Grading the Governor’s Cuts: Cuomo vs. Kasich vs. Corbett Here’s a quick data driven post on Governor’s state aid cuts – or aid changes. So far, I’ve been able to compile data from a few states which make it relatively easy to access and download data on district by district runs of state aid (and one state ...
Resource Deprivation in High Need Districts? (& CAP’s goofy ROI) This post provides a follow-up on two seemingly unrelated topics, both of which can be traced back to the Center for American Progress. First, there was that wonderful little Return on Investment indicator series that CAP did a while back. Second, ...
Why comparing NAEP poverty achievement gaps across states doesn’t work Pundits love to make cross-state comparisons and rank states on a variety of indicators (I’m guilty too). A favorite activity is comparing NAEP test scores across subjects, including comparing which states have the biggest test score gaps between ...