
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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Next-generation science and college readiness
Lawrence S. Lerner, Paul Gross 9.5.2013
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Common Core can reduce teacher bashing
E. D. Hirsch, Jr. 9.4.2013
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Why I’m for the Common Core
E. D. Hirsch, Jr. 9.3.2013
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Getting Back to the Head Nod on Common Standards
9.3.2013
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Some late summer reads
8.30.2013
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What (ed-reformer) parents want
Kathleen Porter-Magee, Robert Pondiscio, Marc Porter Magee, Joe Williams 8.29.2013
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The civil-rights fight today for one leader
Adam Emerson 8.28.2013
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By the Company It Keeps: Joanne Weiss
8.28.2013
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A sobering explanation for stalled racial progress, in one chart
Michael J. Petrilli 8.28.2013
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What parents want—and how policymakers can provide it
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Michael J. Petrilli 8.27.2013
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Making children "mere creatures of the state"
Adam Emerson 8.26.2013
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Reform School: Tim Kitts
8.25.2013
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