The following sites include Data, Publications and Resources for individuals interested in improving educational outcomes – especially for low-income communities
Closing the Achievement Gap / Raising Achievement for All
Education Trust - Education Trust is the nation’s leading advocacy and research organization on equity and the need to close achievement gaps
Early Learning
Department of Early Learning
Thrive by Five
Foundation for Early Learning
K- 12 Student Data
Office of Superintendent of Public Education (OSPI)
Washinton State Board of Education
Getting College and Career Ready
BERC College Tracking Data Services - Contains individual high school data on rates of college-going.
Achieve, Inc - Good national resource on the new common core standards and on states that are working on improving high school graduation requirements so more students graduate prepared for success.
College Success Foundation
Post Secondary Attainment
Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board (HEC)
Washington State Workforce Training and Coordinating Board
Post Secondary Opportunity (PEO) - This is a good resource for national rankings on postsecondary attainment.
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
Other Communities Doing Similar Work
We aren’t the only community doing this kind of work. Here are a few sites with similar cradle-to-college/career frameworks/action plans.
STRIVE (Cincinati, Ohio)
E3 Alliance (Austin, TX)
Promise Neighborhood (National Replication)
Harlem Childrens Zone (HCZ, Harlem, NY)
Ready by 21(Developed by Forum for Youth Investments) Say Yes to Education (Syracuse, NY)
Youth and Families Initiative(City of Seattle)