Achieve

Created by the nation’s governors and business leaders in 1996, Achieve is a bipartisan, non-profit organization that helps states raise academic standards, improve assessments and strengthen accountability to prepare all young people for postsecondary education, work and citizenship.Achieve has helped more than half the states benchmark their academic standards, tests and accountability systems against the best examples in the U.S. and around the world. The landmark report, Ready or Not, set forth the American Diploma Project benchmarks that describe the mathematics and English skills high school graduates must have if they are to succeed in postsecondary education and high-performance jobs. Achieve works with states to incorporate these expectations in state standards and assessments for high schools. Achieve recently developed grade-level mathematics benchmarks for grades K-12.Achieve is a voice for quality in standards-based education reform and convenes governors, CEOs and other leaders at summits to sustain support for higher standards and achievement.