Student Achievement
Education news, analysis, and opinion about efforts to improve or track student performance on a large scale.
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Learning Recovery: Getting It to Work
Academic recovery is hard. See how some districts are pulling it off in this special report.
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Quality Counts 2021: Grading the States
See how the nation and the states score on this year's comprehensive report card for the nation’s schools.
Quality Counts
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Quality Counts 2021: Chance for Success
The nation progressed in recent years on key factors setting students up for success in school and later life. But COVID-19 threatens that.
Student Achievement Opinion In Your Hands Lie the Keys to Igniting Next Gen LearningIn this final post on EdWeek, Andy Calkins describes what was learned: five interdependent, closely cooperating, utterly essential dimensions of designing and carrying out next gen learning effectively.Student Achievement Opinion Next Gen Learning in Action Is on the MoveIt is with the next gen learning mindset to "embrace change" that, this week, we mark the end of two years of this blog on Education Week and transition to a new home.
Student Achievement Opinion The Deficit Lens of the 'Achievement Gap' Needs to Be Flipped. Here's HowDoes a student have a fixed or a growth mindset? That's the wrong question for us to measure, argues researcher Dave Paunesku.Student Achievement Opinion Shifting to Skill-Focused Graduation RequirementsStudents at the Workshop School in the Philadelphia district will earn credits and grades in Creative Know How, Habits of Success, and Wayfinding skills starting next year.
Student Achievement Opinion Grades Are Lousy Preparation for LifeBy analyzing how to judge job performance, instead of just striving for high grades, students may be better prepared to succeed when they get a real job.
Student Achievement Opinion Oakland's Graduate Profile: A Spotlight on What Matters MostA graduate profile can help build coherence for a school district by focusing instruction on what truly matters. To create its profile, Oakland Unified listened to students, alumni, and teachers and is now aligning resources toward the vision it sets.
Student Achievement Online Credit Recovery Fuels Higher Grad Rates, But Learning Suffers, Report FindsResearchers found a negative association between taking online courses, primarily for credit recovery, and performance on districtwide standardized tests.
Student Achievement Opinion How Might We Foster More Engaging Student-Learning Opportunities? Industry PartnershipsFor the past decade, the St. Vrain Valley school district has fostered strong partnerships between industry and education to advance learning environments, the future workforce, and its community.
Student Achievement Money Over Shakespeare: Study Shows How Childhood Socioeconomic Status Determines Wealth in AdulthoodAffluent children with low test scores have a 71 percent chance of becoming affluent adults, the study finds, while high-scoring poor children have just a 31 percent of chance of growing up to attain wealth.
Student Achievement Opinion Career Superhighway Journey MapVista Unified school district students, parents, teachers, and business leaders helped map a career-development pathway from prenatal through career for the community.
Student Achievement Opinion Using Community Ideas to Shape the Vision for a Career SuperhighwayVista Unified is using the design-thinking process with community representatives to re-envision career development in the region.
Student Achievement Opinion Street Data: A New Grammar for Educational EquityWe need to radically reimagine the mindset and methodology of working toward equity. The "street data" concept is key to the transformation.Student Achievement Opinion Boston's Innovative Approach to Reconnecting High School DropoutsThe district is reconnecting high school dropouts by focusing on life goals, academic gaps, social-emotional challenges, and personal commitments.
Student Achievement Opinion Three Powerful Examples of School Districts Using Capstones and PortfoliosColorado's guidelines for graduation offer a menu of options including performance-based demonstrations of college and career readiness such as portfolios and capstone projects.
Student Achievement Opinion The Hidden Logic of American UnderachievementWhat would it really take to disrupt the education status quo in America? Chester E. Finn Jr. and David Steiner explore.
