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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

An Admirable Move From the Country's Biggest Teachers Union (Yes, You Read That Correctly)
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | July 11, 2011
Testing and Assessment, Teacher Quality, Teachers Unions
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A College Education for All, Free and Online
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | July 11, 2011
Productivity, Technology, and Innovation
Making D.C.'s Teacher Evaluations Work Better for Teachers
Commentary |
Susan Headden
 | July 10, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, Testing and Assessment, Teacher Quality
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Inside IMPACT: D.C.'s Model Teacher Evaluation System
Reports & Briefs |
Susan Headden
 | June 30, 2011
Testing and Assessment, Teacher Quality
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The Trinity Sisters
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | June 29, 2011
Higher Education
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School Funding's Tragic Flaw
Reports & Briefs |
Kevin Carey and Marguerite Roza
 | May 15, 2008
Education Finance
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Waiting to Be Won Over
Reports & Briefs |
Elena Silva, Andrew J. Rotherham, Ann Duffet, and Steve Farkas
 | May 2, 2008
Teacher Quality, Teachers Unions
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Graduation Rate Watch
Reports & Briefs |
Kevin Carey
 | April 18, 2008
Graduation Rates
The Benwood Plan: A Lesson in Comprehensive Teacher Reform
Reports & Briefs |
Elena Silva
 | April 4, 2008
Teacher Quality
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Rush to Judgment: Teacher Evaluation in Public Education
Reports & Briefs |
Thomas Toch and Robert Rothman
 | January 28, 2008
Teacher Quality

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What Colleges Can Learn From Newspapers' Decline
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | March 30, 2009
College Costs, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
Switch Admissions to a Single Lottery
Commentary |
Chad Aldeman
 | March 30, 2009
College Rankings, Higher Education
Making the Grade
Commentary |
Andrew J. Rotherham and Richard Whitmire
 | March 18, 2009
K-12 Education, Teachers Unions
Blocking Public Comparisons Obstructs Knowledge, Too
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | February 17, 2009
Measuring Student Learning, Higher Education
Teach For America Makes the Grade at Challenged Schools, Criticism Aside
Commentary |
Andrew J. Rotherham
 | February 9, 2009
Charter Schools and Choice, Teacher Quality
Surprise—High School Reform is Working
Also from ES |
Thomas Toch and Erin Dillon
 | February 6, 2007
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, College Readiness
School Governance Reform: Seven Deadly Sins to Avoid
Also from ES |
Sara Mead
 | January 31, 2007
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice
NCLB and the Competitiveness Agenda
Also from ES |
Andrew J. Rotherham and Frederick M. Hess
 | January 8, 2007
K-12 Education, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
A One-Day Cease Fire
Also from ES |
Andrew J. Rotherham
 | December 6, 2006
K-12 Education, Teacher Quality, Teachers Unions
Easy Way Out: "Restructured" Usually Means Little Has Changed
Also from ES |
Sara Mead
 | November 27, 2006
K-12 Education, ESEA / No Child Left Behind