National Youth Employment Coalition: Information Center


Meaningful Measurement: The Role of Assessments in Improving High School Education in the Twenty-First Century (June 2009)
	As the nation embraces the goal of graduating all students college and career ready, there is a growing movement to realign standards, assessments, and accountability systems to that goal. Meaningful Measurement: The Role of Assessments in Improving High School Education in the Twenty-First Century, is a collection of essays by leading experts that discuss important assessment issues, examines promising assessment practices from across the globe, and offers recommendations on how the federal government can support an assessment agenda for the twenty-first century. Topics include: assessments that measure studentsâ?? college and career readiness, performance assessments, the role of benchmark assessments, assessing high school students who are English Language learners and students with disabilities, the benefits of international assessments, the role of technology in improving assessments and their use, and how assessment design affects the implementation of a growth model at the high school level. Chapter authors include Andreas Schleicher of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Linda Darling-Hammond and Ray Pecheone of the School Redesign Network at Stanford, Rick Stiggins of the ETS Assessment Training Institute, and Judy Wertzel, formerly of the Aspen Institute.

Preparing High School Students for Successful Transitions to Postsecondary Education and Employment (August, 2008)
	This issue brief highlights lessons from selected policies and programs designed to improve students' preparation for postsecondary pathways. The publication summarizes core characteristics of popular interventions in a user-friendly chart, poses overarching implementation questions and challenges, and includes considerations for students with disabilities. The brief notes that a number of promising approaches are available to improve transitions out of high school, but cautions that effective implementation is key. Author: Michael Bangser.

Dead Ends: The Need For More Pathways to Graduation for Overage, Under-credited Students in New York City - Dec. 2007
	This brief examines the ability of the Office of Multiple Pathways to Graduation (OMPG) schools to meet the instructional needs of English Language Learners (ELLs), students with special education needs, students who are older with few or no credits, and students who are pregnant or parenting. 12/10/2007