This National Collaborative on Workforce and Disabilitys paper identifies the challenges in practice and policy for successful postschool outcomes and offers recommendations on how states, local school districts, and individual high schools can prepare all youth, including youth with disabilities, with academic and career readiness skills. The paper identifies five broad policy and practice areas: (1) Instruction, Curriculum, and Structure; (2) Assessment Practices; (3) Graduation Requirements; (4) Community and Family Connections; and (5) Data Quality Challenges. By addressing these areas, high school policymakers at the national, state, and local levels can improve their approaches for meeting the challenges of all students.

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