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Top #ESSADesign proposals: Chris Hoffman et al., Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellows, Teach Plus
Editor's note: On Tuesday, February 2, Fordham hosted the ESSA Acountability Design Competition, a first-of-its-kind conference to generate ideas for state accountability frame
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Top #ESSADesign proposals: Ronald F. Ferguson, Harvard University and Tripod Education Partners, Inc.
Editor's note: On Tuesday, February 2, Fordham hosted the ESSA Acountability Design Competition, a first-of-its-kind conference to generate ideas for state accountability frame
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Fostering equitable access to gifted services for English language learners through a balance of measures and program options
Despite English language learners being the fastest growing population of students in the United States, their representation in gifted and talented education continues to lag behind all other types of learners, including other underserved populations. This raises an important challenge for equity and merits attention.In The Beginning
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ESSA
Top #ESSADesign proposals: Richard J. Wenning, BeFoundation and SpreadMusicNow
Editor's note: On Tuesday, February 2, Fordham hosted the ESSA Acountability Design Competition, a first-of-its-kind conference to generate ideas for state accountability f
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ESSA
Top #ESSADesign proposals: Jennifer Vranek et al., Education First
Editor's note: On Tuesday, February 2, Fordham hosted the ESSA Acountability Design Competition, a first-of-its-kind conference to generate ideas for state accountability frame
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ESSA
Top #ESSADesign proposals: Morgan Polikoff, Matthew Duque, and Stephani Wrabel, University of Southern California and Baltimore County Public Schools
Editor's note: On Tuesday, February 2, Fordham hosted the ESSA Acountability Design Competition, a first-of-its-kind conference to generate ideas for state accountability frame
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ESSA
Top #ESSADesign proposals: Lydia Burns et al., Student Voice Team, Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence
Editor's note: On Tuesday, February 2, Fordham hosted the ESSA Acountability Design Competition, a first-of-its-kind conference to generate ideas for state accountability frame
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Charter Schools
Check out our latest event video: Lessons from Ohio’s best charter schools
What can we learn from the leaders of Ohio’s high-quality charter schools?
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ESSA
Top #ESSADesign proposals: Josh Boots, EmpowerK12
Editor's note: On Tuesday, February 2, Fordham hosted the ESSA Acountability Design Competition, a first-of-its-kind conference to generate ideas for state accountability frame
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How should states measure school success?
Most of today’s K–12 accountability systems are, themselves, persistently underperforming. One of the big problems is that they lean so heavily on student scores from reading and math tests. Even if the system uses growth measures in addition to proficiency, those growth scores are also typically based on reading and math tests.
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Top #ESSADesign proposals: Sherman Dorn, Arizona State University
Editor's note: On Tuesday, February 2, Fordham hosted the ESSA Acountability Design Competition, a first-of-its-kind conference to generate ideas for state accountability frame
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ESSA
Top #ESSADesign proposals: Dale Chu and Eric Lerum, America Succeeds
Editor's note: On Tuesday, February 2, Fordham hosted the ESSA Acountability Design Competition, a first-of-its-kind conference to generate ideas for state accountability frame
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ESSA
Top #ESSADesign proposals: Chad Aldeman, Bellwether Education Partners
Editor's note: On Tuesday, February 2, Fordham hosted the ESSA Acountability Design Competition, a first-of-its-kind conference to generate ideas for state accountability frame
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Ohio’s opt-out bill skirts the real problem—and four proposals to fix it
Ohio is eager for a quick fix where none is to be had
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Teacher Turnover, Teacher Quality, and Student Achievement in DCPS
A new study out by Tom Dee and his colleagues follows on the heels of a prior evaluation of District of Columbia Public Schools' (DCPS) IMPACT teacher evaluation system, which found largely positive outcomes for the system.
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Advanced Education
Breaking the artificial ceilings we place over gifted and talented children
On January 23, the Economist sent a clear warning to world leaders about the ways that “governments are systematically preventing [youth] from reaching their potential.” In the article “Young, gifted and held back,” authors point to many polici
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ESSA Accountability Design Competition
Under the newly enacted Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states now face the challenge of creating school accountability systems that can vastly improve upon the model required by No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
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The truth is out there: Ohio shrinks the honesty gap
The pain is worth the effort required to shrink the honesty gap
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ESSA
Some great ideas from our ESSA Accountability Design Competition
On Tuesday afternoon, we at the Fordham Institute will host a competition to present compelling designs for state accountability systems under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
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Charter Schools
America's best (and worst) cities for school choice
Reformers: Keep building smarter policies. But keep your eyes on the politics, too. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., and Michael J. Petrilli
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Star Wars and education reform
One of the big themes in the Star Wars series is the battle between technology and tradition: the Empire with its Death Star, Imperial Starfleet, and other modern marvels versus the Jedi w
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Charter Schools
How Fordham's rankings measure up
At CRPE, we believe strongly in taking a city-wide view of education. The reality of urban education these days is a complicated mash-up of schools run by districts, charter providers, independent private schools, and sometimes even state agencies.
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ESSA
ESSA Accountability Design Competition: The Contenders
Editor's note: For a summary of noteworthy content from contenders' proposals, read "Some great ideas from our ESSA Accountability Design Competition."