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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

The Best Teachers in the World: Why We Don't Have Them and How We Could Cover
The Best Teachers in the World: Why We Don't Have Them and How We Could
Also from ES |
John Chubb
 | November 9, 2012
K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, Teacher Quality
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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Cracking the Credit Hour
Reports & Briefs |
Amy Laitinen
 | September 5, 2012
Accreditation, College Costs, Graduation Rates, Measuring Student Learning, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
Photo of George W. Bush signing into law the No Child Left Behind bill
New Education Standards Won't Close Achievement Gap
Commentary |
Kristen Amundson
 | August 25, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
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Some Assembly Required: Building a Better Accountability System for California
Reports & Briefs |
Kevin Carey
 | July 26, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, College Readiness, Data-Driven Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
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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
Image depicting a gears in a machine
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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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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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

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Lost in Transit
Charts You Can Trust |
Erin Dillon
 | September 5, 2008
Charter Schools and Choice
College Access and Social Class: The A.J. Soprano Factor
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey and Erin Dillon
 | February 15, 2008
Higher Education
Deal or No Deal? How Higher Education Shortchanges Unprepared Students
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey
 | December 7, 2007
Community Colleges
Hidden Details: A Closer Look at Student Loan Default Rates
Charts You Can Trust |
Erin Dillon
 | October 22, 2007
Higher Education
Stiff Armed: No Child Left Behind's Unused Funding Flexibility
Charts You Can Trust |
Margery Yeager
 | July 13, 2007
ESEA / No Child Left Behind
Buck Up, California, and Learn From Rhode Island's Big Pension Reforms
Commentary |
Sarah Rosenberg
 | April 17, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, Education Finance, Teacher Quality, Teachers Unions
Graduates celebrating, photo credit: Jessica Hill, Associated Press
Stop Smiling. Your Parents Sold You Out.
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | April 8, 2012
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
5 Myths About Student Debt
Commentary |
Mary Nguyen
 | March 16, 2012
College Costs, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
photo credit: Michael Morgenstern for The Chronicle
Justice and Equity Are on the Line in 'Fisher v. Texas'
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | March 4, 2012
Higher Education
Congress Should Cut Tuition Tax Breaks Before Cutting Pell Grants Again
Commentary |
Stephen Burd
 | February 13, 2012
College Costs, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
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Opportunity Denied: How One County Fought For, and Lost, a Community College
Also from ES |
Mandy Zatynski
 | May 10, 2012
Community Colleges, Higher Education
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Grand Test Auto
Also from ES |
Bill Tucker
 | May 9, 2012
K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, Testing and Assessment, Virtual Learning
illustration of people on their computers, photo credit: Washington Monthly
A Test Worth Teaching To
Also from ES |
Susan Headden
 | May 9, 2012
K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, Testing and Assessment
Image of students in a hallway, photo credit: The New Republic
Why Are Community Colleges Being Treated Worst When They’re Needed Most?
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | April 17, 2012
Community Colleges, Higher Education
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A Future Full of Badges
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | April 8, 2012
Accreditation, For-Profit Higher Education, Measuring Student Learning, Higher Education