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.
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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 What the Research Says One Way to Accelerate Student Learning? Set More Challenging GoalsA learning acceleration model helped students perform on grade level after being years behind, study finds
Student Achievement What Two New Studies Reveal About Learning RecoveryEffective programs require putting "a lot of effort into implementation," said one researcher.
Student Achievement The Sibling Effect: How Retaining Struggling Readers Impacts Brothers and SistersA 2002 Florida law that requires struggling readers to repeat a grade also affected their siblings, a study finds.
Student Achievement Opinion Here's Why You Should Stop Using the Term 'Learning Acceleration'Among other reasons, it puts a renewed emphasis on standardized-test scores.
Student Achievement A New Bill Would Pay Student-Teachers to Work as TutorsThe bill is part of a major push for tutoring as an academic recovery strategy as the extent of students' academic slide becomes clear.
Student Achievement Opinion Educational Strategies and Student Outcomes Are Not in Sync. What You Need to KnowTeachers and school leaders are focused on different tasks, and none is tied to student results.
Student Achievement Opinion 4 Ways to Make Summer and After-School Learning EffectiveHigh-quality expanded learning programs can reverse students' disengagement and fill in missing skills.
Student Achievement Students Aren’t Rebounding From the Academic Effects of the PandemicIn many cases, gaps are widening, according to new data from assessment provider NWEA.
Student Achievement Summer Schools Can Boost Learning, But Only If Students AttendA new study finds Tennessee, like many states, has struggles with summer school absenteeism.
Student Achievement Opinion So What Is High-Dosage Tutoring Anyway?Most tutoring is focused on mastering traditional content, but the experience can also invite many more possibilities.
Student Achievement Opinion High-Dosage Tutoring Isn't a Silver BulletTo promote the success of all students, look at key systems and practices, write a nonprofit leader and a researcher.
Student Achievement Reading and Math Achievement Is Getting Worse, Nation's Report Card ShowsGaps between the highest- and lowest-performing students and white and Black students are widening.
Student Achievement This School Bet on High-Dosage Tutoring. It’s WorkingHere's how the school, which drew on student input to shape its program, solved thorny issues like class size and scheduling.
Student Achievement Does Performance-Based Teacher Pay Work? Here’s What the Research SaysA performance-pay overhaul in one of the country's 10 largest districts offers a test for lessons learned from decades of experimentation.
Student Achievement In Their Own Words This Superintendent Raised Grad Rates in His Rural, High Poverty District. Here’s HowMario Willis grew up in the Mississippi Delta community where he's now the schools chief.
