America Achieves
For A Commission Focused On The Student Outcome Goals Of The U.S. Education System
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Amount$350,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/21/2012
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
The America Achieves Success Panel— a diverse group of leaders and key stakeholders across major sectors—will focus on the key skills and knowledge U.S. students need to succeed in the global economy. The panel will draft outcomes and metrics this spring and release final recommendations in the fall. A high-profile campaign is planned to promote the findings.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.americaachieves.org
Address
100 West 33rd Street Suite 917-Box 900, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
America Achieves advances fair access to educational and economic opportunity by serving as a scale-oriented program incubator/accelerator — as well as an advisor and convener of key leaders. Since the organization was founded, it has supported projects advancing deeper learning and incubated, scaled, and launched educational policy and systems change initiatives, while advising dozens of top foundations and leaders across sectors. The grant will assist in the spin-off of remaining initiatives, conducting an effective transition, and wind-up for the organization.
for organizational capacity building
America Achieves is a nonprofit organization focused on improving excellence in US education and driving investment in evidence based practices. This Organizational Effectiveness grant will support a financial controls audit by an independent accounting firm. Three separate programs at Hewlett are supporting different activities at America Achieves. This grant will strengthen the organization, ensure strong financial management systems are in place thereby supporting America Achieve's ability to carry out a set of programs ranging from education fellowships to evidence based government decision-making.
for the Results for America project to improve use of evidence in federal budget allocations
Today less than 1 percent of federal spending explicitly considers evidence of impact as a criterion for funding. Launched in 2012, Results for America seeks to create a new norm for allocating public dollars through "investing in what works," helping to drive public resources toward results-oriented solutions.
