NEA Policy Briefs
Achievement Gaps
- Closing the Gap through Extended Learning Opportunities (2008) (PDF, 210 KB, 4pp)
- Alternative Compensation: Create a solid pay system and then add enhancements (2008) (PDF, 232 KB, 4pp)
- Charter Schools: Proceed Deliberately, Monitor Diligently, and Learn What Can Be Scaled Up (2008) (PDF, 210 KB, 4pp)
- Strengthening Charter School Policies (2011) (PDF, 272 KB, 4pp)
- Promoting Educators' Cultural Competence To Better Serve Culturally Diverse Students (2008) (PDF, 201 KB, 4pp)
- Common Core Standards: A Tool for Improving Education (2010) (PDF, 544 KB, 8pp)
Early Childhood Education
- Early Childhood Education and School Readiness (2008) (PDF, 202 KB, 4pp)
- Full-Day Kindergarten Helps Close Achievement Gaps (2008) (PDF, 198 KB, 4pp)
- Raising the Standards for Early Childhood Professionals Will Lead to Better Outcomes (2010) (PDF, 212 KB, 4pp)
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
- Federal Education Funding under NCLB: Fairness Contributor or Inhibitor? (2011) (353 KB, 4pp)
- Volatility in Census Poverty Estimates for ESEA Title I Grants Undermines Planning, Resource Allocation (2008) (PDF, 288 KB, 4pp)
English Language Learners
- Professional Development for General Education Teachers of English Language Learners (2011) (PDF, 434 KB, 5pp)
- Global Competence Is a 21st Century Imperative (2010) (PDF, 249 KB, 4pp)
- Keeping Family-School-Community Connections Helps Support Secondary Students' Success (2009) (PDF, 320 KB, 4pp)
- Parent, Family, Community Involvement in Education (2008) (PDF, 198 KB, 4pp)
- School-Family Engagement: Staff Preparation and Support Are Vital (2011) (PDF, 230 KB, 6pp)
Priority Schools
- Staffing Priority Schools: Strategies and Commitments for Changing the Status Quo (2009) (PDF, 204 KB, 4pp)
- Changing Role of School Leadership (2008) (PDF, 283 KB, 4pp)
- And They’re Off! How States Are Reexamining Students’ Early Graduation from High School (2010) (PDF, 188 KB, 4pp)
- Class Size Reduction: A Proven Reform Strategy (2008) (PDF, 193 KB, 4pp)
- Reforming High Schools for the 21st Century - An Imperative (2008) (PDF, 212 KB, 4pp)
- Response to Intervention: A Transformational Approach (2010) (PDF, 212 KB, 4pp)
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Making learning accessible and engaging for all students (2008) (PDF, 228 KB, 4pp)
- The Federal Role in Transforming Struggling Schools (2011) (PDF, 402 KB, 6pp).
- Subsidizing Private Education At Taxpayer Expense (2011) (PDF, 226 KB, 3pp)
- Voucher Schemes: A Bad IDEA for Students with Disabilities (2008) (PDF, 235 KB, 4pp)
- Vouchers? No, there are better alternatives (2009) (PDF, 192 KB, 4pp)
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
- Blended Learning (2011) (PDF, 214 KB, 3pp)
- Mathematics and Science for Every Girl and Boy (2008) (PDF, 990 KB, 4pp)
- Technology in Schools: The Ongoing Challenge of Access, Adequacy and Equity (2008) (PDF, 199 KB, 4pp)
- Thinking Algebraically: Promoting rigorous mathematics for all students (2008) (PDF, 283 KB, 4pp)
Special Education
- Changing the Landscape: Including students with disabilities in high school graduation rates (2008) (PDF, 210 KB, 4pp)
- Disproportionality: Inappropriate Identification of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children (2008) (PDF, 232 KB, 4pp)
- One License - Many Routes: NEA and Alternative Routes to Licensure (2009) (PDF, 128 KB, 4pp)
- Beyond Two Test Scores: Multiple Measures of Student Learning and School Accountability (2011) (PDF, 260 KB, 5pp)
- Growth Models – An Update on the Effectiveness of Determining Student Progress and School Accountability (2009) (PDF, 204 KB, 4pp)
RELATED TOPICS
- 2011 C.A.R.E. Guide: Strategies for Closing the Achievement Gaps
Research-based strategies for educating culturally diverse students and students from low-income families. - NEA Grants to Close Student Achievement Gaps, 2006-2007 (PDF, 688 KB, 30pp)
This report includes policy successes affiliates attained with grant funds. - NEA Research, Tools, & Talking Points
Resources for closing achievement gaps. - Resources from Other Organizations on Achievement Gaps
Reports and Web sites on closing achievement gaps.
