The preceding chapters have synthesized our key findings and conclusions from the basic research about the way that incentives operate and from the applied research about the results of implementing ...

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Testing of students in several subjects has been used for many years now to determine their level of proficiency in those areas. Beginning around 2013, math and reading scores of the third through ...

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) will significantly reshape accountability for institutions of higher education. During the budget reconciliation process that resulted in OBBB, the House and ...

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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...