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Teacher ImageThis 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 [1]. All PARCC-related news and information is now at www.parcconline.org [2]. Achieve press releases are organized chronologically below.

February 11, 2013
Sandra Boyd Named Achieve's COO and Senior VP [3]
 
January 24, 2013
New Vice Presidents Named at Achieve [4]
 

January 9, 2013

New Guides Help School Leaders Support Common Core State Standards Implementation   [5]

October 3, 2012

SHRM-Achieve Joint Survey: Higher Education Levels Will Be Required For Most of Tomorrow's Jobs   [6]

September 13, 2012

New 50-State Report From Achieve Details States' Commitment to College and Career Readiness   [7]

August 1, 2012

Achieve Receives New Grant from GE Foundation to Strengthen Focus on Common Core Implementation Efforts   [8]

June 29, 2012

National Survey Shows Strong Support For Common Core State Standards   [9]

May 24, 2012

New Report Urges Education Leaders to Engage CTE Community in Common Core State Standards Implementation [10]

May 5, 2012

Common Core Math Standards Implementation Can Lead to Improved Student Achievement [11]

April 27, 2012

New Research Links Common Core Math Standards to Higher Achievement [12]

March 30, 2012
New Poll Shows Strong Support for Improving Science Education [13] 

November 29, 2011
Six More States Join Effort to Write Next Generation Science Standards [14]

November 15, 2011
Evaluation Tool for Aligning Open Education Resources To Common Core Standards Now Available at OER Commons [15]
 
November 7, 2011
Communications Strategist and Education Reform Veteran, Chad Colby, Joins Achieve's Team [16]
 
October 1, 2011

Strong Support, Low Awareness: Public Perception of the Common Core State Standards [17]

September 20, 2011
States to Lead Effort to Write New Science Standards [18]
 
September 7, 2011
New Initiative Helps Advocates Ensure All Students are 'Future Ready' [19]
 
July 19, 2011
National Research Council Releases Science Frameworks [20]
 
July 1, 2011
Achieve Announces Staffing Changes [21]
 
March 9, 2011
Statement by Michael Cohen, President, Achieve, Inc. On The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Preparing Students for College and Careers: Part I: Clearing the Path [22]
 
February 24, 2011
NAEP Results for Urban Districts Show Poor Science Achievement [23]
 
February 3, 2011
Achieve Report Shows that College and Career Readiness is the New Norm Across the United States [24]
 
February 2, 2011
"Pathways to Prosperity" Report Distorts the College- and Career -Ready Agenda [25]
 
January 25, 2011
NAEP Science Results Demonstrate Importance of Developing Next Generation Science Standards [26]
 
December 7, 2010
PISA Results Demonstrate Importance of College- and Career-Ready Agenda for All U.S. Students [27]
 
November 2, 2010
Achieve Names Laura Slover Senior Vice President, PARCC and Stephen Pruitt Vice President, Content, Research and Development [28]
 
October 19, 2010
Allison Jones to Join Achieve as Senior Fellow for Postsecondary Engagement [29]
 
September 29, 2010
PARCC Awarded Additional Race to the Top Funds for State Transition to Common Core State Standards and Common Assessments [30]
 
September 2, 2010
PARCC Consortium Awarded Race to the Top Assessment Funds [31]
 
August 10, 2010
Nationwide Achieve Survey Reveals Broad Bipartisan Support for the College- and Career-Ready Agenda [32]
 
August 5, 2010
Achieving the Possible: What Americans Think About the College- and Career-Ready Agenda [33]
 
June 23, 2010
PARCC Submits Application for Race to the Top Assessment Funds [34]
 
June 2, 2010
Achieve Applauds Final K-12 Common Core State Standards [35]
 
March 10, 2010
Achieve Commends State-Led Effort to Create K-12 Common Core Education Standards [36]
 
March 1, 2010
Achieve Report Shows States Have Led Paradigm Shift in Education Reform; College and Career Readiness Now the 'Norm' [37]
 
February 4, 2010
State Education Policy Expert Margaret Horn Joins Achieve's Team [38]
 
January 19, 2010
States Form Common Assessment Partnership [39]
 
