August 6, 2008  All but seven states and the District of Columbia formally evaluate teachers for their performance in the classroom. Although such evaluations occur on a periodic basis, some states require that they occur more frequently than others.

July 30, 2008  An EPE Research Center analysis of data from the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress shows that few students are reaching the highest levels of achievement in math and science.

July 23, 2008  In Quality Counts 2008, the EPE Research Center found that most states supplement their academic content standards by providing teachers in core academic subjects with resources or guides to help them implement those standards.

July 16, 2008  Only 20 states have enacted policies to help pregnant or parenting students, a population considered to be at-risk of dropping out of school.

July 9, 2008  In Quality Counts 2008, the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center found that a majority of states provide supplementary resources or guides to support state academic standards for teachers of special needs students, yet fewer than half of the states in the country provide teachers of gifted and talented students with supplementary resources.