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12.16.04

Written Statement by Education Trust Director Kati Haycock

for the President’s Economic Summit

 

10.14.04

Measured Progress:

States Are Moving In the Right Direction in Narrowing Achievement Gaps and Raising Achievement for All Students, but Not Fast Enough

 

11.15.04

Statement by Kati Haycock, Director of the Education Trust, on Education Secretary Rod Paige 

10.06.04 

 

Funding Gap

States shortchange poor, minority students of education dollars

09.28.04

National Alliance of Black School Educators and Education Trust Recognize Recent Progress in Public Education

07.27.04

The ABCs of “AYP” - Beyond Any Reasonable Doubt: We Can Do This

07.20.04

 

Memorandum Current Perkins Bills:  NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Ross Wiener, Policy Director, Education Trust

07.13.04

Testimony Of Ross Wiener, Policy Director, The Education Trust, Before The U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Education And The Workforce 

06.30.04

The Education Trust Announces New Web Resources for Latino Parents, Community Leaders and Advocates

06.17.04

Statement of Ross Wiener, Policy Director for The Education Trust, on Allowing Current AYP Provisions To Be Applied Retroactively

05.26.04

Empty Caps and Gowns: New analysis reveals deep problems in the graduation rates at four-year colleges and universities, but finds that some institutions do a much better job graduating their students than others

05.12.04

A Dream Deferred: 50 Years After Brown v. Board Of Education, The Struggle Continues. . A 50 State Look at Achievement, Attainment and Opportunity Gaps

04.30.04

 

Statement of Ross Wiener, Policy Director, The Education Trust, Before the National Conference of State Legislatures Task Force on No Child Left Behind

04.21.04

 

 Testimony of Ross Wiener, Policy Director for the Education Trust, before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on “The Importance of Highly Qualified Teachers in Raising Academic Achievement”

03.15.04

Statement of Ross Wiener, Policy Director for the Education Trust on the U.S. Department of Education's Announcement of New Teacher Quality Policies

03.09.04

Rest Not Our Weary Feet: Statement of Dr. Stephanie Robinson, Principal Partner of the Education Trust, on the release of the African American Achievement in America

2.25.04

The Real Value of Value-Added: Getting Effective Teachers to the Students Who Need Them Most

2.25.04

Statement of Kati Haycock, Director of the Education Trust, on the Harvard Civil Rights Project and Urban Institute Report on High School Graduation Rates

2.19.04

Statement of Ross Wiener, the Education Trust’s Policy Director, on the Department of Education’s New No Child Left Behind Provisions Regarding Limited-English Proficient Students

01.07.04

Statement of Kati Haycock, Director of The Education Trust on the Two Year Anniversary of No Child Left Behind

12.22.03

Getting Away With It: What Happens When No One’s Minding the Store: New State Data About Highly Qualified Teachers and Graduation Rates

12.17.03

2003 NAEP Urban Districts Reading and Math Results: What Districts Do Matters …A lot: 

11.18.03 

Don’t Turn Back the Clock!” Over 100 African American and Latino Superintendents Voice Their Support for the Accountability Provisions in Title I (NCLB)

11.13.03

Closing the Achievement Gap: 2003 NAEP Reading and Math Results Show Real Results and Remaining Challenges Gaps Growing in 8th Grade Math in Too Many States

11.06.03

Education Trust Launches High-Performing Schools and Districts Initiative and Honors Schools and Districts That Are Narrowing Gaps and “Dispelling the Myth”

10.29.03

State Funding Gaps: Students who need the most continue to get the least

10.07.03

How AYP is Helping Communities to Close the Achievement Gap

09.17.03

Kati Haycock Honored With Prestigious Harold W. Mcgraw, Jr. Prize in Education

09.16.03

Letter-to-the-Editor, Los Angeles Times—Re: Sept. 15, 2003 Editorial "The 85% Solution"

09.03.03

U.S. Department of Education is “In Need of Improvement”  When It Comes to Implementing the Teacher Quality Provisions in No Child Left Behind

