The end of MCAS is the end of an era. Now let’s figure out what comes next.
With the number of states requiring students to pass exams in order to earn a diploma now down to the single digits, this feels like the end of an era. What should we do now? Let’s start by getting the gang back together—a bipartisan group of governors and state education chiefs—to work on a rational set of high school graduation requirements reflecting the multiple pathways to upward mobility and post-secondary success.
Michael J. Petrilli 12.5.2024
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Every Child Learning: Safe and Supportive Schools
Kelly Scott 11.7.2001
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Houston gives principals budgetary autonomy
11.7.2001
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Teacher Salaries, Expenditures and Federal Revenues in School Districts Serving the Nation's Largest Cities, 1990-91 to 2000-01
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 11.7.2001
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The War Against America's Public Schools: Privatizing Schools, Commercializing Education
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 11.7.2001
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Appraising state standards, tests & accountability systems
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 11.7.2001
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Creative reform efforts stymied by unions in Los Angeles
11.7.2001
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Building Tests to Support Instruction and Accountability: A Guide for Policymakers
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 10.31.2001
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Origins of the term "gadfly"
10.31.2001
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What mothers - and America - get out of homeschooling
10.31.2001
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How Community-Based Organizations Can Start Charter Schools
Lauren Collins 10.31.2001
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Briefing Papers on Vouchers
Judy Goss 10.31.2001
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Destination: The American Dream
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 10.31.2001
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