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Press Releases
States’ Perspectives on Waivers: Relief from NCLB, Concern about Long-term Solutions
Published: March 4, 2013
Press Release
(pdf, 87615 bytes)
State High School Exit Exams: A Policy in Transition
Published: September 19, 2012
Press Release
(pdf, 124490 bytes)
What Impact Did Education Stimulus Funds Have on States and School Districts?
Published: July 18, 2012
Press Release
(pdf, 244529 bytes)
Special Reports on School Improvement Grants
Published: July 11, 2012
Press Release
(pdf, 274426 bytes)
Student Motivation: An Overlooked Piece of School Reform
Published: May 22, 2012
Press Release
(pdf, 42259 bytes)
Maria Ferguson Becomes CEP's Executive Director
Published: May 3, 2012
Press Release
(pdf, 234878 bytes)
Opportunities and Obstacles: Implementing Stimulus-Funded School Improvement Grants in Maryland, Michigan, and Idaho
Published: March 20, 2012
Press Release
(pdf, 298724 bytes)
State Implementation and Perceptions of Title I School Improvement Grants under the Recovery Act: One Year Later
Published: March 20, 2012
Press Release
(pdf, 298724 bytes)
After the Stimulus Money Ends: The Status of State K-12 Education Funding and Reforms
Published: February 7, 2012
Press Release
(pdf, 20369 bytes)
State Education Agency Funding and Staffing in the Education Reform Era
Published: February 7, 2012
Press Release
(pdf, 20368 bytes)
Reflections on a Half-Century of School Reform: Why Have We Fallen Short and Where Do We Go From Here?
Published: January 27, 2012
Press Release
(pdf, 50534 bytes)
The Evolution of the Center on Education Policy: From An Idea To A Major Influence
Published: January 27, 2012
Press Release
(pdf, 50534 bytes)
Year Two of Implementing the Common Core State Standards: States' Progress and Challenges
Published: January 25, 2012
Press Release
(pdf, 27595 bytes)
AYP Results for 2010-11
Published: December 15, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 114114 bytes)
State High School Tests: Changes in State Policies and the Impact of the College and Career Readiness Movement
Published: December 8, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 165283 bytes)
Federal Efforts to Improve the Lowest-Performing Schools: District Views on School Improvement Grants
Published: November 3, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 80501 bytes)
State Test Score Trends Through 2008-09, Part 5: Progress Lags in High School, Especially for Advanced Achievers
Published: October 5, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 163219 bytes)
Common Core State Standards: Progress and Challenges in School Districts' Implementation
Published: September 14, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 97921 bytes)
State Test Score Trends Through 2008-09, Part 4: Is Achievement Improving and Are Gaps Narrowing for Title I Students?
Published: August 9, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 92751 bytes)
Keeping Informed about School Vouchers: A Review of Major Developments and Research
Published: July 27, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 107277 bytes)
Strained Schools Face Bleak Future: Districts Foresee Budget Cuts, Teacher Layoffs, and a Slowing of Education Reform Efforts
Published: June 29, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 155942 bytes)
CEP President Elected to National Academy
Published: May 31, 2011
Article
(pdf, 26270 bytes)
Update with 2009-10 Data and Five-Year Trends: How Many Schools Have Not Made Adequate Yearly Progress?
Published: April 28, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 113839 bytes)
State Test Score Trends Through 2008-09, Part 3: Student Achievement at 8th Grade
Published: April 5, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 19286 bytes)
Changing Tires En Route: Michigan Rolls Out Millions in School Improvement Grants
Published: February 23, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 20989 bytes)
Early State Implementation of Title I School Improvement Grants Under the Recovery Act
Published: February 23, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 20984 bytes)
More To Do, But Less Capacity To Do It: States' Progress In Implementing the Recovery Act Education Reforms
Published: February 17, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 23560 bytes)
States’ Progress and Challenges in Implementing Common Core State Standards
Published: January 6, 2011
Press Release
(pdf, 23494 bytes)
State Test Score Trends through 2008-09, Part 2: Slow and Uneven Progress in Narrowing Gaps
Published: December 14, 2010
Press Release
(pdf, 128302 bytes)
How Many Schools and Districts Have Not Made Adequate Yearly Progress? Four-Year Trends
Published: December 13, 2010
Media Advisory
(pdf, 142866 bytes)
State Test Score Trends Through 2008-09, Part 1: Rising Scores on State Tests and NAEP
Published: September 15, 2010
Press Release
(pdf, 20686 bytes)
School Districts’ Perspectives on the Economic Stimulus Package: School Improvement Grants Present Uncertainty and Opportunity
Published: August 30, 2010
Media Advisory
(pdf, 15498 bytes)
School Districts’ Perspectives on the Economic Stimulus Package: Teaching Jobs Saved in 2009-10 But Teacher Layoffs Loom for Next School Year
Published: July 15, 2010
Press Release
(pdf, 14927 bytes)
A Call to Action to Raise Achievement for African American Students
Published: June 30, 2010
Press Release
(pdf, 99775 bytes)
Improving Achievement for the Growing Latino Population Is Critical to the Nation’s Future
Published: June 30, 2010
Press Release
(pdf, 143522 bytes)
Policy Implications of Trends for Asian American Students
Published: June 30, 2010
Press Release
(pdf, 97231 bytes)
State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08, Part 6: Has Progress Been Made in Raising Achievement for English Language Learners?
