Publications For Educators
Following is a list of all Education Trust publications arranged from newest to oldest. You can find publications archived by year in the box below left.
If you know the title of a specific publication but cannot find it, type the name in the Search box atop this page. To find a publication on a specific topic, go to the Filter Publications box and choose a topic or audience from the drop-down menu. Or you can click on one of the “tags” beneath a publication listed below to view all of our publications on that topic.
All Education Trust publications are available as free downloads. Publications marked with an asterisk (*) are available in print. Please contact rpitts@edtrust.org for more information.
Opportunity Adrift: Our Flagship Universities Are Straying From Their Public Mission*
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Public flagship and research universities spend millions of dollars every year to aid wealthy students who don't need it, while providing inadequate support to low-income and minority students who do. Some flagships are stepping up to the challenge and focusing on access and success. An account of their performance and progress appears at the end of this report.
Gauging the Gaps: A Deeper Look at Student Achievement*
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Using state-level NAEP data, this brief illustrates the pitfalls in one-dimensional appraisals of achievement gaps. Analyzing the gaps from four perspectives is essential to gain a comprehensive, accurate picture of equity.
Charting a Necessary Path: The Baseline Report of the Access to Success Initiative*
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The baseline report of the Access to Success Initiative shows that low-income and minority students enroll in and graduate from four-year programs at disproportionately lower rates than do other high school graduates in their respective states. Click the report's title to view the individual system profiles.
Professional Development for School Counselors Brochure
No Accounting for Fairness: Equitable Education Funding
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"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.
Core Problems*
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Learn about how out-of-field teaching persists in key academic courses in high-poverty and high-minority schools.
Measures that Matter - Making College and Career Readiness the Mission for America’s High Schools
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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.
Counting on Graduation*
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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.
Their Fair Share: How Texas-Sized Gaps in Teacher Quality Shortchange Poor and Minority Students*
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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.)
Graduation Matters: Improving Accountability for High School Graduation
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This report details state-set goals for graduation rates under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law, showing how improvement targets are often so low that they undercut the aim of significantly raising graduation rates.