07.09.03

Statement from Kati Haycock, Director of the Education Trust on Fully Funding No Child Left Behind: Do What's Right for Students

06.23.03

Statement from Kati Haycock, Director of The Education Trust on the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action

06.19.03

2002 NAEP Reading Results

Show Real Results and Remaining Challenges

 

Attachments:

Achievement Gains Over Time:

State-by-State

Achievement Gaps Over Time:

State-by-State

State Progress in Moving Students to Higher Levels of Proficiency

06.05.2003

The Education Trust and MetLife Foundation Announce the Formation of a National Center for Transforming School Counseling

05.13.2003

The Unfinished Business of Brown v. Board of Education

04.24.2003

The ABCs of "AYP" Raising Achievement for All Students

01.13.2003

Implementing NCLB in California: One Step Forward, Three Steps Back? Confusion about the New Law Threatens Advances for Students.

01.07.2003

Statement of Kati Haycock, Director of The Education Trust, on the Release of Quality Counts 2003: "Ensuring a Highly Qualified Teacher for Every Classroom"

 

12.16.04

Written Statement by Education Trust Director Kati Haycock

for the President’s Economic Summit

 

10.14.04

Measured Progress:

States Are Moving In the Right Direction in Narrowing Achievement Gaps and Raising Achievement for All Students, but Not Fast Enough

 

11.15.04

Statement by Kati Haycock, Director of the Education Trust, on Education Secretary Rod Paige 

10.06.04 

 

Funding Gap

States shortchange poor, minority students of education dollars

09.28.04

National Alliance of Black School Educators and Education Trust Recognize Recent Progress in Public Education

07.27.04

The ABCs of “AYP” - Beyond Any Reasonable Doubt: We Can Do This

07.20.04

 

Memorandum Current Perkins Bills:  NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Ross Wiener, Policy Director, Education Trust

07.13.04

Testimony Of Ross Wiener, Policy Director, The Education Trust, Before The U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Education And The Workforce 

06.30.04

The Education Trust Announces New Web Resources for Latino Parents, Community Leaders and Advocates

06.17.04

Statement of Ross Wiener, Policy Director for The Education Trust, on Allowing Current AYP Provisions To Be Applied Retroactively

05.26.04

Empty Caps and Gowns: New analysis reveals deep problems in the graduation rates at four-year colleges and universities, but finds that some institutions do a much better job graduating their students than others

05.12.04

A Dream Deferred: 50 Years After Brown v. Board Of Education, The Struggle Continues. . A 50 State Look at Achievement, Attainment and Opportunity Gaps

04.30.04

 

Statement of Ross Wiener, Policy Director, The Education Trust, Before the National Conference of State Legislatures Task Force on No Child Left Behind

04.21.04

 

 Testimony of Ross Wiener, Policy Director for the Education Trust, before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on “The Importance of Highly Qualified Teachers in Raising Academic Achievement”

03.15.04

Statement of Ross Wiener, Policy Director for the Education Trust on the U.S. Department of Education's Announcement of New Teacher Quality Policies

03.09.04

Rest Not Our Weary Feet: Statement of Dr. Stephanie Robinson, Principal Partner of the Education Trust, on the release of the African American Achievement in America

2.25.04

The Real Value of Value-Added: Getting Effective Teachers to the Students Who Need Them Most

2.25.04

Statement of Kati Haycock, Director of the Education Trust, on the Harvard Civil Rights Project and Urban Institute Report on High School Graduation Rates

2.19.04

Statement of Ross Wiener, the Education Trust’s Policy Director, on the Department of Education’s New No Child Left Behind Provisions Regarding Limited-English Proficient Students

01.07.04

Statement of Kati Haycock, Director of The Education Trust on the Two Year Anniversary of No Child Left Behind

12.22.03

Getting Away With It: What Happens When No One’s Minding the Store: New State Data About Highly Qualified Teachers and Graduation Rates

