New Brief Describes the Promise and Peril of Third-Grade Literacy Policies
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Key New NEPC Policy Brief Takeaway: New brief uses Kentucky’s “Read to Succeed” Act as a way to explore best practices in early literacy instruction. BOULDER, Colo. (PRWEB) June 03, 2021 In recent decades, state policymakers across the United States have been tinkering with their early literacy policies, with the goal of ensuring that students are reading on grade level by the end of third grade. But this good intent is not always matched by good design or good outcomes.
NEPC is releasing today a policy brief, Making Early Literacy Policy Work: Three Considerations for Policymakers Based on Kentucky’s “Read to Succeed” Act, authored by Amy Cummings of Michigan State University. The brief reviews the research on early literacy policies and concludes that while they may be effective at improving student achievement
Virtual School Enrollments Grow. Performance, Research Evidence, and Policymaking Missing in Action
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Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2021 provides vital scholarly analyses of virtual schools at a time of increased enthusiasm for moving schooling online, nationally and internationally. The report examines the characteristics and performance of full-time, publicly funded K-12 virtual schools. It also reviews the relevant available research related to virtual school practices, provides an overview of recent state legislative efforts to craft virtual school policy, and offers policy recommendations based on the available evidence.
A team of researchers led by Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Michael Barbour, Luis Huerta, and Jennifer King Rice found that enrollments in virtual schools have continued to climb, with 477 full-time virtual schools enrolling 332,379 students in 2019-202
NEPC Talks Education: Discussing Standardized Testing Policy During a Pandemic
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Key New NEPC Podcast Takeaway: NEPC Talks Education offers insightful programming on a variety of significant education policy and practice topics for educators, community members, policymakers, and anyone interested in education.
Lorrie Shepard BOULDER, Colo. (PRWEB) April 15, 2021 In this month’s episode of the NEPC Talks Education podcast, NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Lorrie Shepard, whose research focuses on psychometrics and the use and misuse of tests in educational settings. Dr. Shepard is the University Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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