The 15th edition of the Quality Counts Report was released today. Quality Counts 2011 contains in-depth coverage investigating persistent concerns over the halting economic recovery and emerging opportunities for innovation, as state and local officials attempt to move forward despite depleted budgets. It also provides a 50-state update in critical areas of education policy and performance, awarding new letter grades in the categories of K-12 Achievement, Chance for Success, school finance, and transitions and alignment policies. The report can be viewed online at: www.edweek.org/go/qc11.
Visit www.edweek.org/go/qc11 for a wealth of online-only features that add depth and perspective to Quality Counts 2011, including:
- Today’s webcast will be archived for later on-demand viewing: www.edweek.org/go/qc11chat www.edweek.org/go/qc11Livestream.
- State and National Highlights Reports for the 50 states and the District of Columbia featuring detailed, state-specific data on the economy’s impact on education and our comprehensive grading of the states across six categories of educational performance and policy: www.edweek.org/go/qc11shr
- Education Counts, the EPE Research Center’s online database of more than 1,000 state-level K-12 education indictors spanning more than a decade and the ability to build custom tables, charts, and maps using data from Quality Counts: www.edcounts.org
- An interactive map and report card assist readers in exploring the state of the states and nation on key indicators tracked in Quality Counts: www.edweek.org/go/qc11map
- An online grading calculator lets users reweight the same factors used by the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center in analyzing the states and calculate their own grade: www.edweek.org/go/qc11calculate
How did your state do?
