Ed News for K12 Researchers: State of Ed in 5 graphs, 6 states’ test results, 20 yrs post-Katrina in NOLA, No no zero policy say tchrs, NAEP coming 9/7 & other NAEP news: https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
Summer schedule – every 2 weeks (or so)
Teachers don't like no zero policies https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/20/many-schools-use-equitable-grading-teachers-dislike-no-zeroes-report-finds/
20 years after Katrina - what happened to NOLA ed? https://www.the74million.org/article/no-idea-too-radical-inside-new-orleans-dramatic-k-12-turnaround-after-katrina/
Charting a new course for education https://knowledgeworks.org/resources/forecast-7-charting-new-course-education
The state of public ed in 5 charts https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2025/08/the-state-of-public-education-in-2025-in-five-charts.html?project=&utm_campaign=&utm_content=1755545110&utm_medium=rand_social&utm_source=twitter
NAEP results coming 9/7 and other NAEP news https://whiteboardadvisors.com/qa-with-lesley-muldoon-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-latest-naep-updates/
Is plagiarism an older generation concept that is now out of date?
https://www.gettingsmart.com/2025/08/19/is-plagiarism-an-old-world-construct/
Making preK assessments less scary https://www.mdrc.org/work/publications/who-says-pre-k-assessments-have-be-scary
Chronic absence down, but not enough https://www.the74million.org/article/k-12-chronic-absenteeism-rates-down-from-peak-but-remain-persistently-high/?utm_source=The+74+Million+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8d6d6e31a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_07_27_07_47_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_077b986842-8d6d6e31a6-49030569
Measuring non-cognitive skills at scale https://edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1250
Teacher student relationships rule https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-79119-001
Nations Report Card at risk https://www.apmreports.org/story/2025/08/21/researchers-nations-report-card-at-risk
The cost of compromising federal data https://www.brookings.edu/articles/around-the-halls-the-cost-of-compromising-federal-data/
Trump wants data on admission student data, but who is there to collect it?
Losing the High School Longitudinal studies https://www.apmreports.org/story/2025/08/21/trump-cancels-survey-of-high-schoolers
The end of "niche' ed research careers https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trumps-job-cuts-education-researchers-careers-f28c61c6?st=9r1yK9&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Colorado assessment results https://statetestscoreresults.substack.com/p/colorado-2025-assessment-results?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1796653&post_id=171923284&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3dr75&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Indiana assessment results https://statetestscoreresults.substack.com/p/indiana-2025-assessment-results?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1796653&post_id=171675953&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3dr75&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Texas assessment results https://statetestscoreresults.substack.com/p/texas-2025-assessment-results
Remote school during the pandemic was better for some students. What did we change knowing that? https://www.the74million.org/article/black-latino-low-income-kids-felt-better-doing-remote-school-during-covid/?utm_source=The+74+Million+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4d587ce3d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_07_27_07_47_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_077b986842-4d587ce3d7-176193505
A new ed finance measurement and reporting tool https://bellwether.org/blog/introducing-edfinr-a-new-way-to-analyze-k-12-school-finance-data/
Housing and school outcomes https://livehandbook.org/k-12-education/aspects-of-choice/housing/
What does admission to a highly selective college do for the average Joe? (Raj Chetty) chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CollegeAdmissions_Paper.pdf
Defining rurality and what that means for the teacher workforce https://edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1231
The role of HS math in college math skill gaps
https://direct.mit.edu/edfp/article/4/1/1/10089/Explaining-Gaps-in-Readiness-for-College-Level
Common core math has had staying power https://www.the74million.org/article/some-15-years-after-disastrous-debut-common-core-math-endures-in-many-states/
They say the kids are alright. But the teachers? https://www.nctq.org/research-insights/are-the-teachers-alright-a-new-survey-offers-some-answers/
Joe O’Reilly