
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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Widening excellence gap
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 7.24.2019
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A debate about unschooling
Robert Pondiscio 7.24.2019
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It’s not grade inflation, it’s the education industry
Rafi Eis 7.23.2019
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A rising economic tide + reform + resources = better results for kids
Michael J. Petrilli 7.17.2019
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The federal Charter Schools Program: A short, opinionated history, part I
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 7.17.2019
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Tell high school students the truth about college readiness
Aaron Churchill 7.17.2019
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Scaling up proven charter school models
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 7.17.2019
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The implementation and impacts of reforms in Louisiana
Jessie McBirney 7.17.2019
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The Education Gadfly Show: One small step for man, one giant leap for our schools?
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 7.17.2019
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Musings on the moonshots
Michael Goldstein 7.12.2019
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A hypothesis: NCLB-era achievement gains stemmed largely from declining child poverty rates
Michael J. Petrilli 7.10.2019
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Public attitudes toward gifted education: Supportive, complacent, incomplete
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 7.10.2019
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