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Degrees of Value: Evaluating the Return on the College Investment
Also from ES |
Andrew Gillen, Jeff Selingo, and Mandy Zatynski
 | May 9, 2013

What will a student get in return for investing in college, perhaps while taking on significant debt? Often it’s not that students and families question the value of college per se, just the value of attending certain colleges.

Accountability, College Costs, Graduation Rates, Measuring Student Learning, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
A Briefing for Fairfax’s New Schools Chief
Commentary |
Kristen Amundson
 | April 19, 2013

Kris Amundson gives three tips to help the new superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools have an easy transition. 

Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement
The Four Lessons I Learned by Taking a MOOC
Commentary |
Andrew Gillen
 | April 4, 2013
Accountability, Accreditation, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
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The Evergreen Effect: Washington’s Poor Evaluation System Revealed
Charts You Can Trust |
Chad Aldeman
 | March 25, 2013

The Evergreen Effect digs into Washington State data and highlights the failures of rudimentary teacher evaluation systems, and for Washington in particular, just how bad they really were.

Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, Teacher Quality
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The Right Mix: How One Los Angeles School is Blending a Curriculum for Personalized Learning
Also from ES |
Susan Headden
 | February 6, 2013

Susan Headden profiles the Alliance Tennenbaum Family Technology High School, a blended learning pioneer that is illustrating both the strengths and challenges of implementing such a radical new way of educating students.

K-12 Education, Expanded Learning and School Time, Virtual Learning

Latest Publications

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MIT Mints a Valuable New Form of Academic Currency
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | January 22, 2012
Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
The Most Important Goal for New DISD Chief
Commentary |
Richard Lee Colvin
 | January 19, 2012
K-12 Education, College Readiness, Education Finance, Testing and Assessment
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A Radical Solution For America’s Worsening College Tuition Bubble
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | January 10, 2012
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
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On Her Majesty's School Inspection Service
Reports & Briefs | January 10, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Teacher Quality
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Five Things Education Supporters Should Know About Pension Reform
Reports & Briefs |
Bill Tucker
 | January 1, 2012
K-12 Education, Education Finance, Teacher Quality
Missouri Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Mississippi Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Wyoming Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Minnesota Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Wisconsin Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability

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'Trust Us' Won't Cut It Anymore
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | January 18, 2011
Graduation Rates, Measuring Student Learning
Illustration Credit: Randy Enos for The Chronicle
Student Learning: Measure or Perish
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | December 12, 2010
Measuring Student Learning
Texas Tackles the Data Problem
Commentary |
Bill Tucker
 | November 16, 2010
Data-Driven Improvement
Illustration by Michael Morgenstern for The Chronicle
Decoding the Value of Computer Science
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | November 7, 2010
Higher Education
When School Improvement and Teacher Seniority Collide
Commentary |
Robert Manwaring and Tim Sullivan
 | October 10, 2010
Accountability and School Improvement, Teacher Quality
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America's Best Community Colleges 2010
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | September 1, 2010
College Rankings, Community Colleges
Image of Claudia Neuhauser, Photo credit: Washington Monthly and Tom Roster
The Mayo Clinic of Higher Ed
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | September 1, 2010
College Costs
Image of Nestor Curiel, Image Credit: Washington Monthly and Ryan Bakerink
College Dropout Factories
Also from ES |
Ben Miller and Phuong Ly
 | September 1, 2010
College Rankings, Graduation Rates
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ES Review: Selections From 2009 and 2010
Also from ES | September 1, 2010
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice, Higher Education
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In Learning-Focused Programs, Writing Skill is the Last Word
Also from ES |
Susan Headden
 | August 23, 2010
Accountability, Measuring Student Learning, Higher Education