NEPC Review: School Segregation on School Report Cards: Who Are We Grading Anyway? (Urban Institute, September 2024) NEPC Review James Noonan December 10, 2024
NEPC Review: Reassessing ESSA Implementation: An Equity Analysis of School Accountability Systems (EdTrust, September 2024) NEPC Review Derek Gottlieb November 20, 2024
NEPC Review: Systemwide and Intervention-Specific Effects of Denver Public Schools’ Portfolio District Strategy on Individual Student Achievement (Center for Education Policy Analysis, University of Colorado Denver, September 2024) NEPC Review Robert Shand November 8, 2024
Jamaal Bowman Discusses the "More Teaching Less Testing Act of 2023" FYI Jamaal Bowman October 13, 2023
State Accountability Rating Systems: A Review of School Report Cards as Indicators of School Quality Policy Brief Gail L. Sunderman June 23, 2022
NEPC Review: Equity Elementary: “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Staff in Public Schools (Heritage Foundation, October 2021) NEPC Review Edward García Fierros January 25, 2022
NEPC Review: Florida Versus Kentucky: School Choice Improves Public School Performance, Too (Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, May 2021) NEPC Review Samuel E. Abrams and Steven J. Koutsavlis July 15, 2021
NEPC Review: Education Freedom and Student Achievement: Is More School Choice Associated with Higher State-Level Performance on the NAEP? (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, March 2021) NEPC Review T. Jameson Brewer and Joel R. Malin June 16, 2021
NEPC Review: School Accountability--Past, Present, and Future (Hoover Institution, November 2020) NEPC Review Gail L. Sunderman February 10, 2021
NEPC Review: Changes in the Performance of Students in Charter and District Sectors of U.S. Education: An Analysis of Nationwide Trends (The Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, September 2020) NEPC Review Yongmei Ni and Eunice S. Han December 4, 2020
NEPC Review: Student Assessment During COVID-19 (Center for American Progress, September 2020) NEPC Review Gene V Glass, William J. Mathis, and David C. Berliner October 30, 2020
Making Next Year Count: Equity in School Accountability (Bellwether Education Partners, Summer 2020) NEPC Review Ed Fuller October 15, 2020
NEPC Review: Charter Schools in Newark: The Effect on Student Test Scores (Manhattan Institute, January 2020) NEPC Review Mark Weber March 17, 2020
NEPC Review: Fewer Children Left Behind: Lessons From the Dramatic Achievement Gains of the 1990s and 2000s (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, October 2019) NEPC Review Jaekyung Lee November 26, 2019
NEPC Review: The Effects of Means-Tested Private School Choice Programs on College Enrollment and Graduation (Urban Institute, July 2019) NEPC Review T. Jameson Brewer October 17, 2019
NEPC Review: The Michigan Context and Performance Report Card: High Schools 2018 (Mackinac Center, January 2019) NEPC Review John T. Yun April 18, 2019
A Consumer’s Guide to Testing under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): What Can the Common Core and Other ESSA Assessments Tell Us? Resource Document Madhabi Chatterji March 5, 2019
NEPC Review: Everything You Know About State Education Rankings Is Wrong (Reason Foundation, November 2018) NEPC Review Bruce D. Baker November 27, 2018
State-Level Assessments and Teacher Evaluation Systems after the Passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Some Steps in the Right Direction Policy Brief Kevin Close, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, and Clarin Collins June 5, 2018
NEPC Review: 2018 State Teacher Policy Best Practices Guide (National Council on Teacher Quality, March 2018) NEPC Review Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Wen-Chia Chang, and Molly Cummings Carney May 24, 2018
NEPC Review: Lights Off: Practice and Impact of Closing Low-Performing Schools (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), August 2017) NEPC Review Matthew Gaertner and Ben Kirshner October 24, 2017
NEPC Review: Leveraging ESSA to Support Quality-School Growth (Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Education Cities, March 2017) NEPC Review Gail L. Sunderman June 13, 2017
School Closure as a Strategy to Remedy Low Performance Policy Brief Gail L. Sunderman, Erin Coghlan, and Rick Mintrop May 18, 2017
