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General TopicsHere you will find a wide range of research and reports that don't fit perfectly in one of the other Research/Issues topics. Posting here does not indicate Georgia Partnership endorsement. 30th Anniversary: A Nation At Risk This report 30 years ago declared that "the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people." Where are we today? Related story. (April 2013) Reading and Math Skills at Age 10 and Earnings in Later Life: a brief analysis using the British cohort study Researchers say a one standard deviation increase in 10-year-olds' reading scores translated to a 4.4% to 4.8% increase in earnings during their 30s. A one standard deviation increase in math scores translated to a 10.2% to 10.8% increase in earnings. (April 2013) The 2013 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning? This is the twelfth edition of this report. This year the focus is on the latest results from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and Trends in International Math and Science Study (TIMSS) released in December, 2012. The U.S. did relatively well. Related story. Introduction. (March 2013) Guide to the Open Educational Resources in K-12 and Postsecondary Education This Guide provides a framework for understanding open educational resources (OER), and it examines development and implementation costs, current business models, government and philanthropy’s role, and other considerations around the use of OER. Related story. (March 2013) Second Generation Americans - A Portriat of Adult Children of Immigrants Second-generation Americans—the 20 million adult U.S.-born children of immigrants—are substantially better off than immigrants themselves on key measures of socioeconomic attainment. Related story. (New York Times) Georgia Economic Education's Good News At the Georgia Council on Economic Education, it is our vision that students will leave school prepared for their economic roles as workers, consumers, citizens, and lifelong decision-makers in a globally interdependent world. (January 2013) National Assessment of Educational Progress - It's Important! The test reports on student achievement, instructional experiences, and school environment factors across the nation. It is the only measure of how the nation's students are performing in various subject areas and informs us how student performance has changed over time. (January 2013) Forum Guide to Taking Action With Education Data Anticipating the avalanche of data soon to be inundating educators, school and district leaders, and state program staff, this guide attempts to help with a variety of questions such as: "What do I want to know? What data might be relevant? How will I access the relevant data?" (January 2013) Making Mastery Work - A Close-up View of Competency Education This report looks at schools in the Proficiency-Based Pathways Project (PBP), which implements mastery-based approaches to teaching in rural, suburban, and inner-city regions in New England. Intro piece. (December 2012) New Way of Assessing Physical Fitness in Alabama Daily exercise and healthy eating are essential to a growing child. To encourage exercise and nutrition, beginning this school year every Alabama student enrolled in physical education from Grades 2-12 is participating in a new Alabama Physical Fitness Assessment (APFA). Related – Press release – news article. (November 2012) Shape of the Nation Report 2012: Status of Physical Education in the USA This report provides a current picture of physical education in the American education system. The 2012 survey finds areas of both improvement and decline since the 2010 Shape of the Nation Report. More. (November 2012) State High School Exit Exams: A Policy in Transition CEP’s 11th annual report on state high school exit exams finds that states are embracing higher standards on their exit exams, which means schools and students will feel the impact. (October 2012) Hispanic Student Enrollments Reach New Highs in 2011 - Now Largest Minority Group on 4-Year College Campuses The nation’s Hispanic student population reached a number of milestones in 2011, according to this analysis of newly available U.S. Census Bureau. Related story. (August 2012) What Americans Said About the Public Schools This poll shows divisions on vouchers, charter schools, evaluating teachers by standardized test scores of students, and whether President Obama or Mitt Romney would be better for public education. Related story. (August 2012) Do Schools Challenge Our Students? This provides insight into what student surveys tell us about the state of education in the United States. It concludes we need to find new and better ways to provide students with the knowledge and skills that they need to succeed. (July 2012) Welcome to America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well Being This report features statistics on children and families in the United States across a range of domains, including family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education and health. (July 2012) New Americans in Postsecondary Education: A Profile of Immigrant and Second-Generation American Undergraduates This report presents the demographic and enrollment characteristics of undergraduates who are immigrants or the children of immigrants and compares them with undergraduates whose parents were born in the United States. (July 2012) The Importance of Being in School - A Report on Absenteeism in U.S. Schools New research suggests that as many as 7.5 million students miss a month of school each year, raising the likelihood that they'll fail academically and eventually drop out (ECS). Relating story. (May 2012) A Rotting Apple: Education Redlining in New York City In New York City public schools, a student's educational outcomes and opportunity to learn are statistically more determined by where he or she lives than their abilities, according to this report. (April 2012) Technical Assistance Matters: Schools Need Support to Become Healthier Outlines findings from assessments of the Healthy Schools Program's progress in helping schools implement policies and programs that promote healthy eating and