Evaluation of Grades 2 and 3 Reading Tutoring Intervention in Youngstown
Research on individualized, in-school tutoring such as Match Corps has demonstrated impressive results.
Research on individualized, in-school tutoring such as Match Corps has demonstrated impressive results.
“Government by the people” is one of the most powerful ideas in American government. It represents the belief that, in a democracy, the people hold sovereignty over government and not the reverse.
A recent report from Education Northwest extends previous research by the same lead researcher, drilling down into the same dataset in order to fine-tune the original findings.
By Jennifer O’Neal Schiess, Max Marchitello, and Juliet Squire
The genesis of vouchers in Ohio stretches back to 1995 and the Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring program. In 2006, vouchers expanded statewide via the Educational Choice Scholarship (or EdChoice), which aims to assist students assigned to a low-rated public school.
This guidebook offers simple and easy-to-use vital statistics about Ohio’s schools and the students they serve. The facts and figures contained within this report offer an overview of who Ohio’s students are; where they go to school; how they perform on national and state exams; and how many pursue post-secondary education.
On September 15, Ohio released report cards for approximately 600 school districts and 3,500 public schools (district and charter). These report cards are based on state exam results from the 2015-16 school year, along with several other gauges of student success.
Throughout the recent Olympic Games, I reflected on the parallels between elite-level athletics and gifted education, and I thought how much we could learn about developing exceptional ability from what we saw during those two weeks.
Shortly after Ohio lawmakers enacted a new voucher program in 2005, the state budget office wrote in its fiscal analysis, “The Educational Choice Scholarships are not only intended to offer another route for student success, but also to impel the administration and teaching staff of a failing school building to improve upon their students’ academic performance.” Today, the
A deep dive into the performance of Ohio’s public schools, statewide and in its eight largest urban areas
The 2015 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report is our opportunity to share the Fordham Foundation’s work as the sponsor of eleven schools serving approximately 3,200 students in five cities, and our related policy work in Ohio and nationally.
A thorough overview of how teachers are trained and licensed
Like other states, Ohio has over the past few years put into place a standards a
A thorough overview of Ohio's teacher evaluation framework
A new tool for school district reform
Looking beyond the "big issues" in Ohio's budget bill
Are National Board Certified Teachers more effective than their non-certified counterparts?
Does middle school really stink?
Pros and cons of mastery-based education
Ohio can learn an important lesson on teacher evaluation without descending into the same fight going on in New York
Every state is different, for better or worse
Chad's written testimony, delivered March 19, 2015.
Content should be king
Looking across the river in search of lessons for Ohio
The best and the worst of recent education news
An argument against watering down testing and accountability
Looking at the state of education in Ohio’s State of the State cities
"Test mania" debunked - now for the real work to improve testing in Ohio