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This resource is for those interested in media coverage of issues at the heart of Achieve's agenda: high-quality standards, assessments and accountability systems; links between and among K–12, higher education and careers; and stronger high school course requirements. To receive press announcements via email, please contact us. All PARCC-related news and information is now at www.parcconline.org. Achieve press releases are organized chronologically below.
January 9, 2013
New Guides Help School Leaders Support Common Core State Standards Implementation
October 3, 2012
SHRM-Achieve Joint Survey: Higher Education Levels Will Be Required For Most of Tomorrow's Jobs
September 13, 2012
New 50-State Report From Achieve Details States' Commitment to College and Career Readiness
August 1, 2012
June 29, 2012
National Survey Shows Strong Support For Common Core State Standards
May 24, 2012
May 5, 2012
Common Core Math Standards Implementation Can Lead to Improved Student Achievement
April 27, 2012
New Research Links Common Core Math Standards to Higher Achievement
March 30, 2012
New Poll Shows Strong Support for Improving Science Education
November 29, 2011
Six More States Join Effort to Write Next Generation Science Standards
Evaluation Tool for Aligning Open Education Resources To Common Core Standards Now Available at OER Commons
Communications Strategist and Education Reform Veteran, Chad Colby, Joins Achieve's Team
Strong Support, Low Awareness: Public Perception of the Common Core State Standards
States to Lead Effort to Write New Science Standards
Achieve Announces Staffing Changes
NAEP Results for Urban Districts Show Poor Science Achievement
Achieve Report Shows that College and Career Readiness is the New Norm Across the United States
NAEP Science Results Demonstrate Importance of Developing Next Generation Science Standards
PISA Results Demonstrate Importance of College- and Career-Ready Agenda for All U.S. Students
Achieve Names Laura Slover Senior Vice President, PARCC and Stephen Pruitt Vice President, Content, Research and Development
PARCC Awarded Additional Race to the Top Funds for State Transition to Common Core State Standards and Common Assessments
PARCC Consortium Awarded Race to the Top Assessment Funds
Nationwide Achieve Survey Reveals Broad Bipartisan Support for the College- and Career-Ready Agenda
Achieving the Possible: What Americans Think About the College- and Career-Ready Agenda
Achieve Report Shows States Have Led Paradigm Shift in Education Reform; College and Career Readiness Now the 'Norm'
State Education Policy Expert Margaret Horn Joins Achieve's Team
States Form Common Assessment Partnership
Governor Phil Bredesen (D-TN) Named Co-Chair of Achieve’s Board
Achieve Launches Education Reform Sustainability Resources
Achieve’s ADP Assessment Consortium Shows Value of States Working Together to Prepare Students for Success
Achieve Supports Nation's Governors and Chief School Officers in Mission to Prepare All High School Graduates for College and Careers
Jeffrey Wadsworth, President and CEO of Battelle Memorial Institute, Joins Achieve Board
Achieve Applauds New Report Challenging the United States to Transform Math and Science Education
NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessments Show Mixed Results
Achieve Report Shows High School Diplomas More Meaningful Today Than Four Years Ago
Governor Phil Bredesen (D-TN), Governor Dave Heineman (R-NE) and Prudential Vice Chairman Mark Grier Join Achieve Board
Achieve Calls 2007 TIMSS Results Encouraging in Mathematics; Points to Need for International Benchmarking
Measures That Matter - Making College And Career Readiness The Mission For America's High Schools
New Toolkit Makes the Case that "Math Works" for High School Grads
Illinois Joins Network of States Committed to Better Preparing Students for College and Careers
Education Policy Groups Partner to Launch Multi-State College & Career-Ready Policy Institute
Top State Education Policy Organizations Form Expert Advisory Group on International Benchmarking
Twelve States Administer Algebra II End of Course Exam to Measure College Preparedness
Achieve, Inc., and Dana Center Offer New Online Resource to Strengthen Mathematics Education
Achieve Issues Statement and Assessment of Education Reform on 25th Anniversary of Anniversary of A Nation at Risk Report
INTEL Chairman Barrett to Lead Achieve Board
Commitment to Closing Expectations Gap Growing
Governor Rell: Connecticut Joins National Education Network To Emphasize Higher High School Standards
California Makes High School Reform a Priority by Joining The American Diploma Project Network
Rhode Island Governor Carcieri Joins Achieve Board
Achieve Introduces Online Toolkit for Effective Business Involvement in Education Reform
Nine States Join Forces to Launch Algebra II Test
Arizona, Hawaii, Maine and New Mexico Commit To Improving High Schools by Joining the Achieve-Led ADP Network
States Make Progress Closing High School "Expectations Gap" but More Needs To Be Done
Data Quality Campaign Launched at Data Summit
Achieve, Inc. Announces 13-State Coalition To Improve High Schools
National Education Summit On High Schools Convenes In Washington
Summit Action Agenda Identifies Steps States Can Follow To Raise Graduation Rates Close Preparation Gaps
As Many as 40 Percent of American Public High School Graduates Are Unprepared for College and Work
Study Finds "Expectations Gap" Between High School Course Requirements & Real-World Demands of College and the Workplace