physical activity from 2006 to 2010. Highlights the need for training and technical assistance. (March 2012) U.S. Education Reform and National Security The United States' failure to educate its students leaves them unprepared to compete and threatens the country's ability to thrive in a global economy and maintain its leadership role. Relating story. (March 2012) Increasing Physical Activity Through Recess - Research Brief This brief summarizes the growing body of research examining recess, which shows that providing recess during the school day is an effective and efficient way to increase physical activity and improve academic performance amng children. (March 2012) The Brown Center Report on American Education The report distills the results of studies to examine the state of education in the U.S. The report focuses on education policy, student learning measures, trends on achievement test scores and education reform outcomes. (February 2012) For Every Child, Multiple Measures - What parents and educators want from K-12 assessments This study gauges the assessment needs of parents, teachers and district administrators – those with the most practical and personal experience with the day-to-day impact of assessments and accountability. (February 2012) National AYP Results for 2010-2011 This report updates previous CEP research with the data from the 2010-2011 school year on the number of schools not making Adequate Yearly Progress under the No Child Left Behind Act. Relating story. (December 2011) What's Trust Got To Do With It? This is a communications and engagement guide for school leaders tackling the problems of persistently failing schools. (December 2011) How Students Benefit from the Georgia Council on Economic Education This report provides proof that students are better able to understand complex economic issues because of this program. This is critically important today. (December 2011) Five education practices that should be replicated nationally An extra day for teachers to plan and collaborate each week, and requiring classes in advanced reading strategies in high school, were among readers' top ideas. (November 2011) The Pseudoscience of Single-sex Schooling (This is a pay-to-read article) In attempting to improve schools, it is critical to remember that not all reforms lead to meaningful gains for students. Relating article. (October 2011) KIDS COUNT Date Book - 2011. National and State-by-State Data on Key indicators of Child Well-Being Report: Over the past decade, child poverty grew in 38 states. Economic recession and housing foreclosures are among the major reasons, wiping out earlier gains. Relating story. (August 2011) Poll: What Americans Said About the Public Schools (Highlights) The 43rd annual Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools. Are schools and teachers getting a bad rap? The American public has its own views on this. (August 2011) Juvenile Justice Resources - Breaking Schools' Rules: A Statewide Study on How School Discipline Relates to Students' Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement This unprecedented six year statewide school discipline study included nearly 1 million Texas public secondary school students. Among its startling findings are that the majority of students were suspended or expelled between seventh to twelfth grade. (July 2011) Year-Round Learning: Linking School, Afterschool and Summer Learning to support Students Success(Free PDF available) This brief introduces and analyzes one approach to expand learning that provides students—often in distressed areas—with access quality learning environments across the year, through what we call year-round learning. Effective Student Discipline: Keeping Kids in Class This is an in-depth assessment of public school discipline policy and practice in Georgia. It offers comprehensive analysis of Georgia DOE discipline data and interviews with more than 200 public school discipline and safety stakeholders. It provides action recommendations for policy makers and parents, designed to help kids stay in school and on track for graduation. Relating article. (June 2011) The Condition of Education 2011 This summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. It presents 50 indicators on the status and condition of education, in addition to a closer look at postsecondary education by institutional level and control. Relating story. (June 2011) A Time for Deeper Learning: Preparing Students for a Changing World Our increasingly complex world demands much of its students. In almost every aspect of their lives, young people are being asked to learn more, process more, and produce more. These increasing demands mirror the world around them. Relating article. (June 2011) An Appeal to All Americans This report presents a new urgency for an increase in the nation's commitment to and civic investment in public education and represents the first national and independently authored report to outline the standards of practice for public and local education funds. Press release (May 2011) The Condition of Education 2011 The Condition of Education 2011 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. (May 2011) Student and Teacher Safety in Chicago Public Schools: The Roles of Community Context and School Social Organization This research report finds that students and teachers feel much safer in some Chicago Public Schools than others, and the best predictor of whether students and teachers feel safe is the quality of relationships inside the school building. (May 2011) Re-Investing in Arts Education: Winning America’s FutureThrough Creative Schools It has been more than a decade since any federal entity comprehensively examined arts education data in the United States. Taking on this challenge, the Committee spent the last 18 months conducting an in-depth review of the current challenges and opportunities facing arts education. Summary and recommendations. Relating article. (May 2011) How Learning to Read Changes the Cortical Networks for Vision and Language Does literacy improve brain function? Does it entail losses? Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, this study measured brain responses to spoken and written language, visual faces, houses, tools, and checkers in adults of variable literacy. Bottom line: reading is good, very good. Relating article. (May 2011) The 2010 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning? Report contains section on international tests, who's winning the real Race to the Top, NAEP and the Common Core State Standards. (February 2011) Building Smart Education Systems This report looks at the growing body of literature on community organizing to understand how it fits into systemic education reform (January 2011) Report Sees Disconnect Between NAEP, Common Standards A Brookings Institution analysis matches up the common core standards in math with test items from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. (January 2011) States' Progress and Challenges in Implementing Common Core Standards This report details the findings from a survey of state officials on efforts to adopt and implement the Common Core State Standards in reading and math. (January 2011) Unlikely Allies: Union and Districts in the Battle for School Reform Providence, Rhode Island, with its long history of antagonistic union-district relations, would probably not lead anyone's list of cities in the forefront of collaborative education reform. But this aging eastern mill town is the site for a bold collaborative approach to turning around low-performing schools. (January 2011) Quality Counts This report evaluates the status of states' educational performance and policymaking. The report issues scores and letter grades for all states and features updated analysis in four of the six areas tracked. (January 2011) Are Bad Schools Immortal? The Scarcity of Turnarounds and Shutdowns in Both Charter and District Sectors This study finds that low-performing public schools—both charter and traditional district schools—are stubbornly resistant to significant change. (December 2010) Update- The Worst of Times: Extreme Poverty in the United States, 2009 This report reveals that extreme poverty was the fastest growing income group in America in 2009. The number of people living below 50 percent of the poverty threshold increased by more than 2.1 million at a rate of 12.9 percent. (December 2010) This report provides international comparisons of average performance in reading literacy and three reading literacy subscales and in mathematics literacy and science literacy. (December 2010) How the World's Most Improved School Systems Keep Getting Better This is believed to be the most comprehensive analysis of global school system reform ever assembled. This report identifies the reform elements that are replicable for school systems everywhere as well as what it really takes to achieve significant, sustained, and widespread gains in student outcomes. (December 2010) School Turnaround Field Guide In early 2009, the Obama Administration announced its intention to use five billion dollars to turn around five thousand of the nation’s poorest performing schools over the next five years. (November 2010) Key Findings - 2010 Education Survey Among other things this survey reveals that high school educators think students are unprepared for college coursework but students themselves disagree. (November 2010) National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP - The Nation's Report Card) Results of the 2009 reading and math assessments for the nation's 12th graders (November 2010) 2010 Healthy Steps Indicators VOICES offers this publication as a tool to help gauge how children are faring and to provide recommendations on what Georgia can do to give all children a fair chance to live a healthy life. (Published earlier in 2010, posted here November 2010) America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2010 Each year since 1997, the organization has published a report on the well-being of children and families. (November 2010) Rich States, Poor States - Report Card on American Education This report explains why the economic crisis has been so rough on the states, what states should do to alleviate the fiscal pain, and what they should avoid. It also provides rankings of the states based on their economic policies and examines which states took the right corrective actions. (September 2010) The Schott 50 State Report on Black Males and Public Education This report reveals that the overall 2007/8 graduation rate for Black males in the U.S. was only 47 percent. Half of the states have graduation rates for Black male students below the national average. (August 2010) Child Well-Being in Georgia At a Glance - 2010 KIDS COUNT Georgia Fact Sheet Georgia Family Connection Partnership Georgia maintained its national ranking of 42 in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book, a state-by-state study comparing the well-being of America’s children. Press release. (July 2010) The Worst of Times - Children in Extreme Poverty in the South and Nation More than 5.7 million children lived in extreme poverty in the United States in 2008—surviving on less than $7 or $8 per day. Almost 1 in every 12 children was in a household with an income below 50 percent of the federal poverty line. (June 2010) America After 3PM - Special Report: On Summer - Missed Opportunities, Unmet Demand Three-quarters of America's schoolchildren do not participate in summer learning programs. Yet, 56 percent of kids (an estimated 24 million) who are not participating in summer learning programs, would likely enroll in a program, based on parent interest. (June 2010) Online Education - Seed of Doubt Is online education as good as traditional, face-to-face education? This paper presents the first experimental evidence on the effects of live versus internet media of instruction. (June 2010) The State of Metropolitan America This report portrays the demographic and social trends (including educational attainmenmt) shaping the nation’s essential economic and societal units—its large metropolitan areas—and discusses what they imply for public policies to secure prosperity for these places and their populations. (May 2010) Review of the Draft K-12 Common Core Standards Expert reviewers have analyzed the draft Common Core K-12 education standards according to rigorous