Morgan Polikoff is an Associate Professor at the Rossier School of Education at USC.
Authored Commentary & Research
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High Expectations
“A Nation at Risk” warned of “a rising tide of mediocrity.” Forty years later, little has changed.
Morgan Polikoff 4.21.2023
NationalFlypaper
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High Expectations
Lessons educators can heed from the grim findings of “The Supplemental Curriculum Bazaar”
Morgan Polikoff 12.19.2019
NationalFlypaper
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High Expectations
The Supplemental Curriculum Bazaar: Is What's Online Any Good?
Morgan Polikoff, Jennifer Dean 12.10.2019
NationalReport
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Let's leave the worst parts of NCLB behind
Morgan Polikoff 4.24.2017
NationalFlypaper
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The SIG study reminds us: We need a little patience
Morgan Polikoff 1.31.2017
NationalFlypaper
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High Expectations
Pencils down: What I learned from studying the quality of state tests
Morgan Polikoff 3.7.2016
NationalBlog