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“What Schools Do Parents Want (And Why)?”: New Report Focuses on Changes in School Choices in New Orleans
Education Research Alliance for New Orleans to release first in series of studies on post-Katrina NOLA schools
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Era New Orleans draws attention from local media
Organization receives $3.5 million grant from Tulane University.
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On the Bubble of Success? The Role of LEAP Performance Thresholds in New Orleans Schools
Louisiana, like other states, holds schools accountable for the percentage of students scoring above performance thresholds on state tests. For example, our schools get points toward their School Performance Scores when student…
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Can Value-Added Measures Improve the Assessment of School Quality?
Louisiana’s test-based accountability system relies on School Performance Scores (SPS) that heavily weight levels of student performance. This may seem like an appealing strategy because it is simple and successfully iden…
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Teachers' Perceptions of Schools Before and After Katrina
The structure and governance of New Orleans schools have changed substantially in the nine years since Hurricane Katrina. However, it remains unclear exactly how schools’ practices and cultures have changed over this time per…
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NPR quotes Doug Harris, director of Era-New Orleans
Doug Harris comments on the upward achievement trend in New Orleans schools.