ACT results for the class of 2019 are in. We had an increase in average scores, but we had fewer students participate this time around. Read on to see how that impacts results.

This week’s blog is Part II of our series on Missouri APR scores. We highlight three additional takeaways from the preliminary APR release, with a particular focus on overall and subgroup growth.

This week’s blog examines the growth of the four-day school week across the country and in Missouri. We discuss evidence of its effectiveness and implications for Missouri education policy.

The latest blog from PRiME discusses what we can learn from the all-new APR Summary Reports released today from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and links to a side-by-side comparison of 2018 and 2019 school and district data.

The latest blog from PRiME provides insight into the concept of wellness, how it relates to student achievement and success, and what Missouri schools are doing to address student wellness.

In this week’s blog, PRiME gives an overview of standards-based report cards, how they differ from letter grades, and examples of Missouri districts using them

In this blog we discuss the importance of school governance and how this differs in traditional public and charter public schools.

In this blog we take a dive into Missouri’s new computer science standards and how schools can choose to implement the standards at a local level.

In this blog we describe Missouri’s Annual Performance Report (APR) score calculations and the heavy emphasis they place on achievement and status.

In this week’s blog, we take a look at Missouri’s CORE 42 initiative that established the general education framework that all Missouri public two-year and four-year post-secondary institutions adopted in 2018-19.

In this blog, we take a look at different approaches to grade configuration and the new models in Normandy and Ferguson-Florissant.

In this blog, we put the 13th annual EdNext public opinion on education poll in the context of Missouri’s education legislation.

In this blog, we’re taking a look at Missouri’s new school calendar bill and how it may affect students.

In this blog, we’re taking a look at how Missouri’s charter schools are funded.

In this blog, we’re offering an answer to the question, “What is a charter school?” We’ve got some definitions and descriptions of Missouri’s charter school law

This week, we’re looking at the affects of a district losing accreditation, with a look back at the Missouri transfer program.

This week, we’re looking at the Visiting Scholar Certificate, designed to allow those with professional experience an opportunity to teach in Missouri’s schools.

Today, we’re publishing our first Bottheel Regional Profile. Inside, you’ll find information on students, spending, and teachers in the traditional public school districts in Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott, and Stoddard Counties in the Missouri Bootheel.