
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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Late Bell: December 3, 2014
The Education Gadfly 12.3.2014
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Implementing teacher evaluation in New Jersey
12.3.2014
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Introductory comments to "Education for Upward Mobility" conference
Michael J. Petrilli 12.2.2014
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The reading paradox: How standards mislead teachers
Kathleen Porter-Magee 12.1.2014
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Common Core is not a litmus test
The Education Gadfly 11.25.2014
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Summer Melt: Supporting Low-Income Students Through the Transition to College
11.25.2014
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The Cristo Rey Network: Serving Sustainable Success
Jeff Murray 11.25.2014
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Pathways to Education: An Integrated Approach to Helping At-Risk High School Students
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 11.25.2014
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Turning the tables on the vocational ed debate
11.25.2014
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Teacher leadership: Yet another charter school innovation?
Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 11.25.2014
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Punishing achievement in our schools
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 11.25.2014
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Ten rules for teaching reading with prior knowledge
Tim Shanahan 11.25.2014
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