It’s September. School is back in session in many places. And yet, state test results from last spring are still trickling out. Colorado’s came out September 1. The District of Columbia’s results officially came out last week. California’s results came out August 24th.
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These results are too late for schools to do much with. Principals are busy running their schools...
Year: 2019
In Memoriam: Brian Bryant
Journal of Learning Disabilities, Ahead of Print. Source: Journal of learning disabilities
The concept of language in the Swedish preschool curriculum: A theoretical and empirical examination of its productions
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, Ahead of Print. Source: Early Childhood literacy
What We’re Watching: AEI Event on Education Savings Accounts by Education Next
On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, starting at 9:30 am, AEI will host an event on education savings accounts (ESAs). As the event page notes, ESAs give families almost unfettered control over the public funds allocated for their child’s education. AEI and…
Education Exchange Replay: How to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism – by Education Next
On Aug. 12, 2019, Todd Rogers, Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, sat down with Paul E. Peterson to discuss a new study that looks to curb chronic absenteeism through randomized experiments.
Rogers and Carly Robinson wrote the article “How to Tackle Student Absenteeism” for Education Next. Rogers and Avi Feller wrote the paper “Reducing...
Where Did Charter Schools Come From? by Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Next month marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the enactment of America’s first charter school law, which Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson signed on June 4, 1991. This statute birthed a sector that has become not just a source of new schools for kids who need them, but also a structural reform of public education’s governance and delivery systems. It’s as close as K–12 schooli...
Test Score Gains Predict Long-Term Outcomes, So We Shouldn’t Be Too Shy About Using Them by Education Next
Editor’s note: This post is the sixth and final entry in an ongoing discussion between Fordham’s Michael Petrilli and the University of Arkansas’s Jay Greene that seeks to answer this question: Are math and reading test results strong enough indicators of school quality that regulators can rely on them to determine which schools should be closed and which shou...
Demystifying simultaneous triliteracy development: One child’s emergent writing practices across three scripts focusing on letter recognition, directionality and name writing
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, Ahead of Print. Source: Early Childhood literacy
Online reading comprehension with Dr. Julie Coiro
Dr. Baker interviews "Dr. Julie Coiro":http://www.uri.edu/hss/education/faculty/coiro.html about the skills middle-school students need to effectively read online. Source: voice of Literacy
Regulators Need To Use Test Scores With Great Care by Jay P. Greene
Editor’s note: This post is the fifth in an ongoing discussion between Fordham’s Michael Petrilli and the University of Arkansas’s Jay Greene that seeks to answer this question: Are math and reading test results strong enough indicators of school quality that regulators can rely on them to determine which schools should be closed and which should be expanded—e...