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Do High Flyers Maintain Their Altitude? Performance Trends of Top Students
Robert Theaker , Yun Xiang , Michael Dahlin , John Cronin , Sarah Durant / September 20, 2011
"Do High Flyers Maintain Their Altitude? Performance Trends of Top Students," is the first study to examine the performance of America's highest-achieving children over time at the individual-student level. Produced in partnership with the Northwest Evaluation Association, it finds that many high-achieving students struggle to maintain their elite performance over ...
Teaching about 9/11 in 2011: What Our Children Need to Know
Richard Rodriguez , Andrew J. Rotherham , William Damon , William Galston , Lamar Alexander , Victor Davis Hanson , Katherine Kersten , Lucien Ellington , Craig Kennedy , Walter Russell Mead / September 7, 2011
Any number of organizations are offering advice about what to teach schoolchildren about the events of September 11, 2001, yet (unlike that day's murderous pilots) most sorely miss the mark. Fordham's publication, "Teaching about 9/11 in 2011: What Our Children Need to Know," highlights the danger of slighting history and ...
The Common Core and the Future of Student Assessment in Ohio
Emmy L. Partin , Kathleen Porter-Magee , Jamie Davies O'Leary / August 29, 2011
Ohio adopted the Common Core standards in ELA and math in June 2010, but now stands at a crossroad in making sure statewide assessments are aligned to those standards. Ohio is a participating member in two federally funded assessment consortia—the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and the Partnership for the ...
2010-11 Ohio Report Card Analysis
Terry Ryan , Emmy L. Partin / August 24, 2011
Jamie Davies O'Leary
Each year, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute conducts an analysis of student achievement in Ohio's Big 8 urban districts and charter schools. 2010-2011's analysis looks at performance, growth (as measured by value-added), growth over time, comparisons between students in district schools, charters (and charters by type and authorizer type), e-schools, ...
After the Budget, What Next? Ohio's Education Policy Priorities
August 1, 2011
To what extent have Ohio's leaders met the challenges and opportunities before them in K-12 education? What needs to happen next? ...
Charting a New Course to Retirement: How Charter Schools Handle Teacher Pensions
Amanda Olberg , Michael Podgursky / June 22, 2011
In this "Ed Short" from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Amanda Olberg and Michael Podgursky examine how public charter schools handle pensions for their teachers. Some states give these schools the freedom to opt out of the traditional teacher-pension system; when given that option, how many charter schools take it? ...
