Student Achievement
Education news, analysis, and opinion about efforts to improve or track student performance on a large scale.
- Student Achievement Students Aren’t Rebounding From the Academic Effects of the PandemicIn many cases, gaps are widening, according to new data from assessment provider NWEA.Student Achievement Summer Schools Can Boost Learning, But Only If Students AttendA new study finds Tennessee, like many states, has struggles with summer school absenteeism.Student Achievement Opinion So What Is High-Dosage Tutoring Anyway?Most tutoring is focused on mastering traditional content, but the experience can also invite many more possibilities.Student Achievement Opinion High-Dosage Tutoring Isn't a Silver BulletTo promote the success of all students, look at key systems and practices, write a nonprofit leader and a researcher.Student Achievement Reading and Math Achievement Is Getting Worse, Nation's Report Card ShowsGaps between the highest- and lowest-performing students and white and Black students are widening.Student Achievement This School Bet on High-Dosage Tutoring. It’s WorkingHere's how the school, which drew on student input to shape its program, solved thorny issues like class size and scheduling.Student Achievement Does Performance-Based Teacher Pay Work? Here’s What the Research SaysA performance-pay overhaul in one of the country's 10 largest districts offers a test for lessons learned from decades of experimentation.Student Achievement In Their Own Words This Superintendent Raised Grad Rates in His Rural, High Poverty District. Here’s HowMario Willis grew up in the Mississippi Delta community where he's now the schools chief.Student Achievement Opinion How Do We Measure Student Engagement? A School Created Its Own App to Find OutThe school-created app enables students to share their feedback on lessons and teachers to find out what students are saying.Student Achievement Biden Administration Wants College Students to Step In as K-12 TutorsThe Education Department released a letter encouraging colleges to let their students take work-study jobs as K-12 tutors.Student Achievement History Achievement Falls to 1990s Levels on NAEP; Civics Scores Take First-Ever DiveEighth graders' scores in U.S. history and civics dropped on the test known as the “Nation’s Report Card."Student Achievement Opinion Effective Summer Learning: ‘We Already Know How to Do This’There’s no path to education equity that doesn’t include summer programs.Student Achievement 3rd Grade Reading Retention: Three Recent DevelopmentsNew research on the impact of retention is complicating states' approaches to retaining 3rd graders who aren't yet proficient.Student Achievement National Tutoring Venture Doles Out $5 Million for StatesThe organization, Accelerate, aims to bolster efforts to integrate tutoring into the school day.Student Achievement Q&A High-Impact Tutoring: Some Research-Based EssentialsA researcher shares findings for educators and school leaders on what makes tutoring effective.