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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · 8d

This morning, Chair Cassidy released a Request for Information on how to increase college cost and value transparency for students and families.

Please share with your networks and consider submitting a response by the October 24 deadline: www.help.senate.gov/rep/newsroom...

Chair Cassidy Requests Information on Improving Transparency in Higher Education, Lowering Costs for Students | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, requested...

www.help.senate.gov

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Mar 29

Starting on Monday, I will be on leave from Urban for a year to serve as a fellow with the Senate HELP committee (majority staff).

I don't expect to post much on here. To keep up with Urban's education work, follow @maggiereeves1.bsky.social & @kblagg.bsky.social!

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Maggie Reeves @maggiereeves1.bsky.social · Mar 24

It was incredibly energizing to get the Student Upward Mobility Initiative’s first cohort + friends together in DC! Follow along as we learn from researchers, field leaders, and practitioners on our blog www.tfaforms.com/4644066/?tfa...

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Mar 7

Read the full analysis and get data by state and congressional district here: www.urban.org/research/pub...

How Many Students Would Lose Access to Free Meals under House Republicans’ Proposed Changes to the Community Eligibility Provision?

Congressional Republicans are reportedly considering spending cuts to balance the cost of extending the tax cuts they enacted in 2017.

www.urban.org

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Mar 7

More than 70% of ALL students in Mississippi and West Virginia would lose CEP in their schools under this proposal.

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Mar 7

Increasing the identified student percentage (ISP) threshold from 25% to 60% would take CEP away from at least 21,000 schools serving 11.4 million students.

An additional 18,000+ non-CEP schools (with 9.4 million students) would lose the ability to sign up for the program.

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Mar 7

House Republicans are reportedly considering changes to which schools are eligible to provide free meals to all students through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).

Urban's Emily Gutierrez runs the numbers on how many students and schools would lose CEP: www.urban.org/research/pub...

How Many Students Would Lose Access to Free Meals under House Republicans’ Proposed Changes to the Community Eligibility Provision?

Congressional Republicans are reportedly considering spending cuts to balance the cost of extending the tax cuts they enacted in 2017.

www.urban.org

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Erica Greenberg @ericahgreenberg.bsky.social · Feb 10

🌟 Did you know that most federal education data are archived in the @urbaninstitute.bsky.social Education Data Explorer? It's a great resource for research and analysis - and there's even a full API version linked in thread. 🌟

#EduSky #EdPoliSky #EduSkyECEC
educationdata.urban.org/data-explorer

Education Data Explorer

Explore education data

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Feb 6

On further reflection, I think the adjustment does a reasonably good job of getting roughly the right low-income number at the state level. So maybe downgrade the grain of salt for Oregon's adjusted score to medium-sized!

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Feb 3

See the discussion in the report linked here: www.urban.org/research/pub...

States’ Demographically Adjusted Performance on the 2022 Nation’s Report Card

www.urban.org

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Feb 3

A quick word of caution on Oregon -- I would take their numbers with a big grain of salt (moreso than any other state) because the free lunch data are very wonky. They reported 99% eligible in 2022, which we tried to fix via imputation but may have went too far the other way.

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Feb 3

In 2022, the Florida legislature expanded college tuition exemptions for homeless students and former foster youth.

Did these policies reach the intended beneficiaries? Carrie Henderson and Katie Grissom look at newly available data in a recent Learning Curve essay: www.urban.org/research/pub...

The Role of State Policy in Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness and Former Foster Youth in Higher Education

www.urban.org

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Jan 31

How did your state's students score on the 2024 NAEP compared to demographically similar students nationwide?

Get the data here: www.urban.org/research/pub...

States’ Demographically Adjusted Performance on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress

Earlier today, the federal government released the 2024 scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

www.urban.org

Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Jan 31

Massachusetts has long done well on our adjusted rankings, but Louisiana and Mississippi were nowhere near the top 10 years ago.

Historical data and rankings (through 2019) are available here: apps.urban.org/features/naep/

America's Gradebook

How does your state stack up?

apps.urban.org

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Jan 31

In 2024, the highest adjusted NAEP scores on three out of the four NAEP tests were achieved by Mississippi's students.

Three states ranked in the top 5 on all four tests: Mississippi, Louisiana, and Massachusetts.

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Jan 31

To facilitate better comparisons, my team at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social publishes adjusted scores that capture how well students in each state score on the NAEP compared with demographically similar students around the country.

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Jan 31

Comparing states’ NAEP scores is misleading for many purposes because states serve very different student populations (e.g., more than 20 percent of children live in poverty in Alabama and Mississippi, compared with less than 10 percent in New Hampshire and Vermont).

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Jan 31

Earlier this week, the federal government released the 2024 NAEP scores, which are the only nationally comparable measure of student achievement that is reported for every state on a regular basis.

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Jan 31

How does your state really stack up on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)? www.urban.org/research/pub...

States’ Demographically Adjusted Performance on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress

Earlier today, the federal government released the 2024 scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

www.urban.org

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Jan 29

The free lunch data are really funky. See more here: www.urban.org/research/pub...

States’ Demographically Adjusted Performance on the 2022 Nation’s Report Card

www.urban.org

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Jan 29

Demographically adjusted 2024 NAEP scores, hot off the presses! www.urban.org/research/pub...

States’ Demographically Adjusted Performance on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress

www.urban.org

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Jan 29

@kblagg.bsky.social was the one burning the midnight oil to get these calculations done ASAP!

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Jan 29

Demographically adjusted NAEP scores for 2024 coming later this morning!

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Jan 7

The full memo includes evidence-based recommendations from our @urbaninstitute.bsky.social colleagues on apprenticeships, housing, TANF, AI, and more: www.urban.org/research/pub...

Opportunities for the New Administration to Improve Americans’ Well-Being

As the Trump transition team prepares for the incoming administration, Urban experts offer several recommendations where our work may be relevant to the new administration’s policy goals.

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · Jan 7

We also recommend that @usedgov.bsky.social write regulations that stop wasting taxpayer dollars trying to collect old "zombie debts." This can be done in a much more targeted and responsible way than what the Biden admin attempted.

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