
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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The Education Gadfly Show: Boosting student outcomes with end-of-course exams
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Adam Tyner, Ph.D., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 8.28.2019
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NEW REPORT: End-of-Course Exams and Student Outcomes
Adam Tyner, Ph.D., Matthew Larsen 8.27.2019
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The meeting is dead, long live the meeting
Hollie Pettersson, Kerri Briggs 8.23.2019
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The kids who had been “left behind” are doing much better today than 25 years ago. But what about everyone else?
Michael J. Petrilli 8.21.2019
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Democratic presidential candidates are wrong: Racist redlining caused school segregation, not charter schools
Derrell Bradford 8.21.2019
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Can AP ease Gotham’s selective-high-school deadlock?
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Andrew Scanlan 8.21.2019
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Training teachers and principals to support the needs of diverse students
Tran Le 8.21.2019
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The Education Gadfly Show: The homecoming court edition
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Jeremy Tate 8.21.2019
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The Education Gadfly Show: Media literacy in our schools
David Griffith, Adam Tyner, Ph.D., Alice Huguet 8.14.2019
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The messy reality of school turnaround
Dale Chu 8.14.2019
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The new PDK poll: Gems amid the gravel
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 8.14.2019
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Teachers’ complicated attitudes about school discipline
Peter Greene 8.14.2019
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