REL Southwest is partnering with staff at the Texas Education Agency (TEA) as well as with education service centers and school districts in Texas to strengthen systems of support for high-quality advising and counseling so that all middle and high school students are prepared for success in college and careers. To achieve this goal, the Texas Education Agency Tri-Agency Workforce Priorities (TTWP) partnership will develop a rubric that districts can use to evaluate the alignment of materials with the Effective Advising Framework (EAF) goals, align college and career readiness indicators with existing evidence-based frameworks of readiness, provide coaching to TEA staff on collecting data to monitor fidelity of implementation of the EAF, conduct an applied research study on district use of career and academic plans with students, and create resources to promote understanding of the EAF and support districts in implementing the programmatic levers in the framework.