National Reports

2008

• 2007 College-Board Senior- Kentucky Profile Report (College Board)
  
• Aligning High School Graduation Requirements with the Real World: A Road Map for States (Achieve, Inc.)
  
• Challenges in Assessing Postsecondary Readiness (National Commission on Adult Literacy)
  
• The Fiscal Consequences of Adult Educational Attainment (National Commission on Adult Literacy)
  
• The 21st Century Agenda for State Planning and Policy in Higher Education (State Higher Education Executive Officers)

2007

• The Emerging Policy Triangle: Economic Development, Workforce Development and Education (Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education)
  
• Trends in College Pricing (College Board)
  
• Trends in Student Aid (College BOard)
  
• Good Policy, Good Practice: Improving Outcome and Reducing Costs in Higher Education- A Guide for Policy Makers (National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education)
  
• State of College Readiness for Latino Students (ACT, Inc.)
  
• Ready to Start: Ensuring High-Quality Prekindergarten in SREB States (Southern Regional Education Board)
  
• The Family: America's Smallest School (Educational Testing Service)
  
• Schools Need Good Leaders Now: State Progress in Creating a Learning-Centered School Leadership System (Southern Regional Education Board)
  
• Building K-20 Connections: A Review of the Issues and Current Models in K-20 Education (Blackboard, Inc.)
  
• More Student Success: A Systemic Solution (State Higher Education Executive Officers)
  
• The AP Program and Student Outcomes: A Summary of Research (College Board)
  
• Do We Really Have a College Access Problem? (Change Magazine)
  
• Framing New Terrain: Older Adults and Higher Education (American Council on Education)
  
• Innovation America: A Compact for Postsecondary Education (National Governor's Association Center for Best Practices)
  
• Persistence and Attainment of 2003-04 Beginning Postsecondary Students: After Three Years (U.S.D.O.E. National Center for Education Statistics)
  
• In Need of Improvement: NCLB and High Schools (Alliance for Excellent Education)
  
• Improving ACT and SAT Scores: Making Progress, Facing Challenges (Southern Regional Education Board)
  
• Report on State Virtual Schools (Southern Regional Education Board)
  
• SREB Fact Book on Higher Education (Southern Regional Education Board)
  
• Examinee and High School Senior Performance on the GED Tests (GED Testing Service)
  
• 2006 Digest of Education Statistics (U.S.D.O.E. National Center for Education Statistics)
  
• Demography is not Destiny: Increasing the Graduation Rates of Low-Income Students at Large Public Universities
  Pell Institute
• Squeeze Play: How Parents and the Public Look at Higher Education Today
  National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• Ten Public Policy Issues for Higher Education 2007-08
  Association of Governing Boards
• The Presidency – The American Council on Higher Education’s Magazine for Higher Education Leaders
  American Council on Education
• Improving ACT and SAT Scores: Making Progress, Facing Challenges Southern Regional Education Board
• ACT National Curriculum Survey® 2005–2006
  ACT, Inc.
• The Economic Benefits of Addressing the Nursing Shortage
  Southern Regional Education Board
• Course Credit Accrual and Dropping Out of High School
  National Center for Education Statistics
• Literacy in Everyday Life: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
  National Center for Education Statistics
• Closing the Expectations Gap 2007
  Achieve, Inc.
• Aligned Expectations? A Closer Look at College Admissions and Placement Tests
  Achieve, Inc.
• Hitting Home: Quality, Cost and Access Challenges Confronting Higher Education Today
  Lumina Foundation
• Can Higher Education Foster Economic Growth?
  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Midwestern Higher Education Compact
• The High Cost of High School Dropouts: What the Nation Pays for Inadequate High School
  Alliance for Excellent Education
• Making the Grade: Online Education in the United States
  The Sloan Consortium
• SREB State Data Exchange 2005-06
  Southern Regional Education Board
• Adult Literacy Research: Opportunities and Challenges
  National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
• Hitting Home: Quality, Cost and Access Challenges Confronting Higher Education Today
  Lumina Foundation
• The 2007 State New Economy Index: Benchmarking Economic Transformation in the States
  The Information Technology and Innovative Foundation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
• Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Effectiveness
  U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Critical Connections: Linking States' Unit Record Systems to Track Student Progress
  Lumina Foundaton for Education
• Advanced Placement Report to the Nation
  College Board
• The American College President: 2007 Edition
  American Council on Education
• Survey of State Tuition, Fees, and Financial Assistance Policies for Public Colleges and Universities
  State Higher Education Executive Officers
• Making the Grade: How Boards Can Ensure Academic Quality
  Association of Governing Boards
• Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career
  Education Week
• Tough Choices or Tough Times
  New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
• High School to College and Careers: Aligning State Policies 2007
  Southern Regional Education Board
• Increasing Accountability for Teacher Preparation Programs
  Southern Regional Education Board
• The Path Through Graduate School: A Longitudinal Examination 10 Years After Bachelor's Degree
  National Center for Education Statistics

