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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

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Data That Matters: Giving High Schools Useful Feedback on Grads' Outcomes
Charts You Can Trust |
Anne Hyslop
 | November 8, 2011
College Readiness, Data-Driven Improvement
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Rhode Island Pension Reform
Reports & Briefs |
Bill Tucker, Amy Monahan, Sarah Rosenberg, and Jennie Herriot Hatfield
 | November 4, 2011
K-12 Education, Education Finance, Teacher Quality
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Reimagining the School Day: More Time for Learning
Also from ES |
Elena Silva and Susan Headden
 | November 3, 2011
Expanded Learning and School Time
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The Truth Behind Higher Education Disclosure Laws
Reports & Briefs |
Kevin Carey and Andrew P. Kelly
 | November 3, 2011
Accountability, For-Profit Higher Education, Higher Education
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Affordable at Last: A New Student Loan System
Reports & Briefs |
Erin Dillon
 | October 28, 2011
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
Indiana Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Illinois Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Louisiana Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Idaho Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Hawaii Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability

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Despite Years of Credits, Still No Degree
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | April 13, 2010
Accreditation, Community Colleges, Graduation Rates, Measuring Student Learning, Higher Education
Is Data the Cure-All?
Commentary |
Bill Tucker
 | March 30, 2010
Data-Driven Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Measuring Student Learning, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation
Is Education on the Wrong Track?
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | March 17, 2010
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice
NCAA Should Bar Low Graduation Rate Schools From March Madness
Commentary |
Ben Miller
 | March 15, 2010
Graduation Rates, Higher Education
A 'Race to the Top' for Higher Education?
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | March 9, 2010
Accountability, Measuring Student Learning, Remediation, Higher Education
College for $99 a Month
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | September 2, 2009
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
A Different Kind of College Ranking
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | September 2, 2009
College Rankings, Higher Education
21st Century Skills: The Challenges Ahead
Also from ES |
Andrew J. Rotherham and Daniel Willingham
 | August 27, 2009
K-12 Education, Expanded Learning and School Time, Testing and Assessment
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ES Review: Selections From 2008 and 2009
Also from ES | July 28, 2009
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice, Teacher Quality, Higher Education
Virtual School, Real Success
Florida's Online Option
Also from ES |
Bill Tucker
 | April 8, 2009
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Virtual Learning