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SPOTLIGHT: Education


Reuters/Jason Reed - Seventh grade science students react as a fellow pupil re-creates the effects of a volcano

Save to My Portfolio High-Achieving Students in the Era of No Child Left Behind

Tom Loveless, June 18, 2008

Tom Loveless offers an analysis on the achievement trends for high-achieving students (defined, like low-achieving students, by their performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP) since the early 1990s and, in more detail, since 2000. Read More

Education, No Child Left Behind, K-12 Education

SPOTLIGHT: Education


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Save to My Portfolio The 2007 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning?

Tom Loveless, December 11, 2007

The 2007 Brown Center Report on American Education examines how well American students are learning in math and reading, the enrollment patterns in private and public schools, and whether more time spent learning math increases achievement. Tom Loveless, director of the Brown Center on Education Policy, authors this report.
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Education, K-12 Education

PAST EVENT: Lessons Learned: What International Assessments Tell Us about Math Achievement

Save to My Portfolio Lessons Learned: What International Assessments Tell Us about Math Achievement

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Washington, DC

Tom Loveless, editor of Lessons Learned: What International Assessments Tell Us about Math Achievement (Brookings Press, 2007) and director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings, hosted a discussion with the book's authors about school policy and educational research. Read More

Education

PAST EVENT: Standards-Based Reform

Save to My Portfolio Lessons for No Child Left Behind

Monday, October 22, 2007
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC

Is No Child Left Behind enhancing educational opportunities for our most disadvantaged students? The Brown Center hosted an event to discuss this and Standards-Based Reform and the Poverty Gap: Lessons for No Child Left Behind, a Brookings book that examines past efforts to raise educational standards which have done little to help poor children. Read More

No Child Left Behind, Education, K-12 Education, Teachers

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Grade on Learning

Tom Loveless, October 2006

The 2006 Brown Center Report on American Education examines “How Well Are American Students Learning?” with special sections on the nation’s achievement, the happiness factor in learning and honesty in state test scores. Read More

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Save to My Portfolio Small Schools, Small Classes

May 01, 2007

While politicians and school reformers often tout the benefits of small classes and schools, all too often the problems of downsizing are ignored. This year's Brookings Papers on Education Policy features papers on the efficacy of small schools and small classes. Read More

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