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The Great Graduation-Rate Debate
July 29, 2009
This paper aims to promote a clearer understanding of the graduation-rate debate by distilling the policy developments and controversy surrounding the measurement of these rate. Why are there so many different ways to calculate graduation rates? How do these different rates account for the multiple pathways to graduation? What are ...
Losing Ohio's Future: Why college graduates flee the Buckeye State and what might be done about it
Steve Farkas , Ann Duffett / June 15, 2009
The media is awash with stories about Ohio's brain drain: in 2007, the Buckeye State saw 6,981 more residents between the ages of 25 and 34 leave the state than migrate into it. What's worse, the more education these young people have, the more likely they are to leave. ...
Checked Out: Ohioans' Views on Education 2009
May 4, 2009
In partnership with the independent education journal Catalyst Ohio (see here), we resolved to find out, and enlisted the expert help of the nonpartisan FDR Group (see here), a respected survey research firm led by veteran public opinion analysts Steve Farkas and Ann Duffett. The result is Checked Out: ...
Growing Pains in the Advanced Placement Program: Do Tough Trade-Offs Lie Ahead?
Steve Farkas , Ann Duffett / April 29, 2009
Over the past five years, the number of students taking at least one Advanced Placement exam rose by more than half. This news is celebrated but is there a downside? To find out, Fordham commissioned the Farkas Duffett Research Group to survey AP teachers in the US. The AP program ...
When Private Schools Take Public Dollars: What's the Place of Accountability in School Voucher Programs?
Michael J. Petrilli , Chester E. Finn, Jr. , Christina Hentges , Amber M. Winkler, Ph.D. / March 24, 2009
Voucher opponents often argue that it's unfair to hold public schools accountable for results under the No Child Left Behind Act and various state rules while allowing private schools that participate in school voucher programs to receive taxpayer dollars without similar accountability. In pursuit of a reasonable middle ground, we ...
The Accountability Illusion
Yun Xiang , Michael Dahlin , John Cronin , Donna McCahon / February 19, 2009
In this study of the No Child Left Behind Act system and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) rules for 28 states, we selected 36 real schools that vary by size, achievement, diversity, etc. and determined which ones would or would not make AYP when evaluated under each state's accountability rules. If ...
