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Table 5.9. State high school policies for college and work readiness, by state: 2009
State	State has a policy in place to
	Align high school standards with college and workplace expectations	Align high school graduation requirements with college and workplace expectations	Develop college-and career-ready assessment systems	Develop P-20 longitudinal data systems
United States1	23	21	10	12
Alabama	Developing	Yes	No	Developing
Alaska	No	No	No	Developing
Arizona	Yes	Yes	Developing	Developing
Arkansas	Yes	Yes	Developing	Yes
California	Yes	No	Yes	Developing
Colorado	Developing	No	Yes	Developing
Connecticut	Developing	Developing	Developing	Developing
Delaware	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
District of Columbia	Developing	Yes	No	Developing
Florida	Developing	Developing	Developing	Yes
Georgia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developing
Hawaii	Developing	Developing	Developing	Developing
Idaho	Developing	No	No	Developing
Illinois	Developing	No	Yes	Developing
Indiana	Yes	Yes	Developing	Developing
Iowa	No	No	No	Yes
Kansas	Developing	No	No	Developing
Kentucky	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developing
Louisiana	Yes	Yes	Developing	Yes
Maine	Yes	No	Yes	Developing
Maryland	Yes	Developing	Developing	Developing
Massachusetts	Developing	No	Developing	Yes
Michigan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developing
Minnesota	Yes	Yes	Developing	Developing
Mississippi	Yes	Yes	Developing	Developing
Missouri	Developing	No	No	Yes
Montana	No	No	No	Developing
Nebraska	Yes	No	No	Developing
Nevada	Developing	No	No	Developing
New Hampshire	Developing	No	Developing	Developing
New Jersey	Yes	Developing	Developing	Developing
New Mexico	Developing	Yes	Developing	Developing
New York	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developing
North Carolina	Developing	Yes	Developing	Developing
North Dakota	No	No	No	Developing
Ohio	Yes	Yes	Developing	Developing
Oklahoma	Yes	Yes	Developing	Developing
Oregon	Developing	No	Developing	Yes
Pennsylvania	Developing	No	Developing	Developing
Rhode Island	Yes	Developing	Developing	Developing
South Carolina	Developing	No	No	Developing
South Dakota	Developing	Yes	No	Developing
Tennessee	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developing
Texas	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Utah	Developing	Developing	No	Yes
Vermont	No	No	No	No
Virginia	Developing	No	No	Developing
Washington	Yes	Yes	Developing	Yes
West Virginia	Yes	No	Developing	Developing
Wisconsin	Developing	Developing	Developing	Developing
Wyoming	No	No	No	Yes
1 National total reflects the number of "Yes" responses for each column. NOTE: States noted as "developing" policies have plans to implement a policy or are in the process of aligning standards with college and workplace expectations. SOURCE: Closing the Expectations Gap 2009: An Annual 50-State Progress Report on the Alignment of High School Policies with the Demands of College and Careers, Achieve, Inc., 2009. Data Source