Published: April 7, 2010
Press Release
(pdf, 18603 bytes)
State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08, Part 5: Are There Differences in Achievement Between Boys and Girls?
Published: March 17, 2010
Press Release
(pdf, 179999 bytes)
Better Federal Policies Leading to Better Schools
Published: February 18, 2010
News Release
(pdf, 18745 bytes)
An Early Look at the Economic Stimulus Package and the Public Schools: Perspectives from State Leaders
Published: December 2, 2009
Press Release
(pdf, 22485 bytes)
State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08, Part 4: Has Progress Been Made in Raising Achievement for Students with Disabilities?
Published: November 16, 2009
Press Release
(pdf, 20853 bytes)
State High School Exit Exams 2009 Annual Report: Trends in Test Programs, Alternate Pathways, and Pass Rates
Published: November 5, 2009
Press Release
(pdf, 24088 bytes)
How State and Federal Accountability Policies Have Influenced Curriculum and Instruction in Three States: Common Findings from Rhode Island, Illinois, and Washington
Published: October 6, 2009
Press Release
(pdf, 11852 bytes)
State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08, Part 3: Are Achievement Gaps Closing and Is Achievement Rising for All?
Published: October 1, 2009
Press Release
(pdf, 27334 bytes)
Mining the Opportunities in Differentiated Accountability: Lessons Learned from the No Child Left Behind Pilots in Four States
Published: September 3, 2009
Press Release
(pdf, 23902 bytes)
CEP on Pennsylvania Test Results
Published: August 19, 2009
Press Release
(pdf, 20199 bytes)
Lessons From The Classroom Level: Federal and State Accountability in Washington State
Published: July 28, 2009
Press Release
(pdf, 22373 bytes)
State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08, Part 2: Is There a Plateau Effect in Test Scores?
Published: July 21, 2009
Media Advisory
(pdf, 25061 bytes)
State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08, Part 1: Is the Emphasis on Proficiency Shortchanging Higher- and Lower-Achieving Students
Published: June 17, 2009
Press Release
(pdf, 28733 bytes)
Conflicts Between State Policy and School Practice: Learning from Arizona’s Experience with High School Exam Policies
Published: April 7, 2009
Press Release
(pdf, 20130 bytes)
Lessons From The Classroom Level: Federal and State Accountability in Illinois
Published: December 22, 2008
Press Release
(pdf, 22892 bytes)
Lessons From The Classroom Level: Federal and State Accountability in Rhode Island
Published: November 25, 2008
Press Release
(pdf, 21557 bytes)
A Call to Restructure Restructuring: Lessons from the No Child Left Behind Act in Five States
Published: September 23, 2008
Press Release
(pdf, 24952 bytes)
State High School Exit Exams 2008 Annual Report: Moving Toward End-of-Course Exams
Published: August 13, 2008
Press Release
(pdf, 45851 bytes)
Has Student Achievement Increased Since 2002? State Test Score Trends Through 2006–07
Published: June 24, 2008
Press Release
(pdf, 70240 bytes)
Many States Have Taken a "Backloaded" Approach to No Child Left Behind Goal of All Students Scoring "Proficient"
Published: May 19, 2008
Press Release
(pdf, 42211 bytes)
The Sit Down Dinner: Formalizing Restructuring Under the No Child Left Behind Act in Michigan
Published: April 22, 2008
Press Release
(pdf, 105787 bytes)
NCLB Year 5: Instructional Time in Elementary Schools: A Closer Look at Changes for Specific Subjects
Published: February 20, 2008
Press Release
(pdf, 128138 bytes)
Managing More Than a Thousand Remodeling Projects: School Restructuring in California
Published: February 7, 2008
Press Release
(pdf, 141173 bytes)
Making Mid-Course Corrections: School Restructuring in Maryland
Published: December 5, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 48236 bytes)
Caught in the Middle: Arizona's English Language Learners and the High School Exit Exam
Published: November 13, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 54464 bytes)
NCLB Year 5: Reading First: Locally Appreciated, Nationally Troubled
Published: October 31, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 45493 bytes)
Are Private High Schools Better Academically Than Public High Schools?
