This October 30 article from the New York Times summarizes “the dismal [NAEP] results that reflected the performance of about 600,000 students in reading and math, whose scores made up what is called the nation’s report card.” It also includes comments from Betsy DeVos and education experts.

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A RAND data note explores the proportion of U.S. teachers who reported using high-quality mathematics and ELA materials in 2017-18. The authors found that mathematics teachers were more likely than ELA teachers to report regular use of at least one high-quality material; more middle school ELA teachers used high-quality materials than elementary or high school ELA teachers; and teachers in states participating in the High Quality Instructional Materials and Professional Development Network were more likely to use high-quality materials.

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In Attendance Playbook: Smart Solutions for Reducing Chronic Absenteeism, FutureEd and Attendance Works offer nearly two dozen practical strategies for improving attendance that have strong track records and are, in many instances, easy to introduce and simple to scale. The report explains each intervention, identifies the problem it solves, summarizes supporting research and its evidence level under federal law, and highlights schools or districts that have used the strategy successfully.

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