
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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NCLB accountability is dead; long live ESEA testing
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.5.2015
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Understanding the federal accountability spectra
2.5.2015
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Bargaining chips aren’t budgets
The Education Gadfly 2.4.2015
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New and Better Schools: The Supply Side of School Choice
2.4.2015
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The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing–But You Don’t Have to Be
Robert Pondiscio 2.4.2015
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A Democratic Constitution for Public Education
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.4.2015
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Differentiated to death
David Griffith 2.4.2015
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Late Bell: February 3, 2015
The Education Gadfly 2.3.2015
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Obama's Year-Seven budget
2.3.2015
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Backfilling charter seats: A backhanded way to kill school autonomy
Michael J. Petrilli 2.3.2015
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Late Bell: February 2, 2015
The Education Gadfly 2.2.2015
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In defense of New York City's selective high schools
Derrell Bradford 2.2.2015
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