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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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Striving for Student Success: A Model of Shared Accountability
Reports & Briefs |
Kelly Bathgate, Richard Lee Colvin, and Elena Silva
 | November 29, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, College Readiness, Data-Driven Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Expanded Learning and School Time
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An Innovative Tech Trio Puts Students in Solid Jobs
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | November 20, 2011
Graduation Rates, Measuring Student Learning, Higher Education
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A Much-Needed Challenge to Low-Quality Universities
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | November 18, 2011
Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
Fairfax Votes for Stability — But Not Necessarily the Status Quo
Commentary |
Kristen Amundson
 | November 11, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, College Readiness
A Sensible Solution to Student Loan Debt
Commentary |
Richard Lee Colvin
 | November 10, 2011
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
Massachusetts Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Vermont Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Utah Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Maryland Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Maine Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability

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How Race to the Top Could Inform ESEA Reauthorization
Commentary |
Chad Aldeman
 | June 29, 2010
Accountability and School Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Testing and Assessment
The Chimera of College Brands
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | June 8, 2010
For-Profit Higher Education, Higher Education
Developing a Public Agenda for Virtual Learning
Commentary |
Bill Tucker
 | June 8, 2010
Accountability, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Virtual Learning
Tough Luck
Commentary |
Erin Dillon and Chad Aldeman
 | June 7, 2010
Charter Schools and Choice
Out-thinking Default Rates
Commentary |
Erin Dillon and Robin V. Smiles
 | May 1, 2010
Accountability, For-Profit Higher Education, Graduation Rates, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
States of Crises
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | December 7, 2009
College Costs, Higher Education
The Next Generation of Testing
Also from ES |
Bill Tucker
 | November 16, 2009
Testing and Assessment, Virtual Learning
The 'Bottom' Seventy Percent: What America's Elite Institutions of Higher Learning Owe to Everyone Else
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | October 15, 2009
Higher Education
Community Colleges: To Thine Own Self Be True
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | September 17, 2009
Community Colleges, Higher Education
A Note on Teach for America
Also from ES |
Erin Dillon
 | September 2, 2009
College Rankings, Higher Education