Ed News for K12 Researchers: Insights on absenteeism, IL lowers proficient cut scores, OK does OK things w/ testing, create a HS ready score, a guide to Simpsons Paradox: https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
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Ed News for K12 Researchers: Insights on absenteeism, IL lowers proficient cut scores, OK does OK things w/ testing, create a HS ready score, a guide to Simpsons Paradox: https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
Summer schedule – every 2 weeks (or so)
Support for schools declines, USED not so much https://www.the74million.org/article/exclusive-poll-as-support-for-schools-plummets-americans-resist-closing-education-department/
Chronic absence is still a struggle https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA956-34.html?project=&utm_campaign=thread&utm_content=1755184824&utm_medium=rand_social&utm_source=twitter
Insights on absenteeism https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-7-insights-chronic-absenteeism/
IL may lower proficiency scores https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/08/12/illinois-proposes-new-cut-scores-for-state-standardized-tests/
Could OK's assessment waiver end testing as we know it? https://assessmenthq.org/2025/08/14/could-oklahomas-waiver-end-state-testing-as-we-know-it/
A new way to measure school quality https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/new-way-measure-school-quality
Research, data, expertise or opinion: what supes use
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/736178
Declining enrollment trends https://www.the74million.org/article/public-school-enrollment-is-declining-but-not-everywhere-or-for-all-students/
If people don't move, the children age out and no one is there to go to school.
Do you calculate a HS readiness score? https://www.the74million.org/article/how-well-do-middle-schools-prepare-students-for-hs-heres-a-new-way-to-find-out/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=opinion+high+school+readiness
The data rescue project https://www.datarescueproject.org/nces-tables/
Grade retention for ELs: gateway or gatekeeper? https://www.brookings.edu/articles/is-grade-retention-a-gateway-or-gatekeeper-for-english-learners/
The future of good jobs https://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/cew-the_future_of_good_jobs-fr.pdf
Algebra gatekeepers https://www.educationprogress.org/p/the-algebra-gatekeepers?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=69al&triedRedirect=true
Parents prioritize 4 year colleges https://www.the74million.org/article/despite-skepticism-parents-still-prioritize-four-year-college-for-their-kids/
Parent perspectives on school choice https://edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1261.pdf
The impact of fed studies on schools https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/70-cent-solution-innovation-success-story-k-12-schools
Simpson's Paradox: a practical guide
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00513/full
Exclude undocumented from the census? Less money for schools (who will still serve all) https://www.the74million.org/article/trumps-call-to-remove-undocumented-from-census-could-impact-education-funding/
Students and teachers as change agents in RPPs https://nnerppextra.rice.edu/resources/sustaining-students-and-teachers-as-change-agents-in-a-research-practice-partnership/
Banning phones improves achievement (now let's ban them from supe & administrators meetings and see what that does!) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5370727
Why are so many movies about math? https://www.vulture.com/article/why-are-so-many-movies-suddenly-about-math.html#:~:text=Maybe%20the%20reason%20why%20we,fact%20that%20we%20already%20do
A new way to measure school quality https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/new-way-measure-school-quality
A 10 year theme here: Pensions are eating your raise
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