This report, produced by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, found the following upon its analysis of credible education policy research:
- Disaggregated data shifted the focus from the average kid to every kid—including Black, Hispanic, low-income students, English learners, and learners with disabilities. No longer were school districts able to hide the performance of some students behind an average.
- Student achievement increased due to NCLB-era assessment and accountability policies, especially in math and especially for Black, Hispanic, and low-income students, who the system had not been serving well.
- There is now access to far more reliable, comparable education data than there would be available otherwise, though there has not been sufficient time dedicated to rigorous analysis.
- Reforms in teacher evaluation and school turnaround initiatives did not consistently improve student outcomes at scale, in part due to significant variation in quality of implementation.
