FINAL FOUR It’s time for the Final Four! The Collaborative for Student Success’ March MATHness tournament is narrowing down the contenders…
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Urgent Action Needed in the States to Reverse K-12 Math Crisis Governors’ State of the State Addresses Show…
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Update: Assessment HQ Updated with 2022-23 State Assessment Scores in Reading, Math Latest K-8 Assessment Results Show Majority…
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Update: New Assessment HQ Update Underscores Urgent Need to Get Students on Track in Reading, Math …
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Statement on Sept. 30 Pandemic Recovery Spending Deadline On Monday, October 3rd, 2022, Collaborative for Student Success Director Jim Cowen…
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Collaborative Director Jim Cowen – Statement on NAEP 2022 Long-Term Trend Results On Sept. 1, 2022, Jim Cowen, executive director…
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On January 26, 2022, Collaborative for Student Success Director Jim Cowen released the following press release for the launch of a…
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On March 17, 2022, the Collaborative for Student Success sponsored the Future of Education virtual summit hosted by the Hill newspaper. The…
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On March 24, 2022, Collaborative for Student Success Director Jim Cowen released the following press release for the update of AssessmentHQ to…
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On January 26, 2022, Collaborative for Student Success Director Jim Cowen released the following press release for the launch of a new…
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On October 18, 2021, Collaborative for Student Success Director Jim Cowen released the following statement in response to the release of results from…
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On September 27, 2021, Collaborative for Student Success Director Jim Cowen released the following press release for the launch of new platform…
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On September 1, 2021, Collaborative for Student Success Director Jim Cowen released the following statement in response to the release of the…
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Request Seeks Equitable, Innovative Path Forward Contact: Josh Parrish, jparrish@forstudentsuccess.org WASHINGTON – A group of 15 civil rights,…
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This spring, top education officials from Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee joined Assessment HQ’s Dale Chu for a discussion on using state assessment…
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On April 27, 2021, Jim Cowen, executive director of the Collaborative for Student Success, published the statement below in response to a…
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TENESSEE EDUCATION COMMISSIONER PENNY SCHWINN: “When we are able to measure student growth and learning through statewide assessments, we are able to…
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ARIZONA GOVERNOR DUCEY: “Parents should have a basic understanding of how their school delivered for their children during this unprecedented year.”…
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On February 23, Jim Cowen, executive director of the Collaborative for Student Success, published the following statement on the U.S. Department of…
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Parents, teachers, and policy makers need a complete and objective picture of how each student is doing academically during the COVID-19…
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On February 3, 2021, Jim Cowen, executive director of the Collaborative for Student Success, published the below statement following the Senate confirmation…
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Teachers, parents, policymakers, and advocates all need a complete and consistent picture of how students fared during disruptions caused by the…
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As the pandemic continues to disrupt learning across the nation, a growing chorus of education and civil rights organizations, business leaders, and…
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Recently, the Collaborative for Student Success and EducationCounsel spoke with representatives from major statewide summative assessment vendors to learn more about how…
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On July 9, 2020, Jim Cowen, executive director of the Collaborative for Student Success, published the following memo illustrating the strong support…
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The Collaborative for Student Success sent a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos today, June 9, 2020, informing her that more…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 5, 2020) – Yesterday, the Collaborative for Student Success, along with nine organizations representing the education and civil rights…
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On April 21, 2020, Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following statement. A new report…
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Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, schools across the country are closed and may remain so for the rest of the academic year. While…
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Stimulus Bill Spurs Action Among Education and Civil Rights Groups WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 1, 2020) – Yesterday, the Collaborative for…
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On March 20, 2020, Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following statement. The Collaborative for Student…
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On Feb. 11, 2020, Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following memo ahead of the Florida…
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We are excited to introduce our first Featured Friend of the year – the National Council on Teacher Quality. With literacy being…
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Faltering Reading Results from Latest NAEP Release Spur Action WASHINGTON (November 12, 2019) – Today, the Collaborative for Student…
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We are excited to introduce this week’s Featured Friend – the Data Quality Campaign. The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) is a national…
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A Statement from the Collaborative for Student Success Today (October 30, 2019), the independent benchmark test called the National Assessment…
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The Congressional Military Family Caucus recently hosted its annual summit at the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center in…
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The Collaborative is trying something new. We’re taking some space to highlight and uplift some of the incredible work being done by…
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On Friday, August 23, 2019 Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, published the following memo on a recent…
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Message from Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success Today, the Collaborative for Student Success launched…
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Assessment HQ Will Provide Greater Transparency to Facilitate Student Growth Washington, D.C. (August 14, 2019) – Today, the Collaborative…
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Most kids look forward to the day that school is let out for summer vacation as much as they look forward to…
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Sometimes the so-called “national months” of this or that cause are, let’s face it, can feel somewhat trite. They can seem so…
