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Pankovits, Tressa – Progressive Policy Institute, 2022
In August, the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) released the grimmest "Nation's Report Card" in 20 years. Between 2020 and 2022, America's students dropped five points in reading and seven points in math. At a time when there is empirical evidence that America's students are struggling -- the NAEP scores are just one…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Achievement Gains, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Attitudes
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Kalulu, Mavuto; Burke, Morgan; Snyder, Thomas – eJEP: eJournal of Education Policy, 2020
Charter schools are the most popular alternative to traditional public schooling in the United States. The majority of research indicates positive effects of charter schools on student performance in traditional public schools. Most studies use the share of charter school students enrolled as a measure of the competitive pressure of charter…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, Competition, Professional Autonomy
Englert, Kerry; Barley, Zoe A. – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2008
This study examined differences in nine factors between a group of the highest-performing needs high schools (HPHN) and a group of the lowest performing high-needs (LPHN) high schools using teacher responses from a national dataset. The factors are: (1) shared mission and goals; (2) professional development; (3) collaboration among teachers (4)…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Institutional Mission, Goal Orientation