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The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional development organization, provides learning opportunities for policy leaders, practitioners and researchers working on youth and education issues at the national, state, and local levels.
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10 February 2012
Dual Enrollment: A Strategy for Improving College Readiness and Success for All Students
Overview Increasingly dual enrollment is becoming a strategy to encourage and support more students into postsecondary education and beyond. Yet, the research is only beginning to allow us to understand the long-term impacts on student success as well as the
15 July 2011
The Challenges and Successes of School Turnaround: Looking Back and Charting the Course Forward
Overview Turning around low-performing schools has been a persistent challenge over the past few decades. This issue has taken on new urgency in recent years against the backdrop of lagging US high school graduation and college completion rates, persistently high dropout
1 October 2009
Success at Every Step: How 23 Programs Support Youth on the Path to College and Beyond (2009)
Synopsis This publication describes 23 programs that have been proven to help young people successfully complete high school and be prepared for success in postsecondary education and careers. These programs represent a wide range of interventions, including school-wide reform initiatives,
8 February 2013
Fostering College and Career Readiness through Afterschool and Expanded Learning Opportunities
Overview This forum highlighted programs and policy efforts that are helping students strengthen the knowledge and skills needed to prepare for college and careers through learning opportunities that occur beyond the school day. The Indiana Statewide Afterschool Network, in collaboration
4 February 2013
Districts’ Use of Research to Support Struggling Schools
Overview The demand for research-based practices in education and youth development has increased over time as access to rich and rigorous data has become available. The No Child Left Behind Act and other legislation have gone as far as to
18 December 2012
Beyond the Numbers: Data Use for Continuous Improvement of Programs Serving Disconnected Youth
Overview Over the past several months, AYPF conducted in-depth studies to examine how three high-achieving youth-serving programs utilize data as a tool for continuous program improvement and ongoing accountability. Key research questions included: how has the organization’s use of data