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What Parents Need to Know About Tests
We partnered with one of the nation’s leading education research organizations, CALDER, to examine the test results and performance histories of more than three million students in Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Washington state, going back more than a decade. We wanted to know what these students’ test scores could tell us about their educational experiences—and most importantly, their real-life outcomes. Here's what we learned.
Using Test Results to Help Families Forecast Long-Term Student Outcomes
Each year, millions of American families receive their children's results from federally-mandated tests. What if we used the data to tell them something about where their kids are going, not just where they've been?
The Honors Packet Experiment: Can Celebrating High-Achieving Students Encourage Future Success?
Every year, high-achieving students—especially students of color and those from low-income families—lose ground in school, in spite of their potential and talent. What if there was a simple way to disrupt this decline? We designed an experiment to test one possible strategy.
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Four Things Every Parent Should Know About Tests
"People have to know there's opportunity out there for them, but it's going to take a nudge from someone who understands how to use their own social capital."
"When I call myself Afro-Latina, it’s about embracing all the experiences that led me to this moment—all the historical moments that made me.”
"I went to the type of school as a child that I struggle with as a parent."
One Thing That Shouldn’t Go Back to Normal: Parent-Teacher Conferences
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