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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

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Reconstructing Higher Education
Also from ES |
Richard Lee Colvin and Forrest Hinton
 | June 2, 2011
College Costs, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
Why Fairfax Should Ax the Substandard 'Standard Diploma'
Commentary |
Kristen Amundson
 | May 27, 2011
K-12 Education, College Readiness
Don't Reduce Student Loans
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | May 24, 2011
For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid
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Growth Models and Accountability: A Recipe for Remaking ESEA
Reports & Briefs |
Kevin Carey and Robert Manwaring
 | May 24, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
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Teachers Swap Recipes
Commentary |
Bill Tucker
 | May 16, 2011
Teacher Quality, Virtual Learning
Information Underload: Florida's Flawed Special-Ed Voucher Program
Reports & Briefs |
Sara Mead
 | June 25, 2007
K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice
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Laboratories of Reform: Virtual High Schools and Innovation in Public Education
Reports & Briefs |
Bill Tucker
 | June 7, 2007
Virtual Learning
Leading Lady: Sallie Mae and the Origins of Today's Student Loan Controversy
Reports & Briefs |
Erin Dillon
 | May 14, 2007
Student Loans and Financial Aid
Million Dollar Babies: Why Infants Can't be Hardwired for Success
Reports & Briefs |
Sara Mead
 | March 16, 2007
K-12 Education
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On the Clock: Rethinking the Way Schools Use Time
Reports & Briefs |
Elena Silva
 | January 11, 2007
Expanded Learning and School Time

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No One Rises to Low Expectations
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | November 18, 2008
Accountability, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Accountability Must Be Focus of Any No Child Left Behind Overhaul
Commentary |
Andrew J. Rotherham
 | November 13, 2008
Accountability and School Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
Failure in Urban Universities
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | October 14, 2008
Higher Education
The Best of American Oppportunity
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | October 14, 2008
Higher Education
Salvaging Accountability
Commentary |
Thomas Toch
 | September 30, 2008
Accountability and School Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Testing and Assessment
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Collective Bargaining in Education
Also from ES |
Andrew J. Rotherham
 | March 1, 2006
K-12 Education, Teacher Quality, Teachers Unions
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Teaching Fishing or Giving Away Fish? Education Grantmaking For Research, Policy and Advocacy
Also from ES |
Andrew J. Rotherham
 | January 12, 2006
K-12 Education
Hard Wiring
Also from ES |
Andrew J. Rotherham
 | January 12, 2006
K-12 Education, Virtual Learning