Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, on the new NCES study examining the Black-White achievement gap
WASHINGTON (July 14, 2009) - Today's report from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that the hard work…
Statement from The Education Trust on the 2008 NAEP long-term trend results
WASHINGTON (April 28, 2009) According to todays release of long-term trend data from the National Assessment of Educational…
Education Watch: Tracking achievement, attainment, and opportunity in America
WASHINGTON (March 31, 2009) Last month, Congress made an unprecedented commitment to Americas public schools, passing the single…
Statement from The Education Trust on the education provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
WASHINGTON (February 5, 2009) Our nations educators and students are making important progress. Achievement is rising and the…
How It’s Being Done
In addition to a careful analysis of why Massachusetts leads the nation in academic performance, HOW It's Being Done…
No Accounting for Fairness: Equitable Education Funding
"No Accounting for Fairness" examines funding patterns in Ohio's 14 largest school systems by looking at publicly available school-level…
NO ACCOUNTING FOR FAIRNESS: Additional federal and state funds intended for Ohio’s low-income students often don’t reach the state’s highest poverty schools
In Some Schools, These Inequities Can Mean a Difference of Tens of Thousands, and Sometimes Hundreds of Thousands, of…
Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, on the release of 2007 TIMSS data
WASHINGTON (December 9, 2008) - American students do reasonably well when compared to students in the total pool of…
CORE PROBLEMS: Out-of-field teaching persists in key academic courses, especially in America’s high-poverty and high-minority schools
WASHINGTON (November 25, 2008) In Americas secondary schools, low-income students and students of color are about twice as…
Core Problems*
Learn about how out-of-field teaching persists in key academic courses in high-poverty and high-minority schools. Published: November 20, 2008…
Measures that Matter: Making college and career readiness the mission for America’s high schools
WASHINGTON (November 20, 2008) America's young people are being woefully underprepared for life after high school. While the…
Measures that Matter – Making College and Career Readiness the Mission for America’s High Schools
This report is part of a joint, ongoing effort by Achieve and The Education Trust to provide strategic and…
Four U.S. schools to be honored with The Education Trust’s Dispelling the Myth Award
WASHINGTON (November 11, 2008) - On Thursday, November 13 in Washington, D.C., The Education Trust will present the sixth…
“Counting on Graduation”: Most states are setting low expectations for the improvement of high school graduation rates
WASHINGTON (October 23, 2008) Among industrialized nations, the United States is the only country in which todays young…
Counting on Graduation*
This report shows how most state accountability systems still exhibit a surprising indifference toward improving the high school graduation…
An open letter to Senator Ted Kennedy from American educators and advocates
Dear Senator Kennedy,Nobody has fought harder for America's children than you have.For more than 40 years, you have consistently…
Joint statement on the 25th anniversary of “A Nation at Risk”
WASHINGTON (April 26, 2008) - As we mark the 25th anniversary of "A Nation at Risk," the spotlight is…
Statement from The Education Trust on NAEP 2007 writing results
WASHINGTON (April 3, 2008) -- Results from the 2007 NAEP writing assessment for grades 8 and 12, released today…
The Education Trust releases Their Fair Share Report and web tool exposing gaps in teacher quality in Texas
New Study of Texass 50 Largest School Districts Finds Significant Teacher Quality Gaps Throughout The StateReport and Accompanying Web-Based…
Their Fair Share: How Texas-Sized Gaps in Teacher Quality Shortchange Poor and Minority Students*
This follow-up study of Texas’s 50 largest school districts finds significant teacher quality and pay gaps throughout the state.…