Publications For Educators

Following is a list of all Education Trust publications arranged from newest to oldest.

If you know the title of a specific publication but cannot find it, type the name in the Search box at the top of 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 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 rsmiles@edtrust.org for more information.

One Step from the Finish Line: Higher College-Graduation Rates are Within Our Reach

This report challenges the conventional wisdom about college-graduation rates by highlighting the strategies of some successful colleges and universities.

Publication date: 
January 1 2005
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Choosing To Improve: Voices from Colleges and Universities with Better Graduation Rates

Offers a detailed examination of the practices of these schools and outlines a growing body of research that tells us that what schools do matters a great deal -- from their efforts to keep new students engaged to their use of data to uncover obstacles to completion.

Publication date: 
January 1 2005
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Guide to Help African-American Parents Improve Their Children's Education

This guide gives African-American parents the necessary tools needed to advocate and improve their child’s education.

Publication date: 
January 1 2005
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The Real Value of Teachers: Using New Information about Teacher Effectiveness to Close the Achievement Gap

This report lays out an ambitious policy agenda, premised on an exhaustive review of the existing research on teacher effectiveness—often referred to as “value-added.”

Publication date: 
December 1 2004
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On Course for Success

The Education Trust along with the ACT collaborated to write On Course for Success which provides examples of model high school courses that prepare students for the rigors of college and ultimately the work force.

Publication date: 
December 1 2004
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Measured Progress

This report documents that student achievement in reading and math is rising in the elementary grades in most states, and achievement gaps are narrowing, but in many places, the pace of these gains must accelerate dramatically if all students are to meet state standards by 2014.

Publication date: 
October 1 2004
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The Funding Gap Report 2004

This updated report documents how most states continue to shortchange poor and minority students by failing to fairly fund the schools they attend.

Publication date: 
September 1 2004
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The ABCs of "AYP"

Raising Achievement for All Students -- A brief report detailing the basic principles and core requirements of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) - the accountability mechanism in No Child Left Behind (NCLB). This report is one in a series on implementing NCLB.

Publication date: 
June 1 2004
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A Matter of Degrees

An 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 some students than others.

Publication date: 
May 1 2004
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Parent and Community Data Guide

This easy-to-use guide gives parents and the public the tools to collect and analyze school data to improve student achievement.

Publication date: 
January 1 2004
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