NEPC Resources on Standards-Based Reform

(April 26, 2022). Five Real-World Lessons From Common Core State Standards Implementation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-ccss-04262022

Christopher Saldaña, Lorrie Shepard (April 15, 2021). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Lorrie Shepard About Standardized Testing Policy . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-shepard

Gail L. Sunderman (February 9, 2021). NEPC Review: School Accountability--Past, Present, and Future (Hoover Institution, November 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/accountability

(August 6, 2020). The Misguided Push to Reintroduce Standardized Testing During the Pandemic. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-testing-covid-080620

Jaekyung Lee (November 26, 2019). NEPC Review: Fewer Children Left Behind: Lessons From the Dramatic Achievement Gains of the 1990s and 2000s (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, October 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/achievement

Amanda Datnow (January 24, 2019). NEPC Review: The Opportunity Myth (TNTP, September 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-opportunity-myth

Sharon L. Nichols (February 25, 2016). NEPC Review: Lessons From State Performance on NAEP: Why Some High-Poverty Students Score Better Than Others (Center for American Progress , January 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-CAP-standards

(October 28, 2015). NAEPscuses: Making Sense of Excuse-Making from the No-Excuses Contingent. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/naepscuses

Kevin G. Welner (October 28, 2015). NAEPscuses: Making Sense of Excuse-Making from the No-Excuses Contingent. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/naepscuses

Alex Molnar (April 9, 2015). State Sen. Alberta Darling's Recovery District Idea is Designed to Fail. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/state-sen-alberta-darling

Mark R. Warren (February 2, 2015). Review of Turning Lightning into Electricity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-turning-lightning-into-electricity

Kevin G. Welner (March 26, 2014). The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core State Standards. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/lost-opportunity-common-core-state-standards

William J. Mathis (June 13, 2013). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2013 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/options

Rich Milner (February 28, 2013). Policy Reforms and De-professionalization of Teaching. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/policy-reforms-deprofessionalization

Kenneth R. Howe, David E. Meens (October 16, 2012). How Recent Education Reforms Undermine Local School Governance and Democratic Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/democracy-left-behind

Kevin G. Welner (December 1, 2011). How Many Decades Before 'Reform' Becomes 'Status Quo'?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/how-many-decades-reform-becomes-status-quo

Jaekyung Lee (October 13, 2011). NEPC Review: Do High Flyers Maintain Their Altitude? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-high-flyers

Jesse Rothstein (January 13, 2011). NEPC Review: Learning About Teaching (December 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-learning-about-teaching

Edward García Fierros, Bridget Rooney (December 14, 2010). NEPC Review: 2010 State School Report Card (October 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-2010-state-school-report

William J. Mathis (July 21, 2010). The "Common Core" Standards Initiative: An Effective Reform Tool?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/common-core-standards

William J. Mathis (April 21, 2010). NEPC Review: Behind the Curtain: Assessing the Case for National Standards (February 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-behind-the-curtain

Gerald W. Bracey (November 9, 2009). The Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education, 2009. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/bracey-report

Kevin G. Welner (June 1, 2008). The Overselling of Growth Modeling. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/overselling-growth-modeling

W. Norton Grubb (October 20, 2007). 'Restoring Value' to the High School Diploma: The Rhetoric and Practice of Higher Standards. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/restoring-value-high-school-diploma-the-rhetoric-and-practice-higher-standards

Kenneth R. Howe (September 11, 2006). NEPC Review: The State of State Standards 2006 (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-the-state-state-standards-2006

Gregory A. Smith (January 1, 2002). The Broken Business Model. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-broken-business-model

Kenneth R. Howe (January 1, 1994). Standards, Assessment, and Equality of Educational Opportunity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/standards-assessment-and-equality-educational-opportunity

Lorrie Shepard (January 1, 1980). Technical Issues in Minimum Competency Testing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/technical-issues-minimum-competency-testing

Lorrie Shepard (January 1, 1980). Standard Setting Issues and Methods. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/standard-setting-issues-and-methods