K-12, Postsecondary, and Workforce Alignment

Analyzing State Accountability Systems for Dual Enrollment

This brief by Advance CTE and the College in High School Alliance examines how states measure and value dual enrollment within accountability systems, drawing on findings from Making Career Readiness Count: A 2025 Update to highlight trends, equity implications, and examples from Alabama, Tennessee, and Utah.

Best Practices for Postsecondary Outcomes Data Use: Develop Data Resources & Tools

This resource focuses on the best practice of developing data resources and tools, including real-world examples from states.

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Best Practices for Postsecondary Outcomes Data Use: Promote a Responsible Data-Sharing Culture

This resource focuses on the best practice of promoting a responsible data-sharing culture, including real-world examples from states.

Best Practices for Using Postsecondary Outcomes Data

This infographic Infographic summarizes five best practices for using postsecondary outcomes data: data-sharing culture, system linkages, tool development, capacity building, and communities of practice.

Education Commission of the States’ 50-State Comparison: Dual/Concurrent Enrollment

This interactive tool helps users compare state policies on dual/concurrent enrollment, including credit transfer, funding, instructor requirements, and reporting.

Making Career Readiness Count A 2025 Update: 10 Years of Measuring What Matters

This report examines nationwide federal and state accountability data over the past decade to provide insights on how states have evolved, increased, and innovated the way they use career-focused indicators in accountability

Noncredit Data Taxonomy 2.0 and Implementation Guide for States : Lessons Learned from Phase 2 of the State Noncredit Data Project

This report offers state-level entities a practical guide to improve noncredit data infrastructure, including a taxonomy, operational definitions, a how-to guide for data collection, and implications for various sectors. It refines earlier versions based on work with the SNDP’s second phase of states.

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This infographic provides a feature comparison of tools used to track postsecondary student outcomes using National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) data. It highlights capabilities in integration, visualization, and disaggregation.

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State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) Communities of Practice

This resource page features write-ups of various SHEEO community of practice convenings. It highlights how cross-state peer learning communities promote better data use practices across K–12, higher ed, and workforce agencies and emphasizes equity and system alignment.

Category: K-12, Postsecondary, and Workforce Alignment

Category: K-12, Postsecondary, and Workforce Alignment

Analyzing State Accountability Systems for Dual Enrollment

Best Practices for Using Postsecondary Outcomes Data

Education Commission of the States’ 50-State Comparison: Dual/Concurrent Enrollment

Making Career Readiness Count A 2025 Update: 10 Years of Measuring What Matters

Noncredit Data Taxonomy 2.0 and Implementation Guide for States : Lessons Learned from Phase 2 of the State Noncredit Data Project

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Introduction

Category: K-12, Postsecondary, and Workforce Alignment