criteria. Their analyses lead to a grade of A- for the draft math standards and B for those in English language arts. (April 2010) Beating the Odds - Analysis of Student Performance on State Assessments and NAEP According to this annual report, students in urban districts have improved markedly in math and reading proficiency as measured both on state exams and the National Assessment of Educational Progress - ECS. (March 2010) State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08, Part 5: Are There Differences in Achievement Between Boys and Girls? Using data from state reading and math tests, this report takes an in-depth look at the performance of male and female students. The study includes a national snapshot of 2008 achievement differences in both subjects at grades 4, 8, and in high school. (March 2010) A Blueprint for Reform - The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act This is the Obama administration's blueprint for the reauthorization of the No Chil;d Left Behind Act passed under President George W. Bush. (March 2010) The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color This report cites "overwhelming barriers" for U.S. minority males in becoming educated and productive citizens, proposes national strategies to erase "disparities in educational attainment" and find "new ways of reaching the increasingly diverse U.S. student population." (February 2010) Foreign Language Teaching in U.S. Schools: Results of a National Survey The good news is there's some serious language training going on in our schools. The bad news it's almost all Spanish. (January 2010) 2009 DQC Annual Survey Results: Georgia At the Top Each year, DQC surveys all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to assess states’ progress toward implementing the 10 Essential Elements of a high-quality longitudinal data system. Georgia is one of only 11 states with a perfect record. (November 2009) Stars By Which to Navigate - Scanning National and International Standards in 2009 - An interim report on common core, NAEP, TIMSS and PISA A high-profile effort to establish common academic standards across states is far from complete, but an early blueprint earned a B grade in both language arts and math. (October 2009) Principles for Measuring the Performance of Turnaround Schools The Alliance proposes several principles for measuring the performance of schools involved in turnaround efforts. (September 2009) SREB States Maintain Lead in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs This report shows SREB states continue to lead the nation in student participation in AP and IB programs and are making long-term progress on passing rates for AP exams. (September 2009) Projections for Education Statistics to 2018 This is the 37th report in a series begun in 1964. It includes statistics on elementary and secondary schools and degree granting institutions. It provides alarming college enrollment numbers. (September 2009) Time to Act: An Agenda for Advancing Adolescent Literacy for College and Career Success This pinpoints adolescent literacy as a cornerstone of the current education reform movement, upon which efforts such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act must be built. (September 2009) U.S. Performance Across International Assessments of Student Achievement This special analysis examines the performance of U.S. students in reading, mathematics and science compared with the performance of their peers in other countries that participated in PIRLS, PISA, and TIMSS. (August 2009) Average ACT Scores by State - Graduating Class 2009 This 2-page report shows state average ACT scores from the most recent graduating class. (August 2009) Is the Emphasis on 'Proficiency' Shortchanging Higher- and Lower-Achieving Students? State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08, Part 1 This is the first in a series describing findings from a study of student achievement trends on state reading and math tests used for NCLB accountability. (June 2009, updated July) Gender Differences in the College and Career Aspirations of High School Valedictorians This study looked at high school valedictorians over a three year period to determine the differences in the choices made by male and female high achieving students. (First published summer 2008, posted here June 2009) Unlocking the Full Spectrum of Community Support - A briefing for school and district leaders Faced with unexpectedly severe budget cuts, school districts across the country have begun cutting expenses and shedding staff. Educators must look beyond the immediate crisis, analyze the future funding environment, and develop a strategy to thrive. (June 2009) The Nation's Report Card: Arts 2008 Music and Visual Arts About the same share of 8th graders attend schools where music and visual arts instruction are offered as a decade ago. (June 2009) Lessons Learned from Rural Schools “This study of high-performing Alabama schools in high-poverty areas is such an The Condition of Education This required by law annual report includes 46 indicators in five major areas. (June 2009) Lost Opportunity: A 50 State Report on the Opportunity to Learn In America This is a state-by-state analysis of student performance data reported by state departments of education that determines the opportunity to learn in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. (May 2009) Seclusion and Restraints - Selected cases of death and abuse at public and private schools and treatment centers Children with disabilities are being secluded and restrained against their will to control their behavior - interventions that have led to harm and, in rare cases, deaths. (May 2009) Building a High Quality Workforce - A Governor's Guide to Human Capital Development This report concludes governors should promote a higher-quality educator workforce by retooling state and local systems for recruiting, training and retaining talent. (May 2009) NAEP: 2008 Long-Term Trend Report Among the results: mathematics scores for 9 and 13-year-olds are higher than in all previous assessment years. (April 2009) Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2009 This report describes how the