008
Excelencia! In Education released a report on Hispanic-Serving Institutions

June 11, 2008
The National Research Council released its report on the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

June 4, 2008
CEP released its report on NCLB’s effect on rural school districts

June 4, 2008
Education Week and the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center released Diplomas Count 2008.

May 29, 2008
Jobs for the Future released its report on Dual Enrollment

May 22, 2008
Jobs for the Future released its report on graduation rates.

May 1, 2008
The Delta Cost Project released a report on higher education finance trends.

April 23, 2008
The Forum for Education and Democracy released a report proposing a new federal role in education.

April 23, 2008
The Center on Education Policy released a report on school restructuring in Michigan under the No Child Left Behind law.

Spring, 2008
The National Assessment Governing Board released The Nation’s Report Card™: Writing 2007.

January 9, 2008
The Editorial Projects in Education Research Center will release Quality Counts 2008.

March 26, 2008
Education Week and the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center released Technology Counts 2008: STEM: The Push to Improve Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, a report on educational technology.

February 20, 2008
Achieve, Inc., released Closing the Expectations Gap 2008, a report on high school standards.

December 19, 2007
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation launched national- and state-level teaching fellowships.

November 28, 2007
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education and the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems released a compendium highlighting higher education policies and programs nationwide that have increased degree production and student learning while containing costs.

November 21, 2007
The Making Opportunity Affordable initiative released a state-by-state compendium of key indicators related to college access and success.

November 15, 2007
The National Assessment Governing Board released The Nation’s Report Card™: Trial Urban District Assessment Mathematics and Reading 2007.

November 13, 2007
The Center on Education Policy released a report on the performance of English-language learners on Arizona’s high school exit exam.

October 31, 2007
The Center on Education Policy released a survey-based report on the impact of the federal Reading First program.

October 30, 2007
The Southern Education Foundation released a report finding that for the first time in more than 40 years, low income children constitute a majority of public-school students in the South.

October 10, 2007
The Center on Education Policy released the report, Are Private High Schools Better Academically Than Public High Schools?

October 9, 2007
Excelencia in Education announced the winners of its 2007 Examples of Excelencia program.

October 4, 2007
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the Northwest Evaluation Association released The Proficiency Illusion, a report on proficiency standards under the No Child Left Behind Act

September 25, 2007
The National Assessment Governing Board released The Nation’s Report Card™: Mathematics 2007 and The Nation’s Report Card™: Reading 2007.

September 6, 2007
The Center on Education Policy released State High School Exit Exams: Working to Raise Test Scores.

August 29, 2007
The Southern Education Foundation released Education after Katrina: Time for a New Federal Response.

August 17, 2007
Excelencia in Education released Choosing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): A Closer Look at Latino Students’ College Choices.

August 8, 2007
The National Assessment Governing Board will release The Nation’s Report Card™: Economics 2006.

June 12, 2007
The Editorial Projects in Education Research Center released Diplomas Count 2007, the second annual guide to graduation rates and policies.

June 5, 2007
The Center on Education Policy released a nationwide study of student achievement under the No Child Left Behind Act.

May 24, 2007
The Wallace Foundation and the Chicago Public Education Fund hosted Preparing Leaders for Learning in Illinois Schools, a forum on a recently released Stanford University study and its relevance for school leader preparation in Illinois.

May 16, 2007
The National Assessment Governing Board released The Nation’s Report Card™: U.S. History 2006 and The Nation’s Report Card™: Civics 2006.

May 5, 2007
The Education Schools Project released Educating Researchers, a study on the preparation of education researchers, at the 2007 Education Writers Association Annual Meeting.

April 20, 2007
Stanford University researchers and the Wallace Foundation released Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World: Lessons from Exemplary Leadership Development Programs, a report that identifies the key features of effective training and development programs for school principals.

April 18, 2007
Achieve, Inc., released Closing the Expectations Gap 2007, a national survey of high school reform efforts.

April 13, 2007
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Mathematica Policy Research released Impacts of Four Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Education Programs.