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Analysis and Commentary

Can Education Polls Be Scientific? Or Is It All Interest Group Politics?

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Friday, August 23, 2013

Sampling the public can be done pretty accurately by sophisticated polling firms, and all three of the just-released surveys have that in common. But even though sampling can be done in a scientific manner, question formulation in survey research is an art form.

In the News

Polls Show Mixed Report Card for Education Reforms

with Paul E. Petersonvia Politico
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Americans have a decidedly mixed view of the education reforms now sweeping the nation, supporting moves to open up public schools to more competition — and yet wary of ceding too much control to market forces. That’s the message that emerges from a trio of new polls on public education. Taken together, the polls out this week capture a...

Analysis and Commentary

Latest Results on Common Core and Other Issues in EdNext and AP Polls

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

A comparison of the two polls reveals that responses depend quite a bit on how a question is posed.

Analysis and Commentary

Let’s Hear It For Proficiency

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Next
Monday, August 19, 2013
Analysis and Commentary

Readers Comment on Obama’s Failure to Close White-Black Test Score Gap

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Analysis and Commentary

While K–12 Schools Resist, Digital Learning Disrupts Higher Education

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Thursday, August 8, 2013

Although digital learning is making definite advances, it has yet to disrupt secondary education.

Analysis and Commentary

The Obama Setback for Minority Education

by Paul E. Petersonvia Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Should federally mandated school accountability and testing requirements be abandoned? With Congress actively considering a major revision of No Child Left Behind, that question has moved to the top of the national education agenda.

Analysis and Commentary

Black-White Test Score Gap Fails to Close Under Obama

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Student achievement, after rising steadily during the 1999-2008 period, has come to a virtual halt during the Obama Administration.

Analysis and Commentary

Peter Flanigan: A True Friend of School Choice

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Monday, August 5, 2013

School vouchers never had a better friend than Peter Flanigan.

Analysis and Commentary

Partisanship and Bipartisanship

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Next
Monday, July 29, 2013

Gridlock and stasis don’t seem to be leaving the K–12 space in Washington anytime soon.

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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.