education system in the United States compares with education systems in the other G-8 countries--Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom. Twenty-seven indicators are organized in five sections. (March 2009) The Educational Panopticon People who insult and denigrate teachers by forcing scripted curriculum on them are perfectly aware that they are forcing teachers to act against their conscience and students to close down their minds. What must be raised and answered for is the moral cost of creating joyless schools that resemble panopticons. (March 2009) Recent analyses challenge common wisdom regarding the superiority of private schools relative to public schools, raising questions about the role of school processes and climate in shaping achievement in different types of schools. Relating article in ScienceDaily. (March 2009) Obama-Biden Education Plan What is the new administration's plan to improve education in our country? This posting on the White House Web site spells it out. (February 2009) School Recess and Group Classroom Behavior This study of 8 and 9-year-olds clearly points out that the loss of recess has a detrimental impact in the classroom. (February 2009) Measuring What Matters States have come a long way in building longitudinal data systems, but dire budget conditions won't make it easy to finish them. States have a long way to go before they have the kinds of data systems that will help drive student improvement. (December 2008) Public Housing and Public Schools The first large-scale study to look at academic performance of children in New York City's public housing complexes finds that students in public housing are more likely to drop out of high school and less likely to graduate in four years than those who don't live in public housing. (November 2008) Rethinking Magnet Schools in a Changing Landscape Support for magnet schools has foundered nationwide even though they continue to shine compared to other types of public schools, including charters. Magnet programs, created to promote voluntary integration, have suffered court setbacks, stagnant federal funding and local budget cuts. (November 2008) Tough Choices Or Tough Times (Radical Makeover Called For) The country's education system needs a radical makeover because too many students are ill prepared to function in the modern global marketplace, which rewards creativity and technological competence over the most basic skills required in the past. (November 2008) How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century American schools aren't exactly frozen in time, but considering the pace of change in other areas of life, our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks. (November 2008) Transforming the Federal Role in America’s Public Schools The alliance -- a partnership of 18 major national education associations -- has put forth six principles for "appropriate and constructive federal involvement in education." (October 2008) Math Skills In U.S. Suffer The United States is failing to develop students' math skills, especially among those who could excel at the highest levels. A major reason is that American culture does not highly value talent in math, and so discourages students from excelling in the field. (October 2008) Parents' Income, Education Affect Kids' Health - State by State Data It’s no surprise that children born to poor and uneducated parents are more likely to be in bad health and die as infants than children of the wealthy and educated. (October 2008) The conservative magazine takes a close look at how the school choice movement has gained momentum in Georgia. You will find the article on page 21. (August 2008) So you think that the quality of public education has major implications for your community. If that's your view, it is also the chief conclusion to be drawn from this broad review of the literature -- about 150 books and articles. (August 2008) Gaining Momentum, Losing Ground This coalition of 16 of the nation's leading business organizations, has released this report assessing three years' progress in working towards the TAP goal of doubling the number of students earning bachelor's degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by 2015. (July 2008) America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well Being, 2008 This organization has released its annual report profiling the status of the nation's children and youth. (July 2008) If the United States is to reach our ambitious national education goals, we need to focus as much attention on the starting line as we do on the finish line. (June 2008) What We Think - Parental Perceptions of Urban School Climate This report reveals findings of a survey of 10,270 parents in 112 urban schools from 17 states gauging perceptions about bullying; expectations of student success; influence of race; parental involvement; safety; and trust, respect and ethos of caring. (April 2008) A 'Nation at Risk' - 25 years later In 1983, A Nation at Risk misidentified what is wrong with our public schools and consequently set the nation on a school reform crusade that has done more harm than good. (April 2008) Learning, Arts, and the Brain In 2004, the Dana Arts and Cognition Consortium brought together cognitive neuroscientists from seven universities across the U.S. to grapple with the question why arts training has been associated with higher academic performance. (March 2009) How Well Are American Students Learning? This is the seventh edition of the Brown Center Report on American education. (March 2008) Tough Choices or Tough Times Here you will find the Executive Summary of this report that, according to an Education Week story, presents "its vision for what is ailing American education and how to fix it . . . it takes on virtually every sacred cow and special-interest group in the system." You will find information here that will direct you where you can purchase the full report. Other materials relating to the report, including various research reports done by the staff and others to support the work of the Commission, can be accessed through the Commission's Web site at www.skillscommission.org.
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