Current Projects
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Private Schools & Choice: The Student Scholarships for Education Excellence Pilot Program in Orleans Parish
Click here to read the latest report in our Spotlight on Choice project.
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NOLA by the Numbers: First-Time College Freshmen, Class of 2010
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77% of Public School Students in New Orleans Attend a Charter School
Click here to read our latest NOLA by the Numbers on the October 2011 enrollment data.
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Transforming Public Education in New Orleans: The Recovery School District, 2003-2011
Click here to read a comprehensive history of the RSD in New Orleans.
Research Archive
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Is Louisiana’s Recovery School District a Model for Other States?
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute draws lessons for Ohio in this new report.
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Rethinking Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century
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Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts
New report looks at CMOs around the country, including in New Orleans.
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A Look at School-By-School Finances, 2009-2010
NOLA by the Numbers: School Performance Scores
The Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane University
October 2010
Abstract:
The 2010 baseline School Performance Scores (SPS), released by the Louisiana Department of Education in October 2010, are used as a measure of absolute school performance and as a means of calculating academic growth. This year’s scores show that, once again, elementary and secondary public schools in New Orleans are among the fastest improving in the state, with the number of schools rated “academically unacceptable” down to 18 from 31 last year. NOLA by the Numbers: School Performance Scores, the first in the Cowen Institute’s NOLA by the Numbers series, presents an analysis of the 2010 SPS scores and how they compare to previous years. Future reports in the series will look at enrollment and other school-level data as it is released by the state.