NEPC Review: Apples to Apples: The Definitive Look at School Test Scores in Milwaukee and Wisconsin (Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, March 2017) NEPC Review Benjamin R. Shear April 25, 2017
NEPC Review: For Good Measure? Teacher Evaluation Policy in the ESSA Era (Bellwether Education Partners, December 2016) NEPC Review Amy N. Farley February 22, 2017
NEPC Review: High Stakes for High Achievers: State Accountability in the Age of ESSA (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2016) NEPC Review Beth C. Rubin January 26, 2017
Lessons from NCLB for the Every Student Succeeds Act Policy Brief William J. Mathis and Tina Trujillo November 17, 2016
Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection Policy Brief William J. Mathis August 23, 2016
NEPC Review: Bang for the Buck: Which Public Schools in Milwaukee Produce the Best Outcome Per Dollar Spent? (Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, May 2016) NEPC Review Casey Cobb July 12, 2016
NEPC Review: SchoolGrades.org (Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, September 2015) NEPC Review Jaime Del Razo March 10, 2016
NEPC Review: Smart, Skilled, and Striving: Transforming and Elevating the Teaching Profession (Center for American Progress, November 2015) NEPC Review Elizabeth J. Meyer January 7, 2016
Review of The Effects of Test-Based Retention on Student Outcomes Over Time NEPC Review Joseph Cimpian December 3, 2015
International Test Score Comparisons and Educational Policy: A Review of the Critiques Policy Brief Martin Carnoy October 30, 2015
NAEPscuses: Making Sense of Excuse-Making from the No-Excuses Contingent Policy Memo Kevin G. Welner October 28, 2015
NEPC Review: ESEA Reauthorization: How We Can Build Upon No Child Left Behind's Progress for Students with Disabilities in a Reauthorized ESEA (Center for American Progress, April 2015) NEPC Review Edward García Fierros and Katherine Cosner June 8, 2015
NEPC Review: Dramatic Action, Dramatic Improvement: The Research on School Turnaround (Center for American Progress, March 2015) NEPC Review Tina Trujillo May 11, 2015
State Sen. Alberta Darling's Recovery District Idea is Designed to Fail Resource Document Alex Molnar April 9, 2015
Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Time to Move Beyond Test-Focused Policies Policy Memo Kevin G. Welner and William J. Mathis February 12, 2015
NEPC Review: Proposed 2015 Federal Teacher Preparation Regulations (U.S. Department of Education, December 2014) NEPC Review Kevin K. Kumashiro January 12, 2015
NEPC Review: Preparing Principals to Raise Student Achievement: Implementation and Effects of the New Leaders Program in Ten Districts (RAND Corporation, May 2014) NEPC Review Ed Fuller June 26, 2014
The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core State Standards Resource Document Kevin G. Welner March 26, 2014
Review of School Choice and School Performance in the New York City Public Schools NEPC Review Patricia Burch, Mary Stewart, and Jahni Smith November 19, 2013
School Self-Evaluation and Inspection for Improving U.S. Schools? Policy Brief Katherine E. Ryan, Tysza Gandha, and Jeehae Ahn November 12, 2013
Data-Driven Improvement and Accountability Legislative Brief Andy Hargreaves, Henry Braun, and Kathleen Gebhardt October 22, 2013
NEPC Review: National Charter School Study 2013 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), August 2013) NEPC Review Andrew Maul and Abby McClelland July 16, 2013
Consequential Validity and the Transformation of Tests from Measurement Tools to Policy Tools Resource Document Kevin G. Welner May 25, 2013
Review of Does Sorting Students Improve Test Scores? NEPC Review Carol C. Burris and Katherine E. Allison April 2, 2013
How Recent Education Reforms Undermine Local School Governance and Democratic Education Policy Brief Kenneth R. Howe and David E. Meens October 16, 2012
Review of Gathering Feedback for Teaching: Combining High-Quality Observation with Student Surveys and Achievement Gains NEPC Review Cassandra Guarino and Brian Stacy March 13, 2012
NEPC Review: On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service (January 2012) NEPC Review Steven Jay Gross February 28, 2012
