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Articles by William McKenzie

William McKenzie is senior editorial advisor for the George W. Bush Institute.

Career Readiness

The Texas Story: How Mid-Sized Cities Can Prepare Students for Jobs of the Future

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Career Readiness

The Texas Story: Will Students in West Texas and East Texas Be Ready for Their Futures?

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Pandemic

Beyond the Scantron: Ed Tech CEO Larry Berger on Why the Pandemic Is No Excuse to Abscond Accountability and ‘Disruptions Are Great Opportunities to Try Something New’

Holly Kuzmich, Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Pandemic

Beyond the Scantron: Two