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National Alliance of Black School Educators and The Education Trust recognize recent progress in public education
As states release their 2003-04 student achievement results, the early signs offer encouraging news, according to an analysis of data compiled by the Education…
The ABCs of “AYP” – Beyond any reasonable doubt: We can do this
(Washington, D.C.) As states begin to release their 2003-04 student achievement data, there is still significant confusion about the accountability provision…
Current Perkins Bills: NOT GOOD ENOUGH
As Congress considers reauthorizing federal assistance for vocational and technical education, Members need to place the interests of students front and center…
Testimony of Ross Wiener, Policy Director, The Education Trust, Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce
Thank you for this opportunity to testify regarding college graduation rates and their implications for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Since…
The Education Trust announces new web resources for Latino parents, community leaders and advocates
(Washington, D.C.) -- Today, the Education Trust extends its commitment to reach out to the largest and fastest growing minority group in the country the n…
Ross Wiener, policy director for The Education Trust, on allowing current AYP provisions to be applied retroactively
(Washington, D.C.) -- "Today, Senator Ted Kennedy and Congressman George Miller are introducing legislation to bring consistency to school accountability deci…
Empty caps and gowns: New analysis reveals deep problems in the graduation rates at four-year colleges and universities, but finds that some institutions do a much better job graduating their students than others
(Washington, D.C.) - As families and friends gather at colleges across the country to celebrate graduation, a new report released today by the Education Trust …
A dream deferred: 50 years after Brown v. Board Of Education, the struggle continues…A 50 state look at achievement, attainment and opportunity gaps
(Washington, D.C.) -- As the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision calling for an end to unequal education in our …
Testimony of Kati Haycock, Before the National Commission on Accountability in Higher Education
Since its establishment in 1991, The Education Trust has worked to improve the academic success of America’s young people ‑ especially low-income students and …
Ross Wiener, policy director of The Education Trust, before the National Conference of State Legislatures Task Force on No Child Left Behind
As all of you know, we are coming up on the 50th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board decision, which ended legalized segregation in our schools. But whe…
Testimony of Ross Wiener, Policy Director for the Education Trust, before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on “The Importance of Highly Qualified Teachers in Raising Academic Achievement”
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify before you today on the importance of the teacher quality provisions in th…
Ross Wiener, policy director of The Education Trust, on the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement of new teacher quality policies
(Washington, D.C.) -- Today, the U.S. Department of Education has taken another step backwards from its responsibility to ensure that all students in American…
Rest not our weary feet: Dr. Stephanie Robinson, principal partner of The Education Trust, on the release of the African American Achievement in America
(Washington, DC) - "While the celebration of Black history month has ended, let us not forget about the work that still remains. We must ensure that our chil…
The real value of value-added: Getting effective teachers to the students who need them most
(Washington, DC) -- Today, schools, districts and states are under increasing pressure both to raise overall student achievement and to close historic gaps sep…
Kati Haycock, director of The Education Trust, on the Harvard Civil Rights Project and Urban Institute Report on high school graduation rates
(Washington, DC) -- There's no question that high school graduation rates across the country are abysmal, and that the shocking racial disparities in graduati…
Ed Trust Statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s new No Child Left Behind Provisions Regarding Limited-English Proficient Students
(Washington, D.C.) -- Todays announcement brings more clarity and common sense to the rules regarding limited-English proficient (LEP) students and, conseque…
Kati Haycock, director of The Education Trust, on the two year anniversary of No Child Left Behind
Just two years after NCLB was signed into law, an historic shift is well underway. No longer is it good enough for schools to send some of their students off …
Getting away with it: What happens when no one’s minding the store: New state data about highly qualified teachers and graduation rates
(Washington, DC) - The Education Trust released today two new reports documenting the contradictions and inconsistencies in state-reported data for teacher q…
2003 NAEP Urban Districts Reading and Math results: What districts do matters
(Washington, D.C.) -- Results of the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Trial Urban District Assessment in Mathematics and Reading for gra…
“Don’t turn back the clock!” Over 100 African American and Latino superintendents voice their support for the Accountability Provisions in Title I (NCLB)
(Washington, D.C.) -- More than 100 African American and Latino school district superintendents from across the country today sent a letter to Congress, the W…