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…
Kati Haycock, director of The Education Trust, on the President’s Economic Summit
I'm an educator, not an economist. But whether you are focused on the health of our economy or the…
States are moving in the right direction in narrowing achievement gaps and raising achievement for all students, but not fast enough
(Washington, DC) Student achievement in reading and math is rising in the elementary grades in most states, and…
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…
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…
“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…
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
(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
(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
(Washington, DC) Today, the Education Trust released a report documenting how AYP provides important new information about academic…
Kati Haycock, director of The Education Trust, on fully funding No Child Left Behind: Do what’s right for students
(Washington, DC) - "When the President signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law in 2002, there was…
The unfinished business of Brown v. Board of Education
(Washington, DC) On the eve of the 49th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision…
Implementing NCLB in California: One step forward, three steps back? Confusion about the new law threatens advances for students
(Oakland, CA) - The California State Board of Education rightly decided last week to hold steadfast to our states…
Add It Up: Mathematics in the U.S. does not compute
(Washington, DC) - A report released today by The Education Trust marshals findings from several large-scale studies of mathematics…
Education Trust Report — They Can and They Do: Low-Income Students and High Academic Achievement
(Washington, D.C.) - Two documents released today by The Education Trust make it clear that the achievement gap that separates…
NAEP Reading Results for the States: Picture for Children of Color Has Dimmed
(Washington, D.C.) - The achievement gap between African American and White students grew in 16 states between 1992 and…
NAEP Reading Results Show Achievement Gap Persists: Hispanic-White Gap Grows for 4th Graders, 1992-98
(Washington, D.C.) - Results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading assessment for grades 4, 8 and 12,…
Education Trust Releases Bi-Annual State and National Data Book on Educational Quality and Equity in the U.S. — Key to Closing the Achievement Gap Lies in Common Sense Solutions and the Will to Make it Happen
(Washington, D.C) - In releasing Education Watch: The Education Trust 1998 State and National Data Book, Kati Haycock, Director…