Resource Spotlight (Search Archive)
The State of State Standards—and the Common Core—in 2010
Carmichael, S. B., Martino, G., Porter-Magee, K., & Wilson, W. S. (2010, July)
Washington, DC: Fordham Institute
“This study examines the English language arts…and mathematics content standards of the fifty states and the District of Columbia, and compares their rigor and clarity to those recently published by the Common Core State Standards Initiative.” Access an analysis for each state or read the full report for detailed reviews of each state’s standards, designed to assist state officials in determining whether to align with the common standards or “keep those they've already got.”
State Spotlight (Search Archive)
Competitive Effects of Means-Tested School Vouchers (pdf)
Figlio, D., & Hart, C. M. D. (2010, May)
National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
“We study the effects of private school competition on public school students’ test scores in the wake of Florida’s Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship program…which offered scholarships to eligible low-income students to attend private schools….We also test for several moderating factors, and find that schools that we would expect to be most sensitive to competitive pressure see larger improvements in their test scores as a result of increased competition.”
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