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Achievement and Attainment in Chicago Charter Schools
This groundbreaking report finds that students attending multi-grade charter high schools in Chicago attain substantially higher rates of graduation and college entry than do students in traditional public high schools.
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Toward a K-20 Student Unit Record Data System for California
To improve the progression of students through the educational system and to improve education quality, California needs a robust data system that can track an individual student's progress from kindergarten to college and beyond.Value-Added Assessment in Practice: Lessons from the Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System Pilot Project
Examines how Pennsylvania's value-added assessment program has been implemented at the district, school, and classroom levels and its effects on student achievement.Featured Project
Qatar
The leadership of the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar sees education as the key to Qatar's economic and social progress. Long concerned that the country's education system was not meeting the needs of its society, the Qatari leadership approached the RAND Corporation in 2001, asking it to examine the kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) education system. Learn More >
Latest Report:
Post-Secondary Education in Qatar: Employer Demand, Student Choice, and Options for Policy — 2008
Cathleen Stasz, Eric Eide, Francisco Martorell, Louay Constant, Charles Goldman, Joy Moini, Vazha Nadareishvili, Hanine Salem
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