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 Critical Gaps Linger in States' Policies on Postsecondary Readiness, Says ReportStates have made progress in upgrading assessments and standards, but they aren't necessarily well aligned to each other and to high school diplomas, the study finds.Student Achievement Role-Model Program Offers Boys of Color Support, Study SaysThe Oakland, Calif., school district's effort to boost the grades and graduation rates of black male students offers a model for school districts around the country, the first independent analysis of the program concludes.
Student Achievement Opinion Whiplash: Rethinking What It Takes to Make GreatnessWhiplash portrays an over-zealous music teacher's attempts to push students to greatness. With all of the competition in the world today, how can we foster student achievement without creating emotional distress in our students?Student Achievement Boston School Board Gives Final OK to Lengthen Day at Elementary and Middle SchoolsTwo weeks after Boston teachers approved a plan to lengthen the school day by 40 minutes in elementary and middle schools, the city school board also gave its approval for the agreement that affects some 23,000 students at about 60 schools.Student Achievement Boston Teachers Approve Extending the School DayMembers of the Boston Teachers Union voted by about 4-to-1 favor of a plan to add 40 minutes a day to 60 of the district's elementary and middle schools in order to improve student achievement.Student Achievement Boston Teachers to Vote on Lengthening the School DayTeachers in Boston vote this week on a tentative agreement, reached after on-again, off-again negotiations, to add 40 minutes a day to elementary and middle schools.Student Achievement Return on Investment in Expanded Learning More Than Double for VermontFor every tax dollar the state invests in quality after-school and summer-learning programs, it gets back $2.18 in benefits, according to a report and financial analysis from the state's PreK-16 Council.Student Achievement News in Brief Calif. Districts Work Toward Mandating Ethnic StudiesEthnic-studies classes will soon become a staple in both the Los Angeles and San Francisco districts.Student Achievement Billions Lost Making Up for Summer Learning Loss, Say Business LeadersThe United States wastes $21 billion dollars a year making up for summer learning loss, according to an analysis of scores of studies by ReadyNation, a nonprofit working to strengthen the workforce by pushing policymakers to fund expanded learning programs.Student Achievement Opinion What is Learning to Students?Ever wonder how students define learning? After thinking about the idea a lot, I figured it was time to ask them. Read on to hear what they said.Student Achievement Closing the Opportunity Gap Through Expanded Learning: A How-to GuideThe Annenberg Institute for School Reform releases a blueprint for high-quality extended-learning programs, based on a study of model programs in low-income schools in six large cities.
Student Achievement Students Gained in Math, Not Reading in RAND Summer-Learning StudyStudents attending a full-day, free, summer program run by their district showed significant gains in mathematics but not in reading, according to the first report from the first longitudinal study of five large, urban school districts.Student Achievement Creative Ways to Increase Learning Time When Money Is an ObjectExpanding learning by lengthening the school day isn't always feasible; a new report profiles some California school districts that have turned to creative scheduling to give students more time to learn.Student Achievement A Snag for New York State's Extended Learning Time GrantsSeveral New York State school districts awarded state grants for extended learning time decline the funds saying they weren't given enough time to properly implement the program.
Student Achievement Census: Young Americans More Educated, Not Necessarily Better Off Than ParentsEducation, employment, and other life experiences for young adults have changed since 1980, but in very different ways in different parts of the country, new Census data show.
