
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 I would never opt my kids out of tests
Erika Sanzi 4.23.2018
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The broad, long-term success of DC public charter schools
Scott Pearson 4.23.2018
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Yes, impacts on test scores matter
Michael J. Petrilli 4.20.2018
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Findings about school choice programs shouldn't be applied to individual schools
Michael J. Petrilli 4.19.2018
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Three education reform ideas for wannabe governors
Michael J. Petrilli 4.18.2018
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Can social studies get even worse?
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.18.2018
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Keep what's valuable in the discipline guidance—but drop the racial quotas
Michael J. Petrilli 4.18.2018
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A better curriculum in the Bayou State
Michael J. Petrilli, Robert Pondiscio, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 4.18.2018
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No, the new GAO report on discipline doesn't prove racial disparities are caused predominantly by racial bias
David Griffith 4.18.2018
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How victims of child maltreatment fare in school
Anthony Nguyen 4.18.2018
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For the vast majority of school choice studies, short- and long-term impacts point in the same direction
Michael J. Petrilli 4.17.2018
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Improving education policy by looking beyond the "experts"
Erika Sanzi 4.17.2018
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