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It’s been nearly ten years since states began adopting the Common Core State Standards and over that time a majority of states…
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High academic standards are helping states level the playing field for all students, and results from assessments aligned with those standards show…
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Let’s do an exercise. Think of this sort of like a privilege walk, in blog form. There’s no one here to judge…
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Henry Ossian Flipper paved the way for other African Americans to serve at the nation’s oldest military academy—and chipped away at the…
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Mrs. Brown was my fourth-grade teacher. Before now, I don’t think that I’ve ever thanked her, partially because I was in fourth-grade…
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A year ago, the Collaborative for Student Success released a comprehensive expert evaluation of the fifty accountability plans states…
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A message from Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, to our partners and friends: Why Do We Still…
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America has spoken: high standards are here to stay. This year’s Education Next and Phi Delta…
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On April 10, 2018 Jim Cowen, executive director of the Collaborative for Student Success, published the following memo on the recently released National Assessment…
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On November 6, 2017 Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, published the following memo on a recent survey released by…
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On August 28, 2017 Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following memo on the results of the Phi…
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On August 15, 2017 Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following memo on the results of Education…
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On June 27, 2017 Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following memo on the release of a…
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A recent report by the Heritage Foundation documents the difficulty military parents have in obtaining a quality education for…
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On May 22, 2017 Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following memo on annual assessments. Every spring,…
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On March 15, 2017 Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following memo in response to the…
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On February 16, 2017, Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following memo in response to recent comments…
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President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Betsy DeVos to serve as Secretary of Education has ignited considerable speculation about the impact her confirmation…
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On October 5, 2016 Collaborative for Student Success Executive Director Jim Cowen released the following memo on the states’ recent test scores: A…
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Collaborative for Student Success Executive Director Jim Cowen released the following statement regarding Donald Trump’s education “policy” remarks that get the facts…
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From Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success While Americans may disagree over the exact purpose of a strong…
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On August 23, 2016, Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following memo on Education Next’s new poll…
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From Jim Cowen, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success Last year, most states administered assessments aligned to Common Core State…
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On June 13, 2016, Jim Cowen, Interim Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following memo in response to…
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On June 3, 2016, Jim Cowen, Interim Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following memo detailing the fiscal…
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On May 5, 2016, Jim Cowen, Interim Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following memo showing how the Common…
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This week marks an important moment for academic standards in Oklahoma: will the state regress to a lower bar or will they…
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On March 14, 2016 Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, weighed in on Common Core which came up in the…
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On January 28, 2016 Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, weighed in on Common Core as a non-issue in…
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Washington, DC – Blair Mann, Director of Media Relations for The Collaborative for Student Success released the following statement on January 12th,…
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On Tuesday December 15, 2015, Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success issued the following statement on New York’s…
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On Tuesday December 8, 2015, Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success issued the following statement on the passing…
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On November 17, 2015, Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, issued the following memo on Massachusetts State Board of Education…
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Statement from Collaborative for Student Success Executive Director Karen Nussle: This week the Wall Street Journal published an extensive…
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October 28, 2015 This morning NAEP released scores for students across the country. Below is our statement on the score results, along…
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UPDATED 10/14/15: Last night, Arkansas Education Commissioner Johnny Key clarified the state’s announcement about their performance levels,…
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On October 6, 2015, Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, issued the following memo on Florida’s upcoming decision on honesty and…
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Click here for updates to this memo on 10/12/15. On September 16, 2015, Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success,…
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On September 2, 2015, Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, issued the following memo on the state of student assessments:…
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On August 24, 2015, Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, issued the following memo on recently released poll results and the…
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An Arkansas task force headed by Lieutenant Governor Tim Griffin will be examining the future of the state’s academic standards. The Associated…
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On July 1, 2015, Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following memo showing how the Common Core State…
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On May 29, 2015 Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, released the following memo on the topic of…
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The following is part of an April 9, 2015 memo from Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for…
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The following memo was written by Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, after President Obama’s State of the…
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