McGaughy, a teacher and administrator who has worked in educational policy and college and career readiness, and Venezia, an education professor who has worked in policy and student readiness, detail the use of partnerships between high schools and postsecondary institutions to improve the college and career readiness of students. They describe the research and rationale for these local partnerships and strategies, tools, and techniques to develop and sustain them, outlining a framework for doing so; the process for organizing a partnership, including establishing stakeholder involvement, creating a vision and goals, and selecting an organizational structure; measuring success and indicators for readiness; implementing programming and activities and a mapping strategy to ensure all students can learn the knowledge and skills to be successful beyond high school; collaborating to create an aligned curriculum; and sustaining efforts and avoiding obstacles. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)