December 14, 2009
Governor Phil Bredesen (D-TN) Named Co-Chair of Achieve’s Board [40]
 
October 8, 2009
Achieve Launches Education Reform Sustainability Resources [41]
 
October 1, 2009
Achieve’s ADP Assessment Consortium Shows Value of States Working Together to Prepare Students for Success [42]
 
September 21, 2009
Achieve Supports Nation's Governors and Chief School Officers in Mission to Prepare All High School Graduates for College and Careers [43]
 
June 11, 2009
Jeffrey Wadsworth, President and CEO of Battelle Memorial Institute, Joins Achieve Board [44]
 
June 10, 2009
Achieve Applauds New Report Challenging the United States to Transform Math and Science Education [45]
 
April 28, 2009
NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessments Show Mixed Results [46]
 
March 2, 2009
Governor Deval Patrick (D-MA) Selected to Join Achieve Board of Directors [47]
 
February 19, 2009
Achieve Report Shows High School Diplomas More Meaningful Today Than Four Years Ago [48]
 
January 16, 2009
Governor Phil Bredesen (D-TN), Governor Dave Heineman (R-NE) and Prudential Vice Chairman Mark Grier Join Achieve Board [49]
 
December 19, 2008
Education Policy Experts Sound Alarm Over America’s Ability To Compete [50]
 
December 18, 2008
Achieve Launches Online Resource to Connect K-12 and Higher Education Communities [51]
 
December 9, 2008
Achieve Calls 2007 TIMSS Results Encouraging in Mathematics; Points to Need for International Benchmarking [52]
 
November 20, 2008
Measures That Matter - Making College And Career Readiness The Mission For America's High Schools [53]
 
November 10, 2008
New Toolkit Makes the Case that "Math Works" for High School Grads [54]
 
October 15, 2008
Illinois Joins Network of States Committed to Better Preparing Students for College and Careers [55]
 
September 10, 2008
Education Policy Groups Partner to Launch Multi-State College & Career-Ready Policy Institute [56]
 
September 8, 2008
Top State Education Policy Organizations Form Expert Advisory Group on International Benchmarking [57]
 
August 25, 2008
Twelve States Administer Algebra II End of Course Exam to Measure College Preparedness [58]
 
July 31, 2008
New Report Shows States Taking Lead on Developing Rigorous, Common Core Standards [59]
 
June 12, 2008
Achieve, Inc., and Dana Center Offer New Online Resource to Strengthen Mathematics Education [60]
 
May 21, 2008
Achieve Calls Mathematics “Gateway” to College and Career [61]
 
April 23, 2008
Achieve Issues Statement and Assessment of Education Reform on 25th Anniversary of Anniversary of A Nation at Risk Report [62]
 
April 3, 2008
INTEL Chairman Barrett to Lead Achieve Board [63]
 
 February 20, 2008
Commitment to Closing Expectations Gap Growing [64]
 
February 15, 2008
Governor Rell: Connecticut Joins National Education Network To Emphasize Higher High School Standards [65]
 
January 22, 2008
California Makes High School Reform a Priority by Joining The American Diploma Project Network [66]
 
July 12, 2007
Rhode Island Governor Carcieri Joins Achieve Board [67]
 
June 5, 2007
Achieve Introduces Online Toolkit for Effective Business Involvement in Education Reform [68]
 
April 18, 2007
States Make Significant Progress in High School Reform Efforts [69]
 
April 10, 2007
Nine States Join Forces to Launch Algebra II Test [70]
 
October 16, 2006
Arizona, Hawaii, Maine and New Mexico Commit To Improving High Schools by Joining the Achieve-Led ADP Network [71]
 
May 8, 2006
Statement from Michael Cohen on the Release of ACT's "Ready to Succeed: All Students Prepared for College and Work" [72]
 
May 4, 2006
Joint Recommendations for Implementing the Academic Competitiveness Grants [73] 
 
February 22, 2006
States Make Progress Closing High School "Expectations Gap" but More Needs To Be Done [74]
 
November 17, 2005
Data Quality Campaign Launched at Data Summit [75]
 
