Measuring School Quality for Accountability and Improvement

Measuring School Quality for Accountability and Improvement

What’s the best way to measure a school’s quality? It depends on whom you ask. Parents, educators, employers and policymakers hold many different opinions about the goals of education and, therefore, about how to judge school performance. Yet virtually every educational aim rests on the same foundation: giving students a strong academic grounding […]

What Happens to Earnings When We Improve School Quality?

Why Learning—Not Just Schooling—Drives Economic Returns* — Originally published on Substack We know education pays—but what if how much you learn matters more than how long you stay in school? For decades, researchers have measured the value of education by counting years spent in the classroom. But education isn’t just about time—it’s about outcomes. A growing body of research shows that the quality of schooling, captured by what students actua…