Reviews Worth Sharing: Myths and Facts about Value-Added Analysis (TNTP, November 2011) Reviews Worth Sharing Matthew Di Carlo November 11, 2011
Letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Concerning Evaluation of Teachers and Principals Policy Memo Kevin G. Welner and Carol C. Burris July 30, 2011
NEPC Review: Passing Muster: Evaluating Teacher Evaluation Systems (April 2011) NEPC Review Bruce D. Baker May 18, 2011
Review of Yearning to Break Free: Ohio Superintendents Speak Out NEPC Review Catherine Horn and Gary Dworkin May 3, 2011
Due Diligence and the Evaluation of Teachers Research Brief Derek C. Briggs and Ben Domingue February 8, 2011
NEPC Review: U.S. Math Performance in Global Perspective: How Well Does Each State Do at Producing High-Achieving Students? (November 2010) NEPC Review Jeremy Kilpatrick January 11, 2011
NEPC Review: Fostering Innovation and Excellence (May 2010) NEPC Review Clive Belfield October 5, 2010
NEPC Review: College- and Career-Ready Students (May 2010) NEPC Review Diane Ravitch and William J. Mathis October 5, 2010
The "Common Core" Standards Initiative: An Effective Reform Tool? Policy Brief William J. Mathis July 21, 2010
Teach For America: A Review of the Evidence Policy Brief Julian Vasquez Heilig and Su Jin Jez June 9, 2010
Urban School Decentralization and the Growth of "Portfolio Districts" Policy Brief Kenneth Saltman June 2, 2010
NEPC Review: Has Progress Been Made in Raising Achievement for English Language Learners? (April 2010) NEPC Review Jeff MacSwan May 19, 2010
NEPC Review: Behind the Curtain: Assessing the Case for National Standards (February 2010) NEPC Review William J. Mathis April 21, 2010
NEPC Review: Fix the City Schools: Moving All Schools to Charter-Like Autonomy (March 2010) NEPC Review Katrina Bulkley April 15, 2010
NEPC Review: Stuck Schools: A Framework for Identifying Schools Where Students Need Change - Now (Education Trust, February 2010) NEPC Review Jaekyung Lee April 7, 2010
NEPC Review: Connecticut's Charter School Law and Race to the Top (ConnCAN, February 2010) NEPC Review Robert Bifulco March 10, 2010
Universal Access to a Quality Education: Research and Recommendations for the Elimination of Curricular Stratification Legislative Brief Carol C. Burris, Kevin G. Welner, and Jennifer Bezoza December 14, 2009
NEPC Review: Everyone Wins: How Charter Schools Benefit All New York City Public School Students (Manhattan Institute, October 2009) NEPC Review Patrick McEwan November 17, 2009
NEPC Review: How New York City’s Charter Schools Affect Achievement (September 2009) NEPC Review Sean Reardon November 12, 2009
The Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education, 2009 Policy Brief Gerald W. Bracey November 9, 2009
NEPC Review: Multiple Choice: Charter School Performance in 16 States (June 2009) NEPC Review Gary Miron and Brooks Applegate June 24, 2009
NEPC Review: Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration and Competition (March 2009) NEPC Review Derek C. Briggs May 27, 2009
NEPC Review: The Impact of Milwaukee Charter Schools on Student Achievement (March 2009) NEPC Review Robert Bifulco May 5, 2009
NEPC Review: When Private Schools Take Public Dollars: What’s the Place of Accountability in School Voucher Programs? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2009) NEPC Review Ernest R. House April 15, 2009
NCLB’s Ultimate Restructuring Alternatives: Do they Improve the Quality of Education? Policy Brief William J. Mathis April 8, 2009
NEPC Review: An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification: Final Report (February 2009) NEPC Review Jennifer Jennings and Sean P. Corcoran March 10, 2009
Poverty and Potential: Out-of-School Factors and School Success Policy Brief David C. Berliner March 9, 2009
NEPC Review: "Plotting School Choice" and "In Need of Improvement" (November 2008) NEPC Review Meredith P. Richards and Jennifer Jellison Holme January 27, 2009
Fellows’ Education Letters to the President Policy Brief Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Kevin G. Welner December 29, 2008
High Stakes, but Low Validity? A Case Study of Standardized Tests and Admissions into New York City Specialized High Schools Research Brief Joshua Feinman October 22, 2008
