Student achievement
Today’s children, especially those from poor families, face multiple challenges to getting the education they need to succeed in life. These challenges reinforce existing inequalities in living standards, making it quite difficult for disadvantaged students to break out of the cycle of poverty. Education is one of the core areas of focus for EPI, which has produced a large body of research on the factors that make schools successful, support teachers in their work, and ensure a well-rounded and adequate education for every child. In partnership with the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education Campaign, EPI recommends a new national education policy that would take a more comprehensive measure of student performance.
All work on this topic
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What do international tests really show about U.S. student performance?
January 28, 2013 | | Report
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International tests show achievement gaps in all countries, with big gains for U.S. disadvantaged students
January 15, 2013 | | Blog
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What we read today
January 10, 2013 | Blog
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Michelle Rhee gets a failing grade on her report card
January 9, 2013 | | Blog
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What we read today
January 8, 2013 | Blog
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California’s governor refuses to add more speedometers to a broken education vehicle
October 14, 2011 | | Blog
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Test score gaps refuse to budge, plead poverty
October 14, 2011 | | Blog
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Congress aims for “continuous improvement” from students
October 11, 2011 | | Blog
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Congress can make students improve, and improve, and improve, and improve, and…
October 11, 2011 | | Commentary
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Fact-challenged policy
March 8, 2011 | | Report
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Diane Ravitch responds
May 28, 2010 | | Commentary
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Let’s do the numbers: Department of Education’s “Race to the Top” Program Offers Only a Muddled Path to the Finish Line
April 20, 2010 | | Report
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Obama education policies: a lot like Bush policies
March 30, 2010 | Commentary
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A blueprint that needs more work
March 27, 2010 | | Report
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Is education on the wrong track?
March 24, 2010 | | Commentary
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What went wrong with No Child Left Behind?
March 18, 2010 | | Commentary
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Moment of Clarity
March 16, 2010 | | Commentary
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How the jobs crisis creates an education crisis
January 4, 2010 | | Commentary
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Many children left behind
December 16, 2009 | | Economic snapshot
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A new way to pay teachers
October 28, 2009 | | Commentary
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Most black children grow up in neighborhoods with significant poverty
October 7, 2009 | | Economic snapshot
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Replacing No Child Left Behind
August 13, 2009 | | Commentary
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College graduates: supply and demand
July 21, 2009 | | Commentary
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Beyond standardized tests
July 6, 2009 | | Commentary
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Narrowing the Achievement Gap for Low-Income Children: A 19-Year Life Cycle Approach
November 10, 2008 | | Book
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Education Week’s graduation rate estimates are ‘‘exceedingly inaccurate,’’ experts say
June 4, 2008 | | Commentary
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The Corruption of School Accountability
June 2, 2008 | | Commentary
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Report distorted the debate
April 18, 2008 | | Commentary
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Whose Problem Is Poverty?
April 17, 2008 | | Commentary
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‘A Nation at Risk’ Twenty-Five Years Later
April 7, 2008 | | Commentary
