“The PreK-3rd grades lay the foundation for a student's success throughout their years in school,” said Laura Bornfreund, author of the report and senior policy analyst for New America's Early Education Initiative, in a prepared statement. “The ...

"We think that's a better way to target the assistance," said Jason Delisle, director of the Federal Education Budget Project for the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C.. But others say interest rates on direct federal loans still are too high.

Anne Hyslop, a policy analyst with the New America Foundation, said the GED was no longer testing what many states expected from their high school graduates. “It made sense to update the test.”

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Washington, DC — Student achievement is playing an increasing role in teacher evaluations, even in the earliest years of school when children do not participate in state standardized testing. As a result, states and school districts are struggling to find sound methods to measure young students’ achievement and rushing to implement evaluation systems without thinking through the risks, according to a new report released today by the New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative.