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Mapping the Mechanisms of Interdisciplinary Learning Transfer from Reading to Math Achievement: Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Controlled Trial

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This study analyzes data from the Model of Reading Engagement (MORE), a sustained content literacy intervention implemented in Grades 1-3, to examine the potential mechanisms of far transfer.

Why aren’t online learning programs working better in schools: Maybe they need to be more integrated with what is actually taught during whole classroom instruction?

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This paper finds positive effects from a digital activity aligned with class instruction, emphasizing the importance of technology and teachers complementing one another.

SLS Fall 2026 Newsletter

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Dear friends, It may be early October, but it still feels like back-to-school season here at States Leading States! After a summer of planning research, signing data sharing agreements, and moving analysis forward, we’re all excited to make significant...

Accountability Works. Outcomes-Based Contracting Makes It Work Better

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As John Adams observed, “facts are stubborn things.” The facts, as education policy writer Chad Aldeman recently observed, are that No Child Left Behind coincided with some of the fastest achievement gains on record for Black, Hispanic and low-income...

Inside the MORE Field Lab: How a Unique Research-Practice Partnership is Improving Implementation in Year Two

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As World Cup festivities filled Boston this July, the READS Lab hosted a different kind of celebration: a Summer Leadership Institute (SLI) that brought together seven district partners from across the country to share exciting results from their first...

SLS Summer 2026 Newsletter

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Dear friends, It’s been a busy season for States Leading States as the weather has warmed up! Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the 2026 Strategic Data Project (SDP) Convening in Cambridge, and it reminded me how hard so many people are working...

What's behind the decade-long 'learning recession' for American students

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William Brangham: As the school year is coming to a close, a new analysis shines yet another harsh spotlight on what's being called a learning recession for America's students. And it's a problem that started long before the pandemic. That's according to...

Tom Kane has tracked years of U.S. test scores. Here’s what he’s learned — and still can’t explain.

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Just about everyone in education is trying to figure out why student achievement has been declining and how to raise it back up. If anyone would know the answer it might be Tom Kane, a Harvard University professor who has been poring over data on student...

From Learning Recession to Learning Recovery: Understanding the Sources of U.S. K-12 Improvement

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In May, the fourth iteration of the Education Scorecard —a collaboration between CEPR, the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University, and faculty at Dartmouth College—was released. This year marks a transition. Now that the federal pandemic...

Look Up Your School District’s Test Scores

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Read more about why that’s happening: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/upshot/test-scores-school-districts-… Below, you can look up how test scores for your district have changed since 2015. (Note that some states — New York among them — are...