No, NAEP scores in California don't evince a lost decade of educational progress
By Michael W. Kirst
By Michael W. Kirst
2016–17 was one of the slowest-growth years for charter schools in recent memory. Nobody knows exactly why, but one hypothesis is saturation: With charters having achieved market share of over 20 percent in more than three dozen cities, perhaps school supply is starting to meet parental demand, making new charters less necessary and harder to launch.
By Brandon L. Wright
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
By Emily Howell
Achievement gaps between poor and minority students and their peers are well documented and persistent. For years, data indicate that these students have generally been making slow but steady progress.
By Michael J. Petrilli
By Michael J. Petrilli
By David Griffith
By Michael J. Petrilli
By Michael J. Petrilli
A recent paper from the left-leaning Center for American Progress (CAP) examined high school graduation requirements across the nation to determine whether they were aligned with requirements for each state’s public university system.
By Michael J. Petrilli
By Jessica Poiner
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education released data from the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
By Michael J. Petrilli
An increasing number of headline-grabbing graduation scandals have renewed the public’s interest in how students earn a high school diploma.