12.17.03

2003 NAEP Urban Districts Reading and Math Results: What Districts Do Matters …A lot: 

11.18.03 

Don’t Turn Back the Clock!” Over 100 African American and Latino Superintendents Voice Their Support for the Accountability Provisions in Title I (NCLB)

11.13.03

Closing the Achievement Gap: 2003 NAEP Reading and Math Results Show Real Results and Remaining Challenges Gaps Growing in 8th Grade Math in Too Many States

11.06.03

Education Trust Launches High-Performing Schools and Districts Initiative and Honors Schools and Districts That Are Narrowing Gaps and “Dispelling the Myth”

10.29.03

State Funding Gaps: Students who need the most continue to get the least

10.07.03

How AYP is Helping Communities to Close the Achievement Gap

09.17.03

Kati Haycock Honored With Prestigious Harold W. Mcgraw, Jr. Prize in Education

09.16.03

Letter-to-the-Editor, Los Angeles Times—Re: Sept. 15, 2003 Editorial "The 85% Solution"

09.03.03

U.S. Department of Education is “In Need of Improvement”  When It Comes to Implementing the Teacher Quality Provisions in No Child Left Behind

07.09.03

Statement from Kati Haycock, Director of the Education Trust on Fully Funding No Child Left Behind: Do What's Right for Students

06.23.03

Statement from Kati Haycock, Director of The Education Trust on the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action

06.19.03

2002 NAEP Reading Results

Show Real Results and Remaining Challenges

 

Attachments:

Achievement Gains Over Time:

State-by-State

Achievement Gaps Over Time:

State-by-State

State Progress in Moving Students to Higher Levels of Proficiency

06.05.2003

The Education Trust and MetLife Foundation Announce the Formation of a National Center for Transforming School Counseling

05.13.2003

The Unfinished Business of Brown v. Board of Education

04.24.2003

The ABCs of "AYP" Raising Achievement for All Students

01.13.2003

Implementing NCLB in California: One Step Forward, Three Steps Back? Confusion about the New Law Threatens Advances for Students.

01.07.2003

Statement of Kati Haycock, Director of The Education Trust, on the Release of Quality Counts 2003: "Ensuring a Highly Qualified Teacher for Every Classroom"

 

 

 

12.16.2002

Education Trust among the 100 Best Charities Featured in Worth Magazine

12.12.2002

Education Trust Honors Pioneers In School Counseling Reform

10.30.2002

Add It Up: Mathematics in the US Does Not Compute

08.21.2002

ALL TALK, NO ACTION: Putting an End to Out-of-Field Teaching

08.08.2002

New School Finance Data Analysis Shows Deep Inequities, but Gaps in Some States Decreasing

05.02.2001

States Can Close the Achievement Gap by Decades End, New Education Trust State and National Achievement Gap Analysis

10.25.2000

Statement of Kati Haycock, Director of The Education Trust, on the New RAND Issue Paper

08.24.2000

Statement of Kati Haycock, Director of The Education Trust, on the Release of the NAEP 1999 Trends Report

03.07.2000

Response of The Education Trust to the Release of the NRC Interim Report on Teacher Licensing Tests

12.09.1999

Study Finds In Most States, for Most Students, A High School Diploma is a Ticket to Nowhere: How the Gap Between Leaving High School and Entering College and High Performance Jobs Shortchanges American Students

12.03.1999

The Education Trust Issues Challenge to Key Education Leaders: Help Close the Teaching Talent Gap Now

10.04.1999

Ed Trust Letter to House Education Committee Leaders Supporting the Bi-Partisan Title I Agreement

05.26.1999

Study Finds Teacher Licensure Tests are Mostly High School Level: If This Is All We Expect Teachers to Know, Why do We Make Them go to College?

05.05.1999

Education Trust Report -- They Can and They Do: Low-Income Students and High Academic Achievement

03.04.1999

NAEP 4th Grade Reading: Hispanic-White Gap in the States