Standards, Testing, and Accountability
State and Local NAEP Declines Were More Universal Than Commonly Reported
(with a caution on the hazards of misinterpreting “statistical significance”)
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Education Advice for Incoming Governors
Ask questions. Everyone is incentivized to tell you things are going swimmingly.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Teachers Should Replace “the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations” with “the Suspension of Disbelief”
A little irrational optimism is a good thing for students.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
NAEP Needs to Be Kept at Arm’s Length From Politics
It’s easier than you’d think for something as valuable as the national assessment to get sucked into today’s all-consuming political maw
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
A Closer Look at Test-Score Declines: What a Leading Education Researcher Finds Surprising
An expert puts the new NAEP numbers in context
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Catholic Schools Are a Rare Bright Spot in Nation’s Report Card 2022 Data
Charter schools look more like traditional public schools, with test-score declines
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Nation’s Report Card Shows Steep Declines in Student Learning
Students lost more ground where remote instruction was more common, but that’s only part of the story.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
What We’re Watching: 2022 NAEP Long-Term Trend Release
A first glance at learning during Covid-19
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Does Charter “Accountability” Erode Charter Leader Diversity?
Default closure laws have a cost.
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State teacher-license prep materials peddle a debunked theory
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Threats to quality and innovation outweigh benefit of increased access.
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