An index to the Condition of Education (COE) website, which offers an "integrated collection of indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education 2000-2007. Brought to you by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Michael Petrilli and Amber Winkler examine the Fordham Foundation's recent "Education Olympics," a comparison of international test scores in which American students won one medal. They also pick apart the argument that education results aren't correlated to a nation's economic success.
High school diplomas might not indicate that students have actually learned much, according to this report from the ED in 08 group. Interesting finding: students in college remedial classes have a B average on their high school diplomas. Yikes.
Fredrick Hess (AEI) explores why "data driven decision making" can lead to stupid educational policy. Anything viewed too simply or uncritically, in Hess' view, isn't a good thing. The anecdote for "research shows...."
The results aren't as great as the website would lead you to believe, according to this randomized study of students in the United States.