The Funding Gap 2006
This 2006 report documents the fact that poorer states receive less in education funding, while poorer districts within states…
Funding Gap 2005: Most states shortchange poor and minority students
(Washington, DC) - Most states significantly shortchange poor and minority children when it comes to funding the schools they…
Statement from The Education Trust on NAEP Trial Urban District assessment results
Results released today from the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Trial Urban District Assessment offer a mix…
The Funding Gap Report 2005
The 2005 Funding Gap report documents the fact that, in most states, school districts attended by poor and minority…
Winter Parent and Community Newsletter
This parent/community newsletter keeps parents informed and engaged in the education of their children. Published: December 1, 2005 …
Getting the job done: How some high schools are boosting student achievement
(Washington, DC) - The Education Trust will release two reports today that highlight the practices of high schools that…
Statement from The Education Trust on U.S. Department of Education’s announcement of a growth-model pilot program
As we work toward getting all of our children to high standards, we need to learn more about which…
Five schools honored at the the Annual Education Trust Dispelling the Myth Award ceremony
(Washington, DC) - The Education Trust today will honor five schools from around the country that have made extraordinary…
The Power to Change: High Schools that Help All Students Achieve
This report chronicles the stories of three very different high schools that are getting strong results for minority students…
Gaining Traction, Gaining Ground: How Some High Schools Accelerate Learning for Struggling Students
This report is the result of a careful, on-the-ground study into the practices of public high schools that serve…
Closing the achievement gap: 2005 NAEP Reading and Math results show some gains, but slowing progress
(Washington, D.C.) - Public school results for the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released today by the…
Statement from The Education Trust on the National Governors Association’s “Graduation Counts: A Compact on State High School Graduation Data”
(Washington, DC) The Education Trust applauds the governors across the country who today pledged to develop more accurate…
Getting Honest About Grad Rates: Too many states hide behind false data
(Washington, DC) - The Education Trust released a report today that sharply criticizes the way states calculate and report…
2004 NAEP Long-Term Assessment shows tremendous gains at the elementary level and highlights remaining challenges at the secondary level
(Washington, D.C.) - Today's results from the 2004 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) long-term trend assessment offer tremendously…
Summer Parent and Community Newsletter
This parent/community newsletter keeps parents informed and engaged in the education of their children. Published: June 1, 2005 …
Statement from The Education Trust: Utah must confront inequities in public education
Last year less than 60 percent of elementary-school American Indian and Latino students in Utah passed year-end standardized tests…
Ross Wiener, policy director of The Education Trust, on the report by National Conference of State Legislatures
The National Conference of State Legislatures' Task Force on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) emerged today to urge an…
On Course for Success: A close look at selected high school courses that prepare all students for college
(Iowa City, IA) -- High schools that provide all students with high-level courses, qualified teachers, flexible teaching styles, and…
Statement from The Education Trust on Armstrong Williams incident
(Washington, DC) The U.S. Department of Education's (USDOE) decision to pay a journalist to hype the No Child…
Stalled in Secondary
This report provides readers with data that shows three years after the enactment of the No Child Left Behind…