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.
Category: Statewide Data Systems and Infrastructure
Best Practices for Postsecondary Outcomes Data Use: Provide Ongoing and Adaptive Support
This resource focuses on the best practice of standardizing dual enrollment program and course data.
Best Practices for Postsecondary Outcomes Data Use: Connect Data from Multiple Sources
This infographic shows examples of how three states, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Minnesota, integrate K–12, postsecondary, and workforce data to track college readiness, reduce remediation, and support equity goals.
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.
Building an Apprenticeship System in Indiana: How the Hoosier State is Adapting the Swiss Model
In part two of their apprenticeship series, Jeff talks with Claire Fiddian-Green about Indiana’s efforts to adapt Switzerland’s apprenticeship model, focusing on transforming high school graduation requirements, creating industry-led talent associations, and building scalable pathways that integrate real-world work experience.
Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions for Integrated Data Systems: Adaptable Road Map to Data Integration and Use to Support K-12 Education and Beyond
This page highlights national and state-level research showing dual and early college participants are more likely to succeed in postsecondary education. It emphasizes equitable implementation.
Creating Better Dual Enrollment Governance
This report offers a first-of-its-kind framework for designing governance structures that translate policy vision into equitable, high-quality dual enrollment opportunities.
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
Powering Potential: Using Data to Support Postsecondary Access, Completion, and Return on Investment
This report is a comprehensive landscape of the data ecosystem related to postsecondary access, completion, and return on investment.









