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No, NAEP scores in California don't evince a lost decade of educational progress
By Michael W. Kirst
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NEW REPORT: Charter School Deserts: High-Poverty Neighborhoods with Limited Educational Options
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.
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Charter Schools, Governance
Charter School Deserts: High-Poverty Neighborhoods with Limited Educational Options
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.
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How accountability metrics related to student subgroups affect teacher turnover and attrition
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
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Accountability & Testing
O-H-I-No?
On this week's podcast, Paolo DeMaria, Ohio's State Superintendent of Public Instruction, joins Mike Petrilli and Brandon Wright to discuss the state’s new strategic plan for education, which Fordham’s gadflies find disappointing. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the access, perseverance, and outcomes of first-generation college students.
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Accountability & Testing
The tragic lack of progress for Ohio’s low-income and black students
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.
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Findings about school choice programs shouldn't be applied to individual schools
By Michael J. Petrilli
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Curriculum & Instruction
A better curriculum in the Bayou State
On this week’s podcast, Rebecca Kockler, Louisiana’s assistant superintendent of academic content, joins Mike Petrilli and Robert Pondiscio to discuss her state’s curriculum initiative. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how career and technical education affects students’ noncognitive skills.
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Accountability & Testing
When it comes to graduation requirements, mastery matters
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.
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How to think about short-term test score changes and long-term student outcomes
By Michael J. Petrilli
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Accountability & Testing
Is America still a nation at risk?
On this week's podcast, Bruno Manno, Senior Advisor to the Walton Family Foundation’s K–12 Education Reform Initiative and a Trustee Emeritus at Fordham, joins Mike Petrilli and Checker Finn to discuss this week’s NAEP results in the context of the thirty-fifth anniversary of A Nation at Risk. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how accountability metrics related to student subgroups affect teacher turnover and attrition.
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Accountability & Testing
Five takeaways from Ohio’s 2017 NAEP results
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education released data from the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).