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PA Career Education and Work Standards Toolkit
This electronic toolkit provides resources, references, crosswalks and other tools to assist elementary, middle and high schools teachers and administrators in implementing the Pennsylvania Career Education and Work Standards.
College Board
Guidance services, professional development, test preparation, and test management are key areas of collegeboard.com's offerings.
• NACAC (National Association for College Admissions Counseling)
Founded in 1937, NACAC is an organization of more than 9,000 professionals from around the world dedicated to serving students as they make choices about pursuing postsecondary education.

• ACT (American College Testing)
The ACT is America's most widely accepted college entrance exam. It assesses high school students' general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work.

• Educational Testing Service
ETS is an innovative organization that provides a range of products and services to advance learning worldwide. We are uniquely qualified to design, develop and implement customized assessment systems and support services tailored to meet the needs of clients and test takers internationally.

• Practice Tests (SAT, ACT, PSAT and more)

• AACRAO (American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers)
Provides professional development, guidelines and voluntary standards to be used by higher education officials regarding the best practices in records management, admissions, enrollment management, administrative information technology and student services.

• AACC (The American Association of Community Colleges)
The primary advocacy organization for the nation's community colleges

• AICUP (The Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of Pennsylvania)
The only statewide organization that serves exclusively the interests of private higher education within the Commonwealth

• ASCA (The American School Counselor Association)
ASCA provides professional development, publications and other resources, research and advocacy to more than 19,000 professional school counselors around the globe.

• COE (Council for Opportunity in Education)
Through its numerous membership services, the Council works in conjunction with colleges, universities, and agencies that host TRIO Programs to specifically help low-income Americans enter college and graduate.

• (The) Education Trust
The Education Trust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, pre-kindergarten through college, and forever closing the achievement gaps that separate low-income students and students of color from other youth.

• NCAN (National College Access Network)
Works to improve access to and success in postsecondary education for disadvantaged, underrepresented, and first-generation students.

• NAFSAA (National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators)
Supports financial aid professionals at colleges, universities, and career schools. NASFAA is the only national association with a primary focus on student aid legislation, regulatory analysis, and professional development for financial aid administrators.

• NASSP (The National Association of Secondary School Principals)
The preeminent organization and the national voice for middle level and high school principals, assistant principals and aspiring school leaders-provides its members the professional resources to serve as visionary leaders.

• PASFAA (Pennsylvania Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators)
Works to provide for the professional development of members and other constituencies, to advocate for access to post-secondary education, and to educate the public on financial aid and funding opportunities.

• PCCC (The Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges)
A non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to represent the interests of the community colleges of Pennsylvania.

• PDE (Pennsylvania Department of Education)
Assists the General Assembly, the Governor, the Secretary of Education and Pennsylvania educators in providing for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of education.

• PHEAA (The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency)
PHEAA manages more than $56.5 billion in total assets and serves millions of students and thousands of schools nationally through its state grant, guaranty, servicing, and financial aid processing systems.

• PSCA (The Pennsylvania School Counselors Association)
Professional organization which represents school counseling in Pennsylvania.

• Pathways to College Network
National alliance of organizations committed to using research-based knowledge to improve post-secondary education access and success for the nation’s underserved students

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