Los Angeles Unified School District has said it is removing race as a factor for determining which students will be helped by its Black Student Achievement Plan. The move comes after a federal civil ...

It’s been more than 20 years since the No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law, its goal to make schools accountable for educating all children. Before the law passed, schools gave the test ...

The Los Angeles Unified School District is considering broadening the language associated with the Black Student Achievement Plan in an attempt to avoid investigation by the U.S. Department of ...

New education data released today by researchers at Stanford University shows a complex, nuanced — and in some places, troubling — picture of student achievement and racial gaps based on standardized ...

Each school year, one important task on a principal’s plate is to review student-achievement data to identify trends and adjust goals. However, several common misinterpretations and misuse of such ...

Writer Andrew Rice discusses the steep decline in U.S. student achievement. Michel Martin sits down with Andrew Rice, a features writer at New York Magazine, to discuss his recent cover story, “The ...

Visit the Baylor College of Medicine's accreditation page to view all Baylor accreditation information. SACSCOC requires accredited institutions to publish statements of their goals for student ...

Experienced, well credentialed teachers have a positive impact on achievement for all students, in particular students of color. And, a new report found, inexperienced, under-credentialed teachers ...

This week we are hearing from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research (UChicago Consortium, @UChiConsortium). This post is by Elaine Allensworth (@E_Allensworth), Lewis-Sebring ...

Teacher effectiveness is widely recognised as a critical determinant of student achievement, influencing both short‐term academic performance and long‐term socioeconomic outcomes. Extensive research ...

Illinois is just above the middle of the pack against national averages for achievement. But the pack fares badly against other countries.