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Class-Size Reduction of Limited Value on Achievement Gap, Study Finds

with Eric Hanushekvia Education Week
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Reducing class sizes—a popular policy among parents, teachers, and lawmakers—has long been viewed as a way to increase student achievement...

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Does Curriculum Constrain Teachers?

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Words are slippery things...

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Edison Schools Establishes Education Research Institute, Names New Chief Education Officer

with John E. Chubb, Education Nextvia PR Newswire
Friday, February 22, 2008

Edison Schools, a leading provider of achievement management solutions to public schools in the United States and the United Kingdom, today announced two key appointments designed to bolster business and academic performance for the education company...

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What We Can Learn from the International Assessments

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

think a few words are in order about the AIR study of TIMSS and PISA. ..

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If At First You Don't Succeed...

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, February 5, 2008

I have read the reports of the international assessments over the years and think it would be foolhardy to dismiss them out of hand...

Koret Task Force

The Koret Task Force on the No Child Left Behind Act

via Uncommon Knowledge
Thursday, January 31, 2008

The Koret Task Force on K-12 Education discusses the No Child Left Behind Act. (52:17)

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Cash for Scores

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

In the past, say, a century or so ago, school reformers used "democracy" as the magic word...

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The Koret Task Force on the No Child Left Behind Act

with Koret Task Forcevia ForaTv
Thursday, January 17, 2008

During a conference on education hosted by the Hoover Institution, members of the Koret Task Force held a Q & A session about the pros and cons of the No Child Left Behind Act and whether or not congress should reauthorize it after it runs out...

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The Underlying Issues

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Your description of CPESS and other Coalition schools sounds like a memory from a distant past...

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Grading Schools

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Let's talk about grading schools and about when it is appropriate to close schools...

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The K-12 Education Koret Task Force is no longer active as of December 2014. This page will not be updated with future posts.

Koret Task Force Timeline 1998-2014

Chair
Senior Fellow
Participants
Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in Education
Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow

The K–12 Education Task Force focuses on education policy as it relates to government provision and oversight versus private solutions (both within and outside the public school system) that stress choice, accountability, and transparency; that include systematic reform options such as vouchers, charter schools, and testing; and that weigh equity concerns against outcome objectives.

Its collaborative efforts spawned a quarterly journal titled Education Next, one of the premier publications on public education research policy in the nation.

Chester E. Finn, Jr. serves as chair of the Task Force on K–12 education.