Publications: Elementary and Secondary Education Act

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NEPC Review: Reassessing ESSA Implementation: An Equity Analysis of School Accountability Systems (EdTrust, September 2024)

NEPC Review

Derek Gottlieb

November 20, 2024

Jamaal Bowman Discusses the "More Teaching Less Testing Act of 2023"

FYI

Jamaal Bowman

October 13, 2023

Educational Accountability 3.0: Beyond ESSA

Resource Document

May 1, 2023

A Civil Rights Framework for the Reauthorization of ESEA

Policy Brief

Elizabeth DeBray, Kara Finnigan, Janel George, and Janelle T. Scott

October 11, 2022

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: 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

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

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: Tackling Gaps in Access to Strong Teachers: What State Leaders Can Do (The Education Trust, October 2017)

NEPC Review

Doris A. Santoro

November 28, 2017

A Continuous Improvement Approach to Indicator Development

FYI

William R. Penuel, Michelle Renée Valladares, and Elizabeth J. Meyer

July 19, 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

Community Schools: An Evidence-Based Strategy for Equitable School Improvement

Policy Brief

Jeannie Oakes, Anna Maier, and Julia Daniel

June 5, 2017

Examples of Indicators Focused on Equity, Quality, and Climate

FYI

William R. Penuel, Elizabeth J. Meyer, and Michelle Renée Valladares

February 1, 2017

Making the Most of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) – Helping States Focus on School Equity, Quality and Climate

FYI

William R. Penuel, Elizabeth J. Meyer, and Michelle Renée Valladares

January 4, 2017

Lessons from NCLB for the Every Student Succeeds Act

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis and Tina Trujillo

November 17, 2016

Making the Most of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) – Helping States Focus on School Equity, Quality and Climate

Policy Memo

William R. Penuel, Elizabeth J. Meyer, and Michelle Renée Valladares

November 15, 2016

Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis

August 23, 2016

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

Review of The Lessons of No Child Left Behind

NEPC Review

Bruce Fuller

August 27, 2013

Democratic School Turnarounds: Pursuing Equity and Learning from Evidence

Legislative Brief

Tina Trujillo, Michelle Renée Valladares, and Tara Kini

October 1, 2012

NEPC Review: Do High Flyers Maintain Their Altitude? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2011)

NEPC Review

Jaekyung Lee

October 13, 2011

NEPC Review: 2010 State School Report Card (October 2010)

NEPC Review

Edward García Fierros and Bridget Rooney

December 14, 2010

Introduction: Assessing the Research Base for A Blueprint for Reform

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis and Kevin G. Welner

October 5, 2010

NCLB’s Ultimate Restructuring Alternatives: Do they Improve the Quality of Education?

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis

April 8, 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

NEPC Review: High-Achieving Students in the Era of NCLB (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, June 2008)

NEPC Review

Gregory Camilli

July 29, 2008

The Overselling of Growth Modeling

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

June 1, 2008

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: 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

Supplemental Education Services under NCLB: Emerging Evidence and Policy Issues

Policy Brief

Patricia Burch

January 1, 2007

The Accuracy and Effectiveness of Adequate Yearly Progress, NCLB's School Evaluation System

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis

January 1, 2006

Ending the Blame Game on Educational Inequity: A Study of "High Flying" Schools and NCLB

Research Brief

Douglas N. Harris

January 1, 2006

Bush Education Law Shows Mixed Results in First Test

Resource Document

October 20, 2005

Can Irrational Become Unconstitutional? NCLB's 100% Presuppositions

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

August 1, 2005

Failing Our Children: How "No Child Left Behind" Undermines Quality and Equity in Education

Resource Document

May 1, 2005

Study Finds Shortcoming in New Law on Education

Resource Document

April 13, 2005

From the Capital to the Classroom: Year Three of the No Child Left Behind Act

Resource Document

March 1, 2005

Can Irrational Become Unconstitutional? NCLB’s 100% Presuppositions

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

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

No Child Left Behind: Where Does the Money Go?

Policy Brief

Gerald W. Bracey

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

The Soft Bigotry of Low Expenditures

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner and D. Q. Weitzman

January 1, 2005

Good Schools or Bad? Ratings Baffle Parents

Resource Document

September 3, 2004

Failing our Children: How "No Child Left Behind" Undermines Quality and Equity in Education

Resource Document

May 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

Two Very Different Questions

Legacy Publication

William J. Mathis

January 1, 2004

"No Child Left Behind" After Two Years: A Track Record of Failure

Resource Document

January 1, 2004

Bush Flunks Schools

Resource Document

November 13, 2003

Inside the No Child Left Behind Law

Resource Document

January 28, 2003

The "No Child Left Behind Act" and Teaching Reading

Legacy Publication

Harold Berlak

January 1, 2003

Excellence Fails to Impress Feds

Legacy Publication

Kevin G. Welner and Jonathan Dings

January 1, 2003

Researchers: Education Reforms Flawed

Resource Document

March 16, 2002

Student Privacy Protection Included in Education Bill

Resource Document

December 20, 2001

The Bush Education Agenda: Tested for Failure

Legacy Publication

Harold Berlak

January 1, 2001

Yes, President Bush, Johnny's Test Scores May Be Up, But Can He Read?

Legacy Publication

Harold Berlak

January 1, 2001

A Lesson Plan for the Schools With Little Learning Behind It

Legacy Publication

Gerald W. Bracey

January 1, 2001

Business Community Views on Reform of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Hearing before the Committee on Education and

Resource Document

July 1, 1999