
Make room, test scores: Introducing “indicators of high school and middle school readiness”
Our latest study pilots a new measure of a school’s quality: its contribution to students’ grade point averages at their next school. It sends a clear message to educators that one of their core missions is to help their graduates succeed in their next step—not just in reading and math, but in all subjects—and not just on tests, but on the stuff that tests struggle to capture.
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 2.20.2025
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Why China’s PISA scores are hard to believe
Tom Loveless 12.6.2019
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What other states can learn from Indiana’s funding, choice, and accountability reforms
Dale Chu 12.5.2019
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PISA 2018: Leaning into the economic headwinds
Michael J. Petrilli 12.4.2019
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The Houston Federation of Teachers plays the Trump card
Dale Chu 12.4.2019
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Mississippi rising? A partial explanation for its NAEP improvement is that it holds students back
Todd Collins 12.4.2019
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The different ways schools go about character development
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 12.4.2019
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The Education Gadfly Show: The effects of early college programs
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Kristina Zeiser 12.4.2019
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Parents at Elizabeth Warren rally are done being ignored, and they’re fighting back
Erika Sanzi 12.3.2019
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Even more social engineering in New York schools
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 11.26.2019
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Montgomery County, Maryland, talks a good game on “equity.” Now it has a chance to walk it, too.
Michael J. Petrilli 11.26.2019
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Time to press “pause” on credit recovery
Adam Tyner, Ph.D. 11.26.2019
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A simple, low-cost way to improve the student teaching experience
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 11.26.2019
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