NEPC Review: Education Olympics 2008: The Games in Review (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2008) NEPC Review Edward García Fierros and Mindy L. Kornhaber October 15, 2008
NEPC Review: The Misplaced Math Student: Lost in Eighth-Grade Algebra (September 2008) NEPC Review Carol C. Burris October 14, 2008
NEPC Review: Promising Start: An Empirical Analysis of How EdChoice Vouchers Affect Ohio Public Schools (August 2008) NEPC Review Christopher Lubienski September 8, 2008
NEPC Review: High-Achieving Students in the Era of NCLB (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, June 2008) NEPC Review Gregory Camilli July 29, 2008
Strengthening the Link Between Effective School Expenditures and State Funding Mechanisms Policy Brief Anthony Rolle July 14, 2008
NEPC Review: The Effect of Special Education Vouchers on Public School Achievement: Evidence from Florida's McKay Scholarship Program (Manhattan Institute, April 2008) NEPC Review John T. Yun May 22, 2008
School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations Policy Brief David Arsen, Clive Belfield, Marisa Cannata, Wendy C. Chi, Casey Cobb, Stephanie Evergreen, Gregg Garn, Christopher Lubienski, Julie F. Mead, Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Gary Miron, Yongmei Ni, Stephanie Southworth, Jessica Urschel, and Terri S. Wilson March 20, 2008
School Choice and Segregation by Race, Class, and Achievement Policy Brief Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Martha Bottia, and Stephanie Southworth March 1, 2008
The Impact of School Choice Reforms on Student Achievement Policy Brief Gary Miron, Stephanie Evergreen, and Jessica Urschel March 1, 2008
Accountability, Rigor, and Detracking Resource Document Carol C. Burris, Edward W. Wiley, and Kevin G. Welner March 1, 2008
NEPC Review: Feeling the Florida Heat? How Low-Performing Schools Respond to Voucher and Accountability Pressure (Urban Institute, November 2007) NEPC Review Damian W. Betebenner January 15, 2008
NEPC Review: Are Private High Schools Better Academically Than Public High Schools? (October 2007) NEPC Review Jaekyung Lee December 12, 2007
'Restoring Value' to the High School Diploma: The Rhetoric and Practice of Higher Standards Policy Brief W. Norton Grubb October 20, 2007
NEPC Review: End It, Don't Mend It: What to Do with No Child Left Behind (September 2007) NEPC Review Bruce Fuller October 8, 2007
NEPC Review: Portfolios: A Backward Step in School Accountability (September 2007) NEPC Review William J. Mathis September 19, 2007
NEPC Review: Answering the Question That Matters Most: Has Student Achievement Increased Since No Child Left Behind? (June 2007) NEPC Review John T. Yun June 26, 2007
NEPC Review: State Takeover, School Restructuring, Private Management, and Student Achievement in Philadelphia (February 2007) NEPC Review Derek C. Briggs May 7, 2007
The Testing Culture and the Persistence of High Stakes Testing Reforms Resource Document Michele S. Moses and M. J. Nanna January 1, 2007
The Use of Assessment for Curricular Differentiation Resource Document Kevin G. Welner and K. Martinez January 1, 2007
Supplemental Education Services under NCLB: Emerging Evidence and Policy Issues Policy Brief Patricia Burch January 1, 2007
NEPC Review: The State of State Standards 2006 (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2006) NEPC Review Kenneth R. Howe September 11, 2006
NEPC Review: On the Public-Private School Achievement Debate (August 2006) NEPC Review Christopher Lubienski and Sarah Lubienski August 30, 2006
NEPC Review: The State of High School Education in Wisconsin: A Tale of Two Wisconsins (January 2006) NEPC Review William J. Mathis February 17, 2006
The Accuracy and Effectiveness of Adequate Yearly Progress, NCLB's School Evaluation System Policy Brief William J. Mathis January 1, 2006
Assessment, High Stakes, and Alternative Visions: Appropriate Use of the Right Tools to Leverage Improvement Policy Brief Daniel Laitsch January 1, 2006
Voices from the Classroom: A Statewide Survey of Experienced Third-Grade English Language Learner Teachers on the Impact of Lang Research Brief Daniel Choi and Wayne Wright January 1, 2005
High-Stakes Testing and Student Achievement: Problems for the No Child Left Behind Act Research Brief Sharon L. Nichols, Gene V Glass, and David C. Berliner January 1, 2005
