Ed News for K12 Researchers: Support for accountability wanes, IN LA TN FL test results, NAEP scores & state $$, enrollment declines, it is not because of the agrarian calendar! https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
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Ed News for K12 Researchers: Support for accountability wanes, IN LA TN FL test results, NAEP scores & state $$, enrollment declines, it is not because of the agrarian calendar! https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
Summer schedule – every 2 weeks (or so)
Support for testing and accountability is waning https://www.the74million.org/article/support-for-testing-and-accountability-is-waning-is-politics-to-blame/?
Summer off is not the agrarian calendar - students were 'off' in the spring (planting) and fall (harvesting) and in class in winter and summer. So where did it come from?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/debunking-myth-summer-vacation
How much do US teachers get paid? https://usafacts.org/answers/how-much-do-teachers-get-paid-in-the-us/country/united-states/
1 in 6 teachers work second jobs https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/07/23/about-1-in-6-us-teachers-work-second-jobs/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Main
Do top spending states top NAEP scores? Not exactly https://www.the74million.org/article/how-do-kids-in-top-spending-states-perform-on-naep-not-as-well-as-youd-think/
Money does not matter in education? A stern rebuttal
How states can measure college and career readiness
Lost in transition - a clear need to help the handoff to their next step.
Post-pandemic enrollment shift changes https://www.educationnext.org/school-enrollment-shifts-five-years-after-pandemic-public-education-shrinking-middle-schools/
Enrollments continue to decline across the US https://www.the74million.org/article/public-school-enrollment-continues-to-fall/
The state of math pathways for student success https://edstrategy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Charting-the-Course_071025_FINAL.pdf
The pipeline from work to CTE teacher https://caldercenter.org/publications/front-end-cte-teacher-pipeline-characterizing-prior-work-experiences-cte-teachers
Paraprofessional turnover patterns https://caldercenter.org/publications/turnover-patterns-paraeducator-workforce-washington-state
The quality of math licensure tests https://www.nctq.org/research-insights/state-of-the-states-five-policy-levers-to-improve-math-instruction/assessing-the-quality-of-math-licensure-tests/
Useful national databases https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xjw5Z0LLK4Fp-vrEK523uvMnSfxtJOb_5f_vKUrZJDg/edit?gid=0#gid=0
The wayback machine is now a federal repository https://www.kqed.org/news/12049420/sf-based-internet-archive-is-now-a-federal-depository-library-what-does-that-mean
A HS data analytics club makes it to the Hall of Fame! https://www.inquirer.com/high-school-sports/dick-allen-hall-of-fame-induction-sports-analytics-club-20250726.html?id=o2pGLOuUZFuFj&utm_source=social&utm_campaign=gift_link&utm_medium=referral
State assessment results - adding Louisiana and Tennessee https://statetestscoreresults.substack.com/
Indiana https://www.the74million.org/article/public-school-enrollment-continues-to-fall/
Staff turnover and SWD test scores https://caldercenter.org/publications/impacts-staff-turnover-test-scores-students-and-without-disabilities
Research on sped teacher burnout https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/00346543251332919
Where pandemic-impacted students are now (using the AECasey report)
An Ed historian looks at the pandemic impact on school family relationships
https://www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/pandemic-and-cultural-scripts-school-family-relationships
An analysis of school closures https://aefpweb.org/files/Takeaways_Harris_W24_CH.pdf
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