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NCEE Releases New College and Career Readiness Report
After over two years of research, NCEE has released the findings of a first-of-its-kind study of the mathematics and English literacy required of first year community college students. On May 7th, key education and policy leaders joined NCEE in a day-long meeting looking at the results of the study and its implications for school reform, the Common Core State Standards, community colleges, and work, careers and vocational education. Click here to download the report, watch the video of the release event or access other event materials.
China on the Charles
The Common Core and Disadvantaged Students
In his edweek.org blog, Marc Tucker addresses recent backlash against the Common Core State Standards and explains why the standards will benefit disadvantaged students. Click here to read the blog.
NCEE's 25th Anniversary
NCEE Celebrates 25 Years
On May 6th, present and former staff, trustees, advisors and other members of the extended NCEE family gathered to celebrate the organization's 25th birthday. Click here to view pictures from the gathering and read what educators, analysts and policy makers who have followed the organization over the years have to say about NCEE's contribution to national education.Thank you to all those who have been involved in and supported this important work over the past 25 years.
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Center for American Progress Panel Discussion: What Can U.S. Schools Learn from Other Countries?
On May 14th, in connection with the release of three new papers, Marc Tucker joined Ben Jensen, Director of the School Education Program at the Grattan Institute (Australia), Chester E. Finn, Jr., President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Lydia Logan, Managing Director for Chiefs for Change, and moderator Cynthia G. Brown, Vice President for Education Policy at Center for American Progress, for a discussion about how high-performing nations organize, manage, and fund their schools and what the U.S. can learn from their examples. Click to see full video of the discussion and read the report authored by Marc Tucker, "Governing American Education: Why This Dry Subject May Hold the Key to Advances in American Education."
The Center on International Education Benchmarking (CIEB) conducts research on the world's most successful education systems. It offers access to information, analysis, and opinion on these systems through its web portal.Learn More
NCEE's pilot school program, Excellence for All, brings the system of aligned instruction and examinations used by best-performing countries to U.S. high schools. Learn More
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