2006

• Transitioning Adults to College: Adult Basic Education Program Models
  National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
• Sharpening the Dialogue: Engaging Policymakers in the Alignment of Appropriations, Tuition, and Financial Aid Policy
  Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
• Measuring Up 2006 Report
  National Center on Public Policy and Higher Education
• Setting a Public Agenda for Higher Education in the States
  The National Collaborative for Higher Education Policy
• American Higher Education: How Does it Measure Up for the 21st Century
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• Policy Alert: Measuring College-Level Learning
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• Claiming Common Ground: State Policymaking for Improving College Readiness and Success
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts
  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• By the Numbers: State Goals for Increasing Postsecondary Attainment
  Jobs for the Future
• Getting Students Ready for College and Careers
  Southern Regional Education Board
• Holding Colleges and Universities Accountable for Meeting State Needs 
  Southern Regional Education Board
• The Condition of Education, 2000 - 2006
  National Center for Education Statistics
• Promise Abandoned: How Policy Choices and Institutional Practices Restrict College Opportunities
  Education Trust
• Minorities in Higher Education 22nd Annual Status Report
  American Council on Education
• Issue Brief- Implementing Graduation Counts: State Progress to Date
  National Governor's Association
• Preparing Today's High School Student for Tomorrow's Opportunities Achieve, Inc.
• Closing the Expectation Gap 2006
  Achieve, Inc.
• Ten Strategies for Improving High School Graduation Rates and Student Achievement
  Southern Regional Education Board
• 2006 SREB Annual Report
  Southern Regional Education Board
• From Goals to Results: Improving Education System Accountability
  Southern Regional Education Board
• Progress in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate in SREB States
  Southern Regional Education Board

2005

• Accountability for Better Results: A National Imperative in Higher Education
  State Higher Education Executive Officers
• 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
  National Center for Educational Statistics
• Dual Enrollment of High School Students at Postsecondary Institutions, 2002 - 03
  National Center for Educational Statistics
• Digest of Education Statistics 2005
  National Center for Education Statistics
• SREB Fact Book on Higher Education
  Southern Regional Education Board
• SREB 2005 Annual Report: SREB States Can Challenge to Lead the Nation
  Southern Regional Education Board
• Focusing on Student Performance Through Accountability
  Southern Regional Education Board
• Investing Wisely in Adult Learning is Key to State Prosperity
  Southern Regional Education Board
• Creating College Opportunity for All: Prepared Students and Affordable Colleges
  Southern Regional Education Board
• Measuring Up on College-Level Learning
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• Borrowers Who Drop Out: A Neglected Aspect of the College Student Loan Trend
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

2004

• Measuring Up 2004 Report Card 
  National Center For Public Policy and Higher Education
• Policy Alert: State Policies on 2/4 Transfers Are Key To Degree Attainment
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• Policy Alert: The Educational Pipeline: Big Investment, Big Returns
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• Public Attitudes on Higher Education: A Trend Analysis, 1993 to 2003
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• Responding to the Crisis in College Opportunity
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• A Matter of Degrees: Improving Graduation Rates in Four-Year Colleges and Universities
  Education Trust
• One Step from the Finish Line: Higher College Graduation Rates are Within Our Reach
  Education Trust
• The Role of Academic and Non-Academic Factors in Improving College Retention
  ACT, Inc.
• Ready or Not: Creating a High School Diploma that Counts
  Achieve, Inc.
• The Expectations Gap: A 50-State Review of High School Graduation Requirements
  Achieve, Inc.
• 2004 Collection of ECS Education Policy Briefs
  Education Commission of the States
• Digest of Education Statistics 2004
  National Center for Education Statistics
• 2004 SREB Goals for Education: Challenge to Lead
  Southern Regional Education Board
• 2004 SREB Annual Report- Information and Actions to Lead the Nation in Educational Progress
  Southern Regional Education Board

2003

• Policies in Sync: Appropriations, Tuition, and Financial Aid for Higher Education
  Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
• Digest of Education Statistics 2003
  National Center for Education Statistics
• 2003 SREB Annual Report: Challenge to Lead in Challenging Times
  Southern Regional Education Board
• Multiple Pathways and State Policy: Toward Education and Training Beyond High School
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• Purposes, Policies, Performance: Higher Education and the Fulfillment of a State's Public Agenda
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• College Affordability in Jeopardy
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

2002

• Measuring Up 2002 Report Card 
  National Center For Public Policy and Higher Education   
• State Policy and Community College- Baccalaureate Transfer
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• Losing Ground: A National Status Report on the Affordability of American Higher Education
  The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings
  U.S. Census Bureau
• Digest of Education Statistics 2002
  National Center for Education Statistics

2001

• Issue Brief: Postsecondary Education Reform in Kentucky (285K PDF)
  National Governor's Association