
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
NationalFlypaper

Implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act toward a coherent, aligned assessment system
Jessica Poiner 2.17.2016
NationalFlypaper

Mardi Gras for Common Core
2.17.2016
NationalBlog

New Common Core assessments measure the most important content in the standards
Morgan Polikoff 2.17.2016
NationalBlog

School policies have gotten smarter in the decade after No Child Left Behind
Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.17.2016
NationalFlypaper

Steering and rowing in the age of ESSA
2.17.2016
NationalFlypaper

The Grammy edition
Robert Pondiscio, Brandon L. Wright, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Clara Allen 2.17.2016
NationalResource

Fictionalizing education reform
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.17.2016
NationalFlypaper

ESSA Accountability Design Competition: My big takeaways
2.16.2016
NationalFlypaper

Designing accountability systems to avoid NCLB-era mistakes
2.16.2016
NationalFlypaper

States: Don’t leave K–3 accountability behind under ESSA
Elliot Regenstein 2.16.2016
NationalFlypaper

Testing the tests: A better lens
2.12.2016
NationalBlog

First-of-its-kind analysis evaluates new assessments taken by more than 13 million students nationwide
2.11.2016
NationalFlypaper