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The New State Achievement Gap: How Waivers Could Make It Worse-Or Better
Reports & Briefs |
John Chubb and Constance Clark
 | June 5, 2013

This report examines how states have performed since NCLB and finds that the achievement gap among states is growing.

Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
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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

Latest Publications

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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
K-12 Education, Expanded Learning and School Time, Virtual Learning
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Calling for Success: Online Retention Rates Get Boost From Personal Outreach
Also from ES |
Mandy Zatynski
 | January 16, 2013
Accreditation, Graduation Rates, Measuring Student Learning, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
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Let History Not Repeat Itself: Overcoming Obstacles to the Common Core’s Success
Also from ES |
John Chubb
 | December 19, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, College Readiness, ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Testing and Assessment, Teacher Quality
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High Standards Help Struggling Students: New Evidence
Charts You Can Trust |
Constance Clark and Peter W. Cookson Jr.
 | November 15, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Testing and Assessment
A Smarter Way to Grade State’s High Schools
Commentary |
John Chubb
 | November 14, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, College Readiness, Testing and Assessment
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Ready by Design: A College and Career Agenda for California
Reports & Briefs |
Anne Hyslop and Bill Tucker
 | June 19, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, College Readiness, Testing and Assessment
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Measures That Matter: Why California Should Scrap the Academic Performance Index
Reports & Briefs |
Richard Lee Colvin
 | May 31, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Testing and Assessment
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Off the Clock: What More Time Can (and Can't) Do for School Turnarounds
Reports & Briefs |
Elena Silva
 | March 29, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Expanded Learning and School Time
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A Legal Guide to State Pension Reform
Reports & Briefs |
Bill Tucker, Sarah Rosenberg, Amy Monahan, and Jennie Herriot Hatfield
 | February 28, 2012
K-12 Education, Education Finance, Teacher Quality, Teachers Unions
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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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Making the Cut: How States Set Passing Scores on Standardized Tests
Explainers |
Andrew J. Rotherham
 | July 24, 2006
K-12 Education, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
Map of the United States highlighting school improvement grantees
A Portrait of School Improvement Grantees
Charts You Can Trust |
Padmini Jambulapati
 | April 26, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, Charter Schools and Choice
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Why 529 College Savings Plans Favor the Fortunate
Charts You Can Trust |
Chad Aldeman
 | March 8, 2011
College Costs, Student Loans and Financial Aid
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More Is Less: Extra Time Does Little to Boost College Grad Rates
Charts You Can Trust |
Ben Miller
 | December 21, 2010
Graduation Rates, Higher Education
Drowning in Debt: The Emerging Student Loan Crisis
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey and Erin Dillon
 | July 8, 2009
Student Loans and Financial Aid
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Ladders of Success: Keeping Teacher Pay on Schedule
Charts You Can Trust |
Chad Aldeman
 | April 20, 2009
Education Finance, Teacher Quality
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Retooling Teach For America
Commentary |
Jared Billings
 | July 10, 2012
K-12 Education, Teacher Quality
Erie Region's Workers, Employers Still Need Community College
Commentary |
Mandy Zatynski
 | June 3, 2012
Community Colleges, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
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Higher Education's Online Revolution
Commentary |
John Chubb
 | May 31, 2012
Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
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Revenge of the Underpaid Professors
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | May 21, 2012
Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
Private Loans Without Bankruptcy Option Are the Real Problem
Commentary |
Amy Laitinen
 | April 27, 2012
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
Students at the Walton 21st Century Rural Life Center study plants.
A Town Turned Classroom: How a Focus on Farming Saved a Rural Kansas School
Also from ES |
Susan Headden
 | October 11, 2012
K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice, Data-Driven Improvement, Education Finance
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Getting to 2014 (and Beyond): The Choices and Challenges Ahead
Also from ES |
Anne Hyslop
 | June 28, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, College Readiness, Data-Driven Improvement, Testing and Assessment, Virtual Learning
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Romney's Anti-Bush Education Policies
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | May 25, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice, Data-Driven Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
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A Philadelphia Story
Also from ES |
John Chubb
 | May 16, 2012
K-12 Education, Virtual Learning
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Revamping Teacher Evaluation
Also from ES |
Mandy Zatynski
 | May 14, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Teacher Quality