Press Releases

2010

2009

An Early Look at the Economic Stimulus Package and the Public Schools: Perspectives from State Leaders

State Test Score Trends Through 2007–08: Has Progress Been Made in Raising Achievement for Students with Disabilities?

State High School Exit Exams: Trends in Test Programs, Alternate Pathways, and Pass Rates

How State and Federal Accountability Policies Have Influenced Curriculum and Instruction in Three States: Common Findings from Rhode Island, Illinois, and Washington

State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08: Are Achievement Gaps Closing and Is Achievement Rising for All?

State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08, Part 2: Is There a Plateau Effect in Test Scores?

Mining the Opportunities in Differentiated Accountability: Lessons Learned from the No Child Left Behind Pilots in Four States

Pennsylvania Shows Broad, Consistent Improvement in Test Scores: Only State with Rising Test Scores Across the Board

Lessons From The Classroom Level: Federal and State Accountability in Washington State

State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08, Part 2: Is There a Plateau Effect in Test Scores?

Press Conference on Student Achievement Report

Conflicting State Policies on High School Graduation Lead to Teacher and Student Confusion in Arizona

States Use Increased Flexibility Under NCLB Law To Refine Assistance to Low-Performing Schools

Rethinking the Federal Role in Elementary and Secondary Education

2008

Lessons From The Classroom Level: Federal and State Accountability in Illinois

Lessons From The Classroom Level: Federal and State Accountability in Rhode Island

Number of Schools in Restructuring under No Child Left Behind Increases by More than Half in 2007-08; Many Schools Stay on List

State High School Exit Exams: Moving Toward End-of-Course Exams

Has Student Achievement Increased Since 2002? State Test Score Trends Through 2006–07

Many States Have Taken a "Backloaded" Approach to No Child Left Behind Goal of All Students Scoring "Proficient"

The Sit Down Dinner: Formalizing Restructuring Under the No Child Left Behind Act in Michigan

Instructional Time in Elementary Schools: A Closer Look at Changes for Specific Subjects

Managing More Than a Thousand Remodeling Projects: School Restructuring in California

2007

Making Mid-Course Corrections: School Restructuring in Maryland

Report Highlights Challenges for English Language Learners On Arizona's High School Exit Exams

Reading First: Locally Appreciated, Nationally Troubled

Are Private High Schools Better Academically Than Public High Schools?

State High School Exit Exams: Working to Raise Test Scores

Reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965: Recommendations from the Center on Education Policy

Implementing the No Child Left Behind Teacher Requirements (August 22, 2007)

Title I Funds -- Who's Gaining, Who's Losing: School Year 2007-08 Update (August 15, 2007)

Choices, Changes, and Challenges: Curriculum and Instruction in the NCLB Era (July 24, 2007)

Moving Beyond Identification: Assisting Schools in Improvement (July 11, 2007)

Answering the Question That Matters Most: Has Student Achievement Increased Since No Child Left Behind? (May 31, 2007)

Educational Architects: Do State Education Agencies Have the Tools Necessary to Implement NCLB? (May 9, 2007)

What Now? Lessons from Michigan About Restructuring Schools and Next Steps Under NCLB (March 2007)

State Implementation of Supplemental Educational Services under the No Child Left Behind Act (March 2007)

"It's Different Now": How Exit Exams Are Affecting Teaching and Learning in Jackson and Austin (March 2007)

Principles for Reauthorizing the Teacher Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act and the Higher Education Act (February 01, 2007)

Why We Still Need Public Schools: Public Education for the Common Good (January 2007)

No Child Left Behind at Five: A Review of Changes to State Accountability Plans (January 2007)

2006

Keeping Watch on Reading First (September 20, 2006)

Building on State Reform: Maryland School Restructuring (September 20, 2006)

Title I Funds – Who's Gaining and Who's Losing (August 2006)

State High School Exit Exams: A Challenging Year (August 11, 2006)

From the Capital to the Classroom: Year 4 of the No Child Left Behind Act (March 24, 2006)

Wrestling the Devil in the Details: An Early Look at Restructuring in California (February 2006)

A Shell Game: Federal Funds to Improve Schools (February 2006)

2005

States Test Limits of Federal AYP Flexibility (November 2005)

Do You Know … The Latest Good News About American Education? (August 2005)

Title I Funds: Who's Gaining and Who's Losing: School Year 2005-06 Update (July 2005)

How Have High School Exit Exams Changed Our Schools: Some Perspectives from Virginia and Maryland (June 9, 2005)

From the Capital to the Classroom: Year 3 of the No Child Left Behind Act (March 2005)

2004

Makeovers, Facelifts, or Reconstructive Surgery: An Early Look At NCLB School Restructuring In Michigan (November 2004)

State High School Exit Exams: A Maturing Reform (August 2004)

Title I Funds: Who's Gaining, Who's Losing, and Why (June 2004)

2003

Implementing the No Child Left Behind Act: A First Look Inside 15 School Districts in 2002-03 (October 2003)

State High School Exit Exams: Put to the Test (August 13, 2003)

From the Capital to the Classroom: State and Federal Efforts to Implement the No Child Left Behind Act (January 2003)