Posts by Matthew Chingos — Guest Contributor
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Gentrification isn’t the only reason DC’s test scores are rising
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…