
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 great achievements of the Every Child Achieves Act
4.14.2015
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Patty Murray and the return of wishful thinking
Michael J. Petrilli 4.13.2015
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Alexander-Murray: This is what compromise looks like, in a single table
Michael J. Petrilli 4.13.2015
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Success Academy's Eva Moskowitz is America's most controversial educator
Robert Pondiscio 4.10.2015
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Eva Moskowitz's polarizing practices
The Education Gadfly 4.8.2015
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How Well Are American Students Learning? Part III: Student Engagement
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.8.2015
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How Well Are American Students Learning? Part II: Measuring Effects of the Common Core
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 4.8.2015
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How Well Are American Students Learning? Part I: Girls, Boys, and Reading
Robert Pondiscio 4.8.2015
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Why school choice is the highest form of fairness
4.8.2015
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College preparedness over the years, according to NAEP
Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.8.2015
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