Joint Letter from Civil Rights, Social Justice, Disability Rights, and Education Advocates Annual Assessments Are Imperative to Have Accurate Information
November 20, 2020 by EdTrust Ruth E. Ryder Deputy Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of Education, OESE 400 Maryland Ave. SW Washington D.C. 20202-6244 Download the Letter Dear Deputy Assistant Secretary Ryder, The undersigned civil rights,…
OPINION: Support Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s Push to Invest More in Literacy for Children
March 05, 2020 by Gini Pupo-Walker, Tamika H. Marshall Tennessee is widely regarded as a leader in education, but we have a reading problem. Literacy rates have stagnated and, in some cases, declined over the past decade for students…
Falling Short on the Promise of College- and Career-Ready Math Standards
April 04, 2018 by EdTrust Ed Trust’s examination of more than 1,800 classroom assignments shows only 1 in 10 middle-grades math assignments required high levels of cognitive demand WASHINGTON (April 4, 2018) — Nearly every…
Uneven at the Start: Differences in State Track Records Foreshadow Challenges and Opportunities for Common Core
July 09, 2013 by Natasha Ushomirsky In this report, EdTrust uses data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to examine how states performed and improved over the last decade—both overall and for low-income students and students of color