Research

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    Pandemic-Era Changes in Urban School Leadership: Superintendent, Characteristics, Turnover, and Salaries
     
    The COVID-19 pandemic, which began in the 2019-2020 academic year, continues to challenge school district operations across the United States. Much of the conversation regarding the pandemic’s impact on schools and learning focuses on the work being done in classrooms.
    20 pages
    October 2024
     
     
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    Academic Key Performance Indicators, 2024 Report
     
    Over the years, the nation’s large urban school districts have consistently learned from the progress of their peer districts across the country. Great City School districts that have embraced the challenge of educating America’s urban children have recognized the value of benchmarking their performance and growth against the progress of others.
    196 pages
    October 2024
     
     
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    Academic Key Performance Indicators, 2023 Report
     
    The 2023 report presents an updated set of data for school year 2021-22. This report presents several different ways that member districts can analyze the data themselves by disaggregating results, showing trends, and combining variables. The companion online dashboard has been updated with the most recent data allowing districts to conduct several comparisons and analysis beyond what is presented in this report. To access this system, go to www.edwires.org.
    196 pages
    October 2023
     
     
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    Academic Key Performance Indicators, 2022 Report
     
    The 2022 report presents an updated set of data through school year 2020-21. This reportpresents a number of different ways that member districts can analyze the data themselves bydisaggregating results, showing trends, and combining variables. The companion online dashboard addsthe ability to conduct several comparisons and analysis beyond what is presented in this report. To access this system, go to www.edwires.org.
    204 pages
    October 2022
     
     
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    Academic Key Performance Indicators, 2021 Report
     
    The 2021 report presents an updated set of data through school year 2019-20. This report presents a number of different ways that member districts can analyze the data themselves by disaggregating results, showing trends, and combining variables. This year, a companion online dashboard was released that added the ability to conduct several comparisons and analysis beyond what is presented in this report. To access this system, go to www.edwires.org.
    204 pages
    October 2021
     
     
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    Mirrors or Windows: How Well Do Large City Public Schools Overcome the Effects of Poverty and Other Barriers?
     
    Over the last twenty years of district-level assessments on the Nation's Report Card, the participating urban school districts have narrowed the achievement gap in mathematics and reading by about 50 percent. The Mirrors or Windows study found that urban students are making significant progress academically, despite having to overcome the effects of poverty.
    84 pages
    June 2021
     
     
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    Academic Key Performance Indicators, 2019 Report
     
    The refined set of Academic Key Performance Indicators are designed to measure the progress among the Council’s membership toward improving the academic outcomes for students.
    282 pages
    October 2019
     
     
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    Academic Key Performance Indicators 2018 Report
     
    This 2018 report focuses on the data collection and analysis of Academic KPIs including:• Pre-K enrollment relative to Kindergarten enrollment• Percent of 4th and 8th graders proficient in reading and math on NAEP• Algebra I completion rates for credit by grade 9• Ninth grade course failure rates — at least one core course• Absentee rates by grade level• Ninth graders with B average (GPA) or better• Absentee rates by grade level• Suspension rates• Instructional days missed per student
    235 pages
    October 2018