What to make of international assessments
If education experts can't agree about the meaning of international assessments, what are parents supposed to make of them?
Mind the high school gender gap
A close look at California test scores show girls lag behind boys in far too many subjects in high school 鈥� especially STEM subjects like geometry, physics, and chem.
What an average school rating means
When a school鈥檚 GreatSchools Rating is a 1 or 10, you can be confident that you know how the students are performing according to state tests. But when a school has an average rating, it can mean many different things.
Buying into a public school
How free public education ends up costing parents a pretty penny.
Where does your child rank globally?
Where does your child fit into the global picture of education? (And should you care?)
GreatSchools鈥� POV on Common Core
How do we feel about this new educational initiative that could transform U.S. classrooms? As always, we鈥檙e keeping our eye on what matters most: your child.
Video: School test scores
They're never the whole story, but test scores do offer important information about a school. If you know how to dig deeper.
How does your school compare?
Yet again, the U.S. has received mediocre PISA scores. A new opt-in test is giving schools a chance to see how they rank internationally 鈥� and how to improve.
Lessons from South Korea
Should South Korean schools point the way to American reforms?
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