February 27, 2005
Achieve, Inc. Announces 13-State Coalition To Improve High Schools [76]
 
February 26, 2005
National Education Summit On High Schools Convenes In Washington [77]
 
February 22, 2005
Summit Action Agenda Identifies Steps States Can Follow To Raise Graduation Rates Close Preparation Gaps [78]
 
February 7, 2005
As Many as 40 Percent of American Public High School Graduates Are Unprepared for College and Work [79]
 
January 25, 2005
Bill Gates To Join Nation's Governors, Education and Business Leaders [80]
 
December 21, 2004
Study Finds "Expectations Gap" Between High School Course Requirements & Real-World Demands of College and the Workplace [81]
 
December 10, 2004
American Diploma Project Defines What High School Graduates Need To Know, Says Many Fall Short [82] 
 
 

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[1] http://www.achieve.org/contact
[2] http://www.parcconline.org/news
[3] http://www.achieve.org/sandra-boyd-named-achieves-coo-and-senior-vp
[4] http://www.achieve.org/new-vice-presidents-named-achieve
[5] http://www.achieve.org/new-guides-help-school-leaders-support-common-core-state-standards-implementation
[6] http://www.achieve.org/shrm-achieve-joint-survey
[7] http://www.achieve.org/201250StateReportNewsRelease
[8] http://www.achieve.org/ge-foundation
[9] http://www.achieve.org/survey-shows-strong-support-ccss
[10] http://www.achieve.org/new-report-cte-and-ccss-implementation
[11] http://www.achieve.org/common-core-math-standards-implementation-can-lead-improved-student-achievement
[12] http://www.achieve.org/new-research-links-common-core-math-standards-higher-achievement
[13] http://www.achieve.org/new-poll-shows-strong-support-improving-science-education
[14] http://www.achieve.org/six-more-states-join-NGSS
[15] http://www.achieve.org/OER-evaluation-tool
[16] http://www.achieve.org/chad-colby-joins-achieve
[17] http://www.achieve.org/strong-support-low-awareness-public-perception-common-core-state-standards
[18] http://www.achieve.org/states-lead-effort-write-new-science-standards
[19] http://www.achieve.org/new-initiative-helps-advocates-ensure-all-students-are-future-ready
[20] http://www.achieve.org/national-research-council-releases-science-frameworks
[21] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-announces-staffing-changes
[22] http://www.achieve.org/MetLife-Survey-News-Statement
[23] http://www.achieve.org/naep-results-urban-districts-show-poor-science-achievement
[24] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-report-shows-college-and-career-readiness-new-norm-across-united-states
[25] http://www.achieve.org/pathways-prosperity-report-distorts-college-and-career-ready-agenda
[26] http://www.achieve.org/naep-science-results-demonstrate-importance-developing-next-generation-science-standards
[27] http://www.achieve.org/pisa-results-demonstrate-importance-college-and-career-ready-agenda-all-us-students
[28] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-names-laura-slover-senior-vice-president-parcc-and-stephen-pruitt-vice-president-content-res
[29] http://www.achieve.org/allison-jones-join-achieve-senior-fellow-postsecondary-engagement
[30] http://www.achieve.org/parcc-awarded-additional-race-top-funds-state-transition-common-core-state-standards-and-common-asse
[31] http://www.achieve.org/parcc-consortium-awarded-race-top-assessment-funds
[32] http://www.achieve.org/nationwide-achieve-survey-reveals-broad-bipartisan-support-college-and-career-ready-agenda
[33] http://www.achieve.org/achieving-possible-what-americans-think-about-college-and-career-ready-agenda
[34] http://www.achieve.org/PARCCpressrelease
[35] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-applauds-final-k-12-common-core-state-standards
[36] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-commends-state-led-effort-create-k-12-common-core-education-standards
[37] http://www.achieve.org/ClosingtheExpectationsGap2010PressRelease
[38] http://www.achieve.org/state-education-policy-expert-margaret-horn-joins-achieves-team
[39] http://www.achieve.org/states-form-common-assessment-partnership
[40] http://www.achieve.org/governor-phil-bredesen-d-tn-named-co-chair-achieve%E2%80%99s-board
[41] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-launches-education-reform-sustainability-resources