Published: October 10, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 126840 bytes)
State High School Exit Exams 2007 Annual Report: Working to Raise Test Scores
Published: September 6, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 141034 bytes)
Reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965: Recommendations from the Center on Education Policy
Published: August 28, 2007
Media Advisory
(pdf, 69895 bytes)
NCLB Year 5: Implementing the No Child Left Behind Teacher Requirements
Published: August 22, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 50455 bytes)
Title I Funds - Who's Gaining, Who's Losing: School Year 2007-08 Update
Published: August 15, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 110526 bytes)
NCLB Year 5: Choices, Changes, and Challenges: Curriculum and Instruction in the NCLB Era
Published: July 24, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 44883 bytes)
NCLB Year 5: Moving Beyond Identification: Assisting Schools in Improvement
Published: July 11, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 141763 bytes)
Answering the Question That Matters Most: Has Student Achievement Increased Since No Child Left Behind?
Published: May 31, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 51667 bytes)
Press Invitation
(docx, 12367 bytes)
"It's Different Now": How Exit Exams Are Affecting Teaching and Learning in Jackson and Austin
Published: March 1, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 34123 bytes)
Beyond the Mountains: An Early Look at Restructuring Results in California
Published: March 1, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 139640 bytes)
NCLB Year 5: State Implementation of Supplemental Educational Services under the No Child Left Behind Act
Published: March 1, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 104885 bytes)
What Now? Lessons from Michigan About Restructuring Schools and Next Steps Under NCLB
Published: March 1, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 47921 bytes)
Principles for Reauthorizing the Teacher Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act and the Higher Education Act
Published: February 1, 2007
Media Advisory
(pdf, 26029 bytes)
No Child Left Behind at Five: A Review of Changes to State Accountability Plans
Published: January 1, 2007
Press Release
(pdf, 20122 bytes)
Why We Still Need Public Schools: Public Education for the Common Good
Published: January 1, 2007
Media Advisory
(pdf, 102676 bytes)
Keeping Watch on Reading First
Published: September 30, 2006
Press Release
(pdf, 125286 bytes)
Building on State Reform: Maryland School Restructuring
Published: September 20, 2006
Press Release
(pdf, 103578 bytes)
State High School Exit Exams 2006 Annual Report: A Challenging Year
Published: August 1, 2006
Press Release
(pdf, 128154 bytes)
Title I Funds - Who's Gaining and Who’s Losing: School Year 2006-07 Update
Published: August 1, 2006
Press Release
(pdf, 128809 bytes)
From the Capital to the Classroom: Year 4 of the No Child Left Behind Act
Published: March 24, 2006
Press Release for Report
(pdf, 29236 bytes)
A Shell Game: Federal Funds to Improve Schools
Published: February 1, 2006
Press Release
(pdf, 27318 bytes)
Wrestling the Devil in the Details: An Early Look at Restructuring in California
Published: February 1, 2006
Press Release
(pdf, 17411 bytes)
Hope but No Miracle Cures: Michigan's Early Restructuring Lessons
Published: November 1, 2005
Press Release
(pdf, 19172 bytes)
States Test Limits of Federal AYP Flexibility
Published: November 1, 2005
Press Release
(pdf, 28095 bytes)
Do You Know … The Latest Good News About American Education?
Published: August 1, 2005
Press Release
(pdf, 27035 bytes)
State High School Exit Exams 2005 Annual Report: States Try Harder, But Gaps Persist
Published: August 1, 2005
ELL lanzamiento de prensa en español
(pdf, 21427 bytes)
News Release & Summary
(pdf, 22708 bytes)
Title I Funds - Who's Gaining and Who's Losing: School Year 2005-06 Update
Published: July 1, 2005
Press Release
(pdf, 26855 bytes)
How Have High School Exit Exams Changed Our Schools: Some Perspectives from Virginia and Maryland
Published: June 9, 2005
Press Release
(pdf, 26237 bytes)
From the Capital to the Classroom: Year 3 of the No Child Left Behind Act
Published: March 1, 2005
Press Release for Report
(pdf, 34089 bytes)
Makeovers, Facelifts, or Reconstructive Surgery: An Early Look At NCLB School Restructuring In Michigan
Published: November 1, 2004
Press Release
(pdf, 20451 bytes)
State High School Exit Exams 2004 Annual Report: A Maturing Reform
Published: August 1, 2004
Press Release
(pdf, 24290 bytes)
Title I Funds - Who's Gaining, Who's Losing, and Why (School Year 2004-2005)
Published: June 1, 2004
Press Release
(pdf, 14382 bytes)
From the Capital to the Classroom: Year 2 of the No Child Left Behind Act
Published: January 1, 2004
Press Release for Report
(pdf, 19918 bytes)
Implementing the No Child Left Behind Act: A First Look Inside 15 School Districts in 2002-03
Published: October 1, 2003
Press Release
(pdf, 102567 bytes)
State High School Exit Exams 2003 Annual Report: Put to the Test
Published: August 1, 2003
Press Release
(pdf, 104417 bytes)
From the Capital to the Classroom: State and Federal Efforts to Implement the No Child Left Behind Act
Published: January 1, 2003
Press Release for Report
(pdf, 110849 bytes)
Press Release for Case Study
(pdf, 102567 bytes)
School Vouchers: What We Know and Don't Know…and How We Could Learn More
Published: June 1, 2000
Press Release
(pdf, 8308 bytes)