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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

Latest Publications

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Revamping Teacher Evaluation
Also from ES |
Mandy Zatynski
 | May 14, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Teacher Quality
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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
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A Test Worth Teaching To
Also from ES |
Susan Headden
 | May 9, 2012
K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, Testing and Assessment
Private Loans Without Bankruptcy Option Are the Real Problem
Commentary |
Amy Laitinen
 | April 27, 2012
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
Rising to the Challenge: Hispanic College Graduation Rates as a National Priority
Reports & Briefs |
Kevin Carey, Andrew P. Kelly, and Mark Schneider
| March 18, 2010
Graduation Rates, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
False Fronts? Behind Higher Education's Voluntary Accountability Systems
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Andrew P. Kelly
 | March 1, 2010
Accountability, Measuring Student Learning, Higher Education
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Lowering Student Loan Default Rates
Reports & Briefs |
Erin Dillon and Robin V. Smiles
 | February 19, 2010
Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
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College- and Career-Ready
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman
 | January 11, 2010
K-12 Education, College Readiness, Data-Driven Improvement
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Growing Pains: Scaling Up the Nation's Best Charter Schools
Reports & Briefs | November 23, 2009
Charter Schools and Choice

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Colleges Earn Mixed Grades with Urban Students
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey
 | May 30, 2006
Graduation Rates
Crying Wolf About Immigrant Education
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey
 | May 1, 2006
K-12 Education
The Black-White College Literacy Gap
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey
 | April 3, 2006
Higher Education
The New $4.5 Billion Federal School Funding Program Nobody Knows
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey
 | March 6, 2006
K-12 Education, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
High Schools Failing to Prepare Many College-Bound Students for Science Careers
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey
 | February 6, 2006
Higher Education
A Sensible Solution to Student Loan Debt
Commentary |
Richard Lee Colvin
 | November 10, 2011
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
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The U.S. Should Adopt Income-Based Loans Now
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | October 23, 2011
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
The Truth About Testing Costs
Commentary |
Bill Tucker
 | October 11, 2011
K-12 Education, Education Finance, Testing and Assessment
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Question No. 1 in the Fairfax Schools Race: How Will You Replace Dale?
Commentary |
Kristen Amundson
 | October 2, 2011
K-12 Education
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The Higher-Education Battle the White House Should Be Waging
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | September 25, 2011
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Graduation Rates, Higher Education
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Why Obama Should Pay Attention To Occupy Wall Street’s Critique Of Higher Education
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | October 26, 2011
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
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ES Review: Selections From 2010 and 2011
Also from ES | October 25, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, College Costs, Data-Driven Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Testing and Assessment, Teacher Quality, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
Reforming NCLB: How the GOP and Democrats Compare
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | October 5, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
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The Flipped Classroom
Also from ES |
Bill Tucker
 | October 4, 2011
K-12 Education, Expanded Learning and School Time, Virtual Learning
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Our Best Weapon Against the College Crisis: A Match.com for Higher Ed
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | September 28, 2011
Higher Education