The rigorous research ETS conducts into the causes and consequences of education inequity is the cornerstone of our efforts to close the achievement gap. The information we have compiled and analyzed over many years enables us to develop innovations in educational assessment, collaborate effectively with our partners, and raise awareness of issues and attitudes that must be overcome to achieve universal education.
Research
Optimizing Talent: Closing Education and Social Mobility Gaps Worldwide
By Robert Schwartz and Beth Brody
Fall 2012
This issue of ETS Policy Notes (Vol. 20, No. 3) provides highlights from the Salzburg Global Seminar in December 2011. The seminar focused on bettering the educational and life prospects of students up to age 18 worldwide.
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Advancing Equity: Removing Roadblocks to Achieving High Academic Standards
By Deborah Yaffe
Summer 2012
This issue of ETS Policy Notes (Volume 20, Number 2) provides highlights from the second session of the Saturdays at ETS series on the challenges facing standards-based education reform. The conference was co-convened by the Council for Opportunity in Education, the Education Law Center and the National Urban League.
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State Pre–K Assessment Policies: Issues and Status
By Debra J. Ackerman and Richard J. Coley
February 2012
This report identifies and describes state-funded Pre–K assessment policies and programs operating in 2012 and discusses the special challenges related to assessing your children.
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A Strong Start: Positioning Young Black Boys for Educational Success
By Richard J. Coley
June 2011
This brief statistical profile of the educational and life status of Black males
provides a snapshot of the rugged terrain many Black boys traverse during the course of their lives and how it impacts a child's development.
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Optimizing Talent: Closing Educational and Social Mobility Gaps Worldwide
By Deborah Yaffe
Spring 2011
This issue of ETS Policy Notes (Vol. 19, No. 2) provides highlights from the first of three international conferences on education and social mobility co-sponsored by ETS and the Salzburg Global Seminar (SGS).
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The Black-White Achievement Gap: When Progress Stopped
By Paul E. Barton and Richard J. Coley
July 2010
This report examines the available data on when, why and how the achievement gap
between Black and White students began to narrow and looks for clues to the mystery
of why that progress stopped.
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