[42] http://www.achieve.org/ADPAssessmentConsortiumPressRelease
[43] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-supports-nations-governors-and-chief-school-officers-mission-prepare-all-high-school
[44] http://www.achieve.org/jeffrey-wadsworth-president-and-ceo-battelle-memorial-institute-joins-achieve-board
[45] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-applauds-new-report-challenging-united-states-transform-math-and-science-education
[46] http://www.achieve.org/naep-long-term-trend-assessments-show-mixed-results
[47] http://achieve.synaxis-dev.com/Patrick
[48] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-report-shows-high-school-diplomas-more-meaningful-today-four-years-ago
[49] http://www.achieve.org/governor-phil-bredesen-d-tn-governor-dave-heineman-r-ne-and-prudential-vice-chairman-mark-grier-join
[50] http://www.achieve.org/education-policy-experts-sound-alarm-over-americas-ability-compete
[51] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-launches-online-resource-connect-k-12-and-higher-education-communities
[52] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-calls-2007-timss-results-encouraging-mathematics-points-need-international-benchmarking
[53] http://www.achieve.org/measures-matter-making-college-and-career-readiness-mission-americas-high-schools
[54] http://www.achieve.org/new-toolkit-makes-case-math-works-high-school-grads
[55] http://www.achieve.org/illinois-joins-network-states-committed-better-preparing-students-college-and-careers
[56] http://www.achieve.org/education-policy-groups-partner-launch-multi-state-college-career-ready-policy-institute
[57] http://www.achieve.org/top-state-education-policy-organizations-form-expert-advisory-group-international-benchmarking
[58] http://www.achieve.org/twelve-states-administer-algebra-ii-end-course-exam-measure-college-preparedness
[59] http://www.achieve.org/new-report-shows-states-taking-lead-developing-rigorous-common-core-standards
[60] http://www.achieve.org/NewsStatement
[61] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-calls-mathematics-gateway-college-and-career
[62] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-issues-statement-and-assessment-education-reform-25th-anniversary-anniversary-nation-risk
[63] http://www.achieve.org/intel-chairman-barrett-lead-achieve-board
[64] http://www.achieve.org/commitment-closing-expectations-gap-growing
[65] http://www.achieve.org/governor-rell-connecticut-joins-national-education-network-emphasize-higher-high-school-standards
[66] http://www.achieve.org/california-makes-high-school-reform-priority-joining-american-diploma-project-network
[67] http://www.achieve.org/rhode-island-governor-carcieri-joins-achieve-board
[68] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-introduces-online-toolkit-effective-business-involvement-education-reform
[69] http://achieve.synaxis-dev.com/states-make-significant-progress-high-school-reform-efforts
[70] http://www.achieve.org/nine-states-join-forces-launch-algebra-ii-test
[71] http://www.achieve.org/arizona-hawaii-maine-and-new-mexico-commit-improving-high-schools-joining-achieve-led-adp-network
[72] http://www.achieve.org/statement-michael-cohen-release-acts-ready-succeed-all-students-prepared-college-and-work
[73] http://www.achieve.org/joint-recommendations-implementing-academic-competitiveness-grants
[74] http://www.achieve.org/states-make-progress-closing-high-school-expectations-gap-more-needs-be-done
[75] http://www.achieve.org/data-quality-campaign-launched-data-summit
[76] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-inc-announces-13-state-coalition-improve-high-schools
[77] http://www.achieve.org/national-education-summit-high-schools-convenes-washington
[78] http://www.achieve.org/summit-action-agenda-identifies-steps-states-can-follow-raise-graduation-rates-close-preparation
[79] http://www.achieve.org/many-40-percent-american-public-high-school-graduates-are-unprepared-college-and-work
[80] http://www.achieve.org/bill-gates-join-nations-governors-education-and-business-leaders
[81] http://www.achieve.org/study-finds-expectations-gap-between-high-school-course-requirements-real-world-demands-college-and
[82] http://www.achieve.org/american-diploma-project