Access
Rise, Peak, and Decline: Trends In U.S. Immigration 1992–2004
Jeffrey S. Passel and Roberto Suro (Pew Hispanic Center, September 2005)

Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives
National Center for Education Statistics (2005)

Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2003; Graduation Rates 1997 & 2000 Cohorts; and Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2003
National Center for Education Statistics (July 2005)

A Shared Agenda
Pathways to College Network (2004)

Restricted Access: The doors to higher education remain closed to many deserving students
(Lumina Foundation for Education, 2003)

Unequal Opportunity: Disparities in College Access among the 50 States
Samuel M. Kipp III, Derek V. Price and Jill K. Wohlford (Lumina Foundation for Education, 2002)

Reconceptualizing Access in Postsecondary Education: Report of the Policy Panel on Access
Co-Sponsored by the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative and The American Council on Education Washington, D.C. Policy Panel Meeting (September 1997)

Paving the Way to Postsecondary Education: K-12 Intervention Programs for Underrepresented Youth
National Postsecondary Education Cooperative Working Group on Access to Postsecondary Education (September 2001)

Achievement Gap
Our Impoverished View of Educational Reform
Teachers College Record, David C Berliner’s 2005 AERA address

Closing the Gap: High Achievement for Students of Color
American Educational Research Association (Fall 2004)

Education Watch 2004
The Education Trust, Inc. (Spring 2004)

Ticket to Nowhere: The Gap between Leaving High School and Entering College and High Performance Jobs
Education Trust (1999)

Accountability
One-Third of a Nation: Rising Dropout Rates and Declining Opportunities
Educational Testing Service (February 2005)

Accountability for Better Results: A National Imperative for Higher Education
National Commission on Accountability in Higher Education, State Higher Education Executive Officers (2005)

State Education Accountability and Indicator Reports: Status of Reports Across the States - 2004
Council of Chief State School Officers (2004)

P-16
The Governance Divide: A Report on a Four-State Study on Improving College Readiness and Success Betraying the College Dream
Andrea Venezia, Patrick M. Callan, Joni E. Finney, Michael W. Kirst and Michael D. Usdan (September, 2005)

Betraying the College Dream
Andrea Venezia, Michael W. Kirst and Anthony L. Antonio (Bridge Project, 2003)

P-16 Collaboration in the States
Education Commission of the States (August 2000)

State Policy
Claiming Common Ground: State Policymaking for Improving College Readiness and Success
Nationa Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (March 2006)

State High School Exit Exams: A Maturing Reform
Center on Education Policy (August 2004)

The Expectation Gap: 50-State Review of High School Graduation Requirements
Achieve, Inc. (2004)

The Educational Pipeline: Big Investment, Big Returns
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (April 2004)

Multiple Pathways and State Policy: Toward Education and Training Beyond High School
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (June 2003)

All over the Map: State Policies to Improve the High School
National Alliance on the American High School (May 2002)

Student Readiness for College: Connecting State Policies
Southern Regional Education Board (2002)

State Policies to Facilitate the Preparedness of Students for Careers and Post-secondary Success
Institute for Educational Leadership (n.d.)