Evaluation of Grades 2 and 3 Reading Tutoring Intervention in Youngstown
Aaron ChurchillResearch on individualized, in-school tutoring such as Match Corps has demonstrated impressive results.
A Formula That Works: Five ways to strengthen school funding in Ohio
By Jennifer O’Neal Schiess, Max Marchitello, and Juliet Squire
Policy Brief: Ohio's Voucher Programs
Jessica PoinerThe 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.
Ohio Education By the Numbers--2017 Edition
Aaron ChurchillThis 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.
Easing the growing pains of College Credit Plus
Jessica PoinerOne of the big Ohio education stories of 2016 was the growing popularity of College Credit Plus (CCP), a program that provides students three ways to earn college credit from public or participating private
Setting Sights on Excellence: Ohio’s School Report Cards, 2015-16
Aaron ChurchillOn 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.
Reflections on gifted education from the Olympics, part 2: What we can contribute
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.
Evaluation of Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship Program: Selection, Competition, and Performance Effects
David Figlio, Krzysztof KarbownikShortly 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
Facing facts: Ohio's school report cards in a time of rising expectations
Aaron ChurchillA deep dive into the performance of Ohio’s public schools, statewide and in its eight largest urban areas
Establishing a baseline: Ohio’s education system as it enters a new era
Christen Holly, Brendan YorkeLike other states, Ohio has over the past few years put into place a standards a
National Board Certification and Teacher Effectiveness: Evidence from Washington
Jessica PoinerAre National Board Certified Teachers more effective than their non-certified counterparts?
The promise of mastery grading (continued)
Jessica PoinerPros and cons of mastery-based education
Three problems with teacher licensing in Ohio
Jessica PoinerContent should be king
When the stakes get high, the politics shouldn’t get soft
Aaron ChurchillAn argument against watering down testing and accountability
Deconstructing Ohio’s testing report recommendations
Jessica Poiner"Test mania" debunked - now for the real work to improve testing in Ohio
Cheers and Jeers for January 26, 2015
Jeff MurrayThe good and the bad in recent Ohio education news.
Differentiated instruction vs. ability grouping: It’s time to toss out “one or the other” thinking
Jeff MurrayHow about a hybrid?
Common Core in Ohio: don’t look back
Jessica PoinerThere is no room for Sisyphus in the fight to improve Ohio schools.
International Benchmarking: State and National Education Performance Standards
Aaron ChurchillThe "Massachusetts Miracle" was more than just higher standards implemented well.
A portrait of Ohio at the cusp of a new era
Aaron ChurchillThe Buckeye State is at the cusp of an era of new emphasis in K-12 education - the college-and-career-ready era. We look at Ohio's report cards in this new light.
Getting classroom observations right
Jessica PoinerA new Education Next study has implications for Ohio's OTES teacher evaluation protocols.
Effort to repeal Common Core leaves Ohio school board member “baffled”
Worthington school board member’s testimony in support of Common Core
The problems with House Bill 597
Jessica PoinerPart Two of our analysis of the problems with the latest legislative assault on Common Core in Ohio.
Pulling an Indiana: How House Bill 597 mimics the Common Core
Jessica PoinerThink we're getting something new from HB597? Think again.
Ten things Ohio Common Core opponents don’t want you to know
Jessica PoinerAs another legislative assault on the Common Core in Ohio begins, here's a few things you might want to know.
For higher performance, use informal channels of teacher feedback
Aaron ChurchillOhio’s new teacher-evaluation system requires evaluators to conduct two, formal thirty-minute classroom observations. Yet these legally prescribed observations seem ripe for compliance and rote box-checking; in fact, they may not be quite the impetus for school-wide improvement that policymakers had hoped for.
Ohio’s high-flying public schools, in reading
Aaron ChurchillWe look for - and find - the public schools ranked in the top 10 percent on Ohio’s value-added measure for reading in each of the past four years.