Business-Education Partnerships: Highlights from the Annual State Scholars Initiative Report

This summary highlights an evaluation of how SSI’s business-education partnerships influenced high school student course-taking. This evaluation focuses primarily on the 10 SSI states that were operating federally funded SSI projects from October 1, 2006, through September 30, 2007: Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming. A variety of information was used to formulate the findings and program and policy recommendations, including performance reports, correspondence, and program documents, as well as data from interviews with state directors and surveys of SSI business partners.