Academic achievement

School test, education growth, test score increases, celebrating education quality

Education | ARTICLE | October 13, 2025

PRiME Summit Celebrates Schools with Impressive Test Score Growth

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Empty classroom, education policy, Missouri education, charter schools, charter school performance, education during COVID

Education | ARTICLE | September 17, 2025

Charters Have Outperformed Traditional Public Schools Post-Pandemic

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Student reading book, third-grade retention, retention policies, learning to read, literacy tests

Education | ARTICLE | September 12, 2025

Students Who Can’t Read Benefit from Third-Grade Retention

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

MAP testing, Missouri reading scores, early literacy reforms, childhood reading, reading to learn, third grade retention

Education | ARTICLE | August 20, 2025

Missouri’s Stagnant Reading Scores

By Avery Frank | Read Time 2 min

School choice, educational freedom, Missouri education policy, school choice case study, education finance and policy, Missouri education performance

Education | ARTICLE | July 16, 2025

School Choice Case Study: Charter Schools in Los Angeles

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Education | ARTICLE | July 9, 2025

What’s in a NAEP Score?

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

Education | ARTICLE | May 22, 2025

“May Malaise” and the Value of Testing in Schools

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Cell phones, phones in classrooms, cell phone bans, school performance phones

Education | ARTICLE | May 7, 2025

Phones Down: The Negative Effects of the Internet on Student Learning

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Education | ARTICLE | May 6, 2025

New State Board of Education Has a Long To-Do List

By Susan Pendergrass | Read Time 5 min

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