
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 contradiction and The Alternative
Jeff Murray 9.11.2017
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Pre-Kindergarten Impacts Over Time: An Analysis of KIPP Charter Schools
Jessica Poiner 9.11.2017
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Illinois funding reform: Transformative policy in an unlikely state
9.8.2017
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The slow but steady evolution of teacher retirement plans
9.7.2017
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3 reasons most teachers still believe the learning styles myth
Daniel Willingham 9.6.2017
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Should teachers have their own brands?
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 9.6.2017
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Are charter schools safer than traditional public schools?
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 9.6.2017
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Reinventing America's Schools
Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 9.6.2017
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School segregation, school boards, and politics
Nicholas Munyan-Penney 9.6.2017
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The Education Gadfly's top stories of the summer
Anthony Nguyen 9.6.2017
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Trump's cruel move on DACA
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 9.5.2017
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Top 12 school startup lessons, part 2
9.1.2017
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