The Impact of the Adequate Yearly Progress Requirement of the Federal "No Child Left Behind" Act on Schools in the Great Lakes Research Brief Edward W. Wiley, William J. Mathis, and David R. Garcia January 1, 2005
Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in Post Proposition 203 Arizona Research Brief Wayne Wright and Chang Pu January 1, 2005
The Inevitable Corruption of Indicators and Educators Through High-Stakes Testing Legacy Publication Sharon L. Nichols and David C. Berliner January 1, 2005
Evolution of Federal Policy and Implications of No Child Left Behind For Language Minority Students Policy Brief Wayne Wright January 1, 2005
Does the No Child Left Behind Act Improve Schools and Increase Educational Opportunity? Legacy Publication Harold Berlak January 1, 2005
Test Results Untrustworthy Legacy Publication David C. Berliner and Sharon L. Nichols January 1, 2005
The Soft Bigotry of Low Expenditures Resource Document Kevin G. Welner and D. Q. Weitzman January 1, 2005
Can Irrational Become Unconstitutional? NCLB’s 100% Presuppositions Resource Document Kevin G. Welner January 1, 2005
Closing the Gap: Enhancing Student Outcomes in an Urban Professional Development School Resource Document Janette K. Klingner, S. Ahwee, D. Van Garderen, and C. Hernandez January 1, 2004
Reform Florida Policy Brief Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, and Victoria-Maria MacDonald January 1, 2004
An Introduction to Multidimensional Measurement using Rasch Models Resource Document Derek C. Briggs and Mark Wilson January 1, 2003
Class-Size Reduction: A Fresh Look at the Data Legacy Publication Philip Smith, Alex Molnar, and John Zahorik January 1, 2003
What Happened to Recess and Why are Our Children Struggling in Kindergarten? Legacy Publication Susan Ohanian March 22, 2002
An Analysis of Some Unintended and Negative Consequences of High-Stakes Testing Research Brief David C. Berliner January 1, 2002
An Analysis of the Content and Difficulty of the CSAP 10th-Grade Mathematics Test Legacy Publication Lorrie Shepard and D. Peressini January 1, 2002
Implications for the Use of the ACT Within the Colorado Student Assessment Program Resource Document Kenneth R. Howe January 1, 2002
The Impact of High-Stakes Tests on Student Academic Performance Policy Brief David C. Berliner January 1, 2002
Tracking in an Era of Standards: Low-Expectation Classes Meet High-Expectation Laws Resource Document Kevin G. Welner January 1, 2001
A Survey of Teachers' Perspectives on High-Stakes Testing in Colorado: What Gets Taught, What Gets Lost Resource Document Grace Taylor, Lorrie Shepard, Freya Kinner, and Justin Rosenthal January 1, 2001
The Role of Classroom Assessment in Teaching and Learning Resource Document Lorrie Shepard January 1, 2001
Smaller Classes–Not Vouchers–Increase Student Achievement Legacy Publication Alex Molnar January 1, 1998
An Examination of Sustaining Effects in Descubriendo La Lectura Programs Resource Document O. Ruiz, M. Loera, Y. Rodriguez, and Kathy Escamilla January 1, 1998
Inclusion of Limited-English-Proficient Students in Rhode Island's Grade 4 Mathematics Performance Assessment Resource Document Grace Taylor and Damian W. Betebenner January 1, 1998
Measuring Achievement: What Does It Mean to Test for Robust Understanding? Resource Document Lorrie Shepard January 1, 1997
The Centrality of Test Use and Consequences for Test Validity Resource Document Lorrie Shepard January 1, 1997
Effects of Introducing Classroom Performance Assessments on Student Learning Legacy Publication R. J. Flexer, T. J. Weston, V. Mayfield, and E. H. Hiebert January 1, 1996
Parents' Thinking About Standardized Tests and Performance Legacy Publication C. L. Bliem January 1, 1995
The Place of Testing Reform in Educational Reform: A Reply to Cizek Resource Document Lorrie Shepard January 1, 1993
Commentary: What Policymakers Who Mandate Tests Should Know About the New Psychology of Intellectual Ability and Learning Resource Document Lorrie Shepard January 1, 1992
Constructing Cultural Difference and Educational Achievement in Schools Resource Document Margaret Eisenhart and M. E. Graue January 1, 1992
The Effects of High-Stakes Testing on Achievement: Preliminary Findings About Generalization Across Tests Resource Document S. B. Dunbar, D. Koretz, and Robert L. Linn January 1, 1991