The purpose of this brief is to understand differences in student performance between large cities and students nationally over the last 20 years, from 2002 through 2022, as well as after the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. We also detail the possibilities of large city performance in the years to come.

CCSSO’s latest Road to Recovery report highlights five investment priorities for math acceleration: high-quality instructional materials, professional development, diagnostic and assessment tools, high-impact tutoring and out-of-school time programs.
This brief provides an overview of summer learning research in North Carolina.
This map highlights some of the organizations and efforts around the country working in one or more of these five roles to provide students with the academic, social, mental health, and other supports they need to recover from the impacts and disruptions of the pandemic and thrive.
This research brief provides an overview of changes in the distribution of absences for the 2022-23 school year and how absences vary across different groups of students and schools in North Carolina.
This blog shares some of the ways state education agencies (SEAs) are supporting ESSER sustainability in their states.