The second annual implementation report for the Accelerating Opportunity (AO) initiative in four states finds that:

• colleges aligned pathways and supports with local needs
• students were satisfied with AO
• AO instructors grew more adept at team teaching
• colleges struggled to recruit adult education students
• states and colleges sought new financial support and developed partnerships
• colleges served more students with fewer resources
• states changed policies to support and sustain AO

AO provides grants to help community colleges create career pathway programs to enroll students with low basic skills into for-credit career and technical education courses to improve educational and employment outcomes.