In this issue: Tying Funding to Community College Outcomes: Models, Tools, and Recommendations for States; Achieving the Dream and Developmental Education Initiative Policy Network States Meet to Discuss Nurturing Faculty Leadership to Accelerate the Diffusion of Innovation; Interview with Community College Research Center’s Shanna Smith Jaggars on Identifying Trade-offs that Block Developmental Education Improvement; Discussion with Jaci King of SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium and Allison Jones of Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Exploring How the Common Core State Standards Will Impact Placement Policies.