Posts by Kristin Blagg — Guest Contributor

Kristin Blagg is a research associate in the Income and Benefits Policy Center at the Urban Institute, focusing on education policy. She holds a BA in government from Harvard University, an MSEd from Hunter College, and an MPP from Georgetown University. Kristin lives in Georgetown.

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  Gentrification isn’t the only reason DC’s test scores are rising

  EducationBy Kristin Blagg (Guest Contributor), Matthew Chingos (Guest Contributor) May 25, 2016 9

  Student performance in the nation’s capital has increased so dramatically that it has attracted significant attention and prompted many to ask whether gentrification, rather than an improvement in school quality, is behind the higher scores. Demographic change explains some of the increases in test scores, but by no means all of them. We drew this conclusion after…  Keep reading…