by Nathan Driskell In late November, the OECD released their annual compilation of statistics on education systems around the globe: Education at a Glance 2015: OECD Indicators. Presenting over 300 individual data points on 42 countries, including the United States, the report is necessary reading for...
Cross-posted at Education Week Congress has contracted a rare case of bipartisanship in recent weeks and it now appears that the long-overdue reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is imminent. In last week's blog, I argued that states should take advantage of the new...
Cross-posted at Education Week Last week's news regarding disappointing results on the most recent administration of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) certainly made some waves. Scores decreased for both assessed grade levels in math, decreased for 8th graders in reading, and were flat in...
Cross-posted at Education Week A new report from the Council of the Great City Schools has done what seemingly nothing or no one has yet been able to do: Convince the current administration that the rampant over-testing in U.S. schools is proving harmful for the quality...
Cross-posted at Education Week An interesting story appeared on the op-ed page of the New York Times on July 22. In it, Sandeep Jauhar, a cardiologist, tells a story of accountability gone awry. It seems that a number of states got a bright idea a while...
Cross-posted at Education Week Two weeks ago, I published a blog post suggesting that some leaders of the civil rights community might want to reassess their support for annual testing in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Since then Kati Haycock and Jonah...
Cross-posted at Education Week So we now have the civil rights community accusing those who oppose annual accountability testing of deliberately undermining the civil rights of minority children. The No Child Left Behind Act required not only that students be tested each year in grades...
by Marc Tucker A little drama is playing out in the UK that might be of interest elsewhere. To provide some context, let me remind you that, in a book that topped the world’s education reform reading lists for some time, Finnish Lessons: What can...
Cross-posted at Education Week My organization is currently advising a state on a comprehensive state education reform plan based on the strategies used by those countries with the most successful education systems. At a statewide meeting a couple of weeks ago, I was asked how I...
Cross-posted at Education Week The prospects for a successful rewrite of the No Child Left Behind Act are uncertain after the House's failure to hold a floor vote last Friday. But Senate staff are busy working to achieve HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander's vision of a...