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Anne Wicks

Anne Wicks is the George W. Bush Institute鈥檚 Ann Kimball Johnson director of education and opportunity.

The Best Way to Teach Reading Is Proven 鈥� What Mississippi, Colorado Get Right

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What Texas鈥� Tumultuous History with Literacy Means for Its Children鈥檚 Future

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The Texas Story: How Mid-Sized Cities Can Prepare Students for Jobs of the Future

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The Texas Story: Will Students in West Texas and East Texas Be Ready for Their Futures?

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How to Ensure a Pipeline of Talent to Sustain Another Century

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Analysis: Across Texas, One Key Education Innovation Is Returning to the Basics

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2 Keys For Building Better Schools: Strong Governance and Effective 鈥楨cosystems鈥�

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How Well Are Students Prepared for the Workforce?

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Beyond the Scantron: Inside Our New Series on Why We Test Students, How Testing Can Lead to More Equitable Schools Amid the Pandemic & the Push to Build Better Assessments

Anne Wicks & Alex Dowdy

Beyond the Scantron: Former Dallas Superintendent Mike Miles on Why Testing Is Essential to Know Where Students Are At 鈥� and Is a Key Tool in Preparing Them for the 2030 Workforce

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Beyond the Scantron: Ed Tech CEO Larry Berger on Why the Pandemic Is No Excuse to Abscond Accountability and 鈥楧isruptions Are Great Opportunities to Try Something New鈥�

Holly Kuzmich, Anne Wicks & William McKenzie

Beyond the Scantron: 鈥楰ids in a Class That Is Tested Are Going to Learn a Lot More Than One That鈥檚 Not,鈥� Says Leading Texas Teacher

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Beyond the Scantron: Back-to-School 2020 Should Start With Assessments to Determine How COVID-19 Shutdown Impacted Student Achievement, Says Former Massachusetts Ed Leader

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Beyond the Scantron: Former Louisiana School Chief John White 鈥� The Next Monumental Task in Education Is to Create Tests That Build Knowledge

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Beyond the Scantron: Special Education Expert Sheryl Lazarus on How Fair, High-Quality Tests Have Led to Improved Instruction for Students With Disabilities and English Learners

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Beyond the Scantron: Two Parent Leaders on How to Make State Tests and Results Understandable for Parents

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Beyond the Scantron: National Parents Union Chief on What Tests Reveal About the Quality of an Education 鈥� and Why Student Advocates Must Take More Than a Book Report to a Knife Fight Over Higher Standards

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Beyond the Scantron: A Primer on Testing 鈥� Researcher Mark Dynarski Translates Assessment Jargon for the Rest of Us

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Beyond the Scantron: Harvard Expert Andrew Ho on the 3 W鈥檚 of Testing and How to Figure Out What Students Have Lost Academically to COVID-19

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Beyond the Scantron: College Board鈥檚 Chakravarty Says the Pandemic鈥檚 Big 鈥楢ha鈥� Moment on Assessments Was Less About Tech, More About the Challenges of Equitably Testing at Home

Holly Kuzmich, Anne Wicks & William McKenzie

Beyond the Scantron: Brightbeam CEO Chris Stewart on How the Pandemic Will Widen Achievement Gaps 鈥� and How a 鈥楧ata Vacation鈥� Could Leave Us Clueless About the Crisis

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Beyond the Scantron: Center for Assessment Director Scott Marion on How Large-Scale Testing in the Fall Could Set Up 鈥楻emediation Mindset鈥�

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Beyond the Scantron: 6 Ways Educators and Policymakers Can Ensure Equity in Testing and Across Schools Through the Pandemic

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Former Secretary Margaret Spellings on Better Equipping Children for College and an Evolving Workforce 鈥� and Why High Schools Must Become More Like Community Colleges

Anne Wicks & Andrew Kaufmann

Analysis: As Some Dallas Schools See Gains Through Program Pairing Top Educator Talent With Data-Based Instruction, Could Other Districts Benefit From Similar Strategy?

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The Power of a Principal: How Dallas鈥檚 ACE Program Pairs Effective Teachers With 鈥楬igh Growth鈥� School Leaders to Help Students Progress

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie

A School Data Breakthrough in Dallas: How an Innovative School Model Is Proving That Data Can Help Teachers Shape Individualized Instruction 鈥� and Achieve Impressive Student Growth

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie

Accelerating Excellence in Texas Schools: How the 鈥楢CE鈥� Initiative Is Changing the Way Dallas Evaluates Its Teachers and Empowers Students with Data-Driven Instruction

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie

Education Accountability: 5 State Leaders on Why It Matters for the Students They Serve 鈥� The 鈥楢鈥� Word

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Steve Canavero: There鈥檚 an Aspect of Accountability Missing at the District Level 鈥� The 鈥楢鈥� Word

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Pedro Rivera: When Not Used the Right Way, Accountability Is Just Medicine That Is Masking the Root of the Problem 鈥� The 鈥楢鈥� Word

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Bill Haslam: Obama and Bush Both Took 鈥楬uge Steps鈥� of Political Courage on Educational Accountability, and Paid Huge Dividends 鈥� The 鈥楢鈥� Word

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie

John White: 鈥楨xaggerated Accountability Response in Combination With Exaggerated Chaos Will Produce Distrust鈥� 鈥� The 鈥楢鈥� Word

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Jamie Woodson: Education Success Isn鈥檛 the Responsibility of Any One Sector. We Are All Accountable 鈥� The 鈥楢鈥� Word

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Wicks: Americans鈥� Commitment to Democracy Is Strong 鈥� and Civics Education Is the People鈥檚 Choice for Making Our Democracy Even Stronger

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Wicks: To Prepare Kids for an Unpredictable Future, Schools Need Two Things 鈥� a Strong Principal and Strong Accountability

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Lessons From Public Schools Succeeding in Helping Immigrant Students Become Americans

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Analysis: 5 Ways to Keep School Accountability Simple Under the Every Student Succeeds Act

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Turning the Page on No Child Left Behind: Why America鈥檚 Next Chapter Needs Understandable Data That Lead to Better Results

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie

The 鈥楢鈥� Word: Tom Boasberg 鈥� 鈥楢ccountability Is Not About Punishment鈥�

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The 鈥楢鈥� Word: Diane Tavenner 鈥� 鈥榃hat I Really Want to Know Are Yes-or-No Answers to 3 Things鈥�

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The 鈥楢鈥� Word: Daniel King 鈥� 鈥楨verything鈥檚 at Stake If We Don鈥檛 Improve Social Mobility鈥�

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The 鈥楢鈥� Word: Wicks & McKenzie 鈥� The 4 Things That Accountability Should Do Well

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The 鈥楢鈥� Word: Dustin Marshall 鈥� 鈥業t鈥檚 Shocking, Appalling, That There Are Arguments Made in Education That Data Is Bad鈥�

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The 鈥楢鈥� Word: Gerard Robinson 鈥� 鈥榃e Have Got to Get Rid of the Term 鈥淎ccountability.鈥� It鈥檚 Simply Too Toxic.鈥�

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The 鈥楢鈥� Word: Kevin Huffman 鈥� 鈥楶arents Don鈥檛 Dislike Testing as Much as People Think They Do. They Hate Test Prep鈥�

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The 鈥楢鈥� Word: Felicia Cumings Smith 鈥� 鈥榊ou Have to Lean Into the Messiness and Have Honest Conversations鈥�

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The 鈥楢鈥� Word: Hanna Skandera 鈥� 鈥業 Am Not Anti-Union Until They Don鈥檛 Put Kids First鈥�

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The 鈥楢鈥� Word: John King 鈥� 鈥業n Too Many Places, Underperformance Is Not Only Tolerated, but Assumed鈥�

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The 鈥楢鈥� Word: Accountability 鈥� The Dirty Word of Today鈥檚 Education Reform

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The 鈥楢鈥� Word: Lizzette Reynolds 鈥� 鈥楢ccountability Shouldn鈥檛 Be Considered a Way of Limiting a Child鈥檚 Progress鈥�

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie

The 鈥楢鈥� Word: Margaret Spellings 鈥� 鈥榊ou Can鈥檛 Solve a Problem That You Don鈥檛 Diagnose Correctly, Fairly, Accurately, and Comparably鈥�

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