Publication Archive — 2008

No Accounting for Fairness: Equitable Education Funding

"No Accounting for Fairness" examines funding patterns in Ohio's 14 largest school systems by looking at publicly available school-level expenditure data on teacher salaries, which typically accounts for 80 to 90 percent of elementary school budgets. The analysis found that expenditures on teacher salaries during the 2007-08 year vary dramatically between elementary schools within the same district.

Publication date: 
December 22 2008

Core Problems*

Learn about how out-of-field teaching persists in key academic courses in high-poverty and high-minority schools.

Publication date: 
November 20 2008

Measures that Matter - Making College and Career Readiness the Mission for America’s High Schools

This report is part of a joint, ongoing effort by Achieve and The Education Trust to provide strategic and technical guidance to states in creating a coherent set of policies designed to get all students college- and career-ready.

Publication date: 
November 19 2008

Counting on Graduation*

This report shows how most state accountability systems still exhibit a surprising indifference toward improving the high school graduation rates—and thus, the life chances—of their young people. It provides information about what states are doing (and not doing) to boost graduation rates and provides specific recommendations for improvement.

Publication date: 
October 1 2008

Their Fair Share: How Texas-Sized Gaps in Teacher Quality Shortchange Poor and Minority Students*

This follow-up study of Texas’s 50 largest school districts finds significant teacher quality and pay gaps throughout the state. (Note: The Web tool referenced in this report no longer is active.)

Publication date: 
February 1 2008