Because candidates either run for election in every precinct or do not run at all, we focused only on district test scores. (educationnext.org)
An increased share of disadvantaged students could affect overall district test scores, but with a gradual demographic shift, changes might be small or imperceptible from year to year and don't necessarily indicate changes in school quality, said Michael Hansen, director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution. (washingtonpost.com)
A new project by a team of researchers associated with Stanford's Center for Education Policy Analysis has produced a database that includes school district test scores, poverty rates, and racial demographics (report on the database's creation here). (educationnext.org)