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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

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
Chart from "Moving on Up."
Moving On Up: How Tuition Tax Breaks Increasingly Favor the Upper-Middle Class
Charts You Can Trust |
Stephen Burd
 | April 19, 2012
College Costs, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
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
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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
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Teachers at Work
Reports & Briefs |
Elena Silva
 | October 19, 2009
Teacher Quality
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Matchmaking: Enabling Mandatory Public School Choice in New York and Boston
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Thomas Toch
 | September 4, 2009
Charter Schools and Choice
New Mexico Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Texas Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Tennessee Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability

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Colleges Giving More Financial Aid to Wealthy Students
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey
 | January 13, 2006
College Costs, Higher Education
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Minding the Midpoint Where Labor and Education Meet
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | September 4, 2011
Higher Education
Illustration of cutting off a flagship
Why Flagship Public Universities Should Stay Public
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | August 7, 2011
Higher Education
An Incoherent Protest Against Education Reform, Brought to You by Matt Damon
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | August 4, 2011
K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice, Testing and Assessment, Teacher Quality, Teachers Unions
The Good News in the Atlanta and D.C. School Cheating Scandals
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | July 19, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, Testing and Assessment
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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Our Best Weapon Against the College Crisis: A Match.com for Higher Ed
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | September 28, 2011
Higher Education
Four Implementation Challenges for High Quality Digital Learning
Also from ES |
Bill Tucker
 | September 19, 2011
K-12 Education, Virtual Learning
Grading The Teacher's Teachers
Also from ES |
Erin Dillon and Elena Silva
 | September 6, 2011
Teacher Quality, Higher Education
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How the Other Half Tests
Also from ES |
Susan Headden
 | August 29, 2011
College Rankings, Community Colleges, Measuring Student Learning, Remediation, Higher Education
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America's Best Master's Universities and Baccalaureate Colleges
Also from ES |
Erin Dillon
 | August 29, 2011
College Rankings, Higher Education