The real value of value-added: Getting effective teachers to the students who need them most
Read more(Washington, DC) -- Today, schools, districts and states are under increasing pressure both to raise overall student achievement and…
Kati Haycock, director of The Education Trust, on the Harvard Civil Rights Project and Urban Institute Report on high school graduation rates
Read more(Washington, DC) -- There's no question that high school graduation rates across the country are abysmal, and that the…
Ed Trust Statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s new No Child Left Behind Provisions Regarding Limited-English Proficient Students
Read more(Washington, D.C.) -- Todays announcement brings more clarity and common sense to the rules regarding limited-English proficient (LEP) students…
Kati Haycock, director of The Education Trust, on the two year anniversary of No Child Left Behind
Read moreJust two years after NCLB was signed into law, an historic shift is well underway. No longer is it…
Education Watch State Reports
Read moreIn every state, our education system is doing far worse for low-income students and students of color than for…
Education Watch State Reports – 2003
Read moreAll around America, people are focusing on the gaps in educational opportunity and achievement that separate low-income students and…
Making Data Work: A Parent and Community Data Guide
Read moreThis easy-to-use guide gives parents and the public the tools to collect and analyze school data to improve student…
Guide to Help Latino Parents Improve Their Children’s Education
Read moreThis guide offers a number of suggestions for how Latino parents can get involved and be a better advocate…
Getting away with it: What happens when no one’s minding the store: New state data about highly qualified teachers and graduation rates
Read more(Washington, DC) - The Education Trust released today two new reports documenting the contradictions and inconsistencies in state-reported data…
2003 NAEP Urban Districts Reading and Math results: What districts do matters
Read more(Washington, D.C.) -- Results of the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Trial Urban District Assessment in Mathematics…
A New Core Curriculum For All: Aiming High For Other People’s Children
Read moreThis report highlights findings from several large-scale economic and education studies. It argues that educators and policymakers working to…
Telling the Whole Truth (or Not) About High School Graduation: New State Data
Read moreThis report highlights the need for states to better report their high school graduation data. Ultimately, this data should…
“Don’t turn back the clock!” Over 100 African American and Latino superintendents voice their support for the Accountability Provisions in Title I (NCLB)
Read more(Washington, D.C.) -- More than 100 African American and Latino school district superintendents from across the country today sent…
Closing the achievement gap: 2003 NAEP Reading and Math results show real results and remaining challenges gaps growing in 8th grade math in too many states
Read more(Washington, D.C.) -- Results of the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading and Mathematics assessment for grades…
State funding gaps: Students who need the most continue to get the least
Read more(Washington, DC) The Education Trust released today a new report documenting large funding gaps between high- and low-poverty…
How AYP is helping communities to close the achievement gap
Read more(Washington, DC) Today, the Education Trust released a report documenting how AYP provides important new information about academic…
No Child Left Behind Fact Sheets
Read moreThese quick easy one page fact sheets provide vital information on key provisions of NCLB. Published: October 1, 2003…
No Child Left Behind User Guide
Read moreSchool accountability systems have the potential to be a powerful tool to help close the long-standing gaps in achievement…
Kati Haycock, director of The Education Trust, honored with prestigious Harold W. Mcgraw, Jr. Prize in Education
Read moreNEW YORK, Sept. 17 (PRNewswire) -- Three educators have been selected to receive the 16th annual Harold W. McGraw,…
Letter-to-the-Editor, Los Angeles Times
Read moreLast month, most states released lists of schools that did not make Adequate Yearly Progress under the No Child…