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The New State Achievement Gap: How Waivers Could Make It Worse-Or Better

Reports & Briefs |

| June 5, 2013

This report examines how states have performed since NCLB and finds that the achievement gap among states is growing.

Related Issue(s): Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind

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.

Related Issue(s): 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.

Related Issue(s): 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

Related Issue(s): Accountability, Accreditation, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education

Chart showing satisfactory and unsatisfactory performance

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.

Related Issue(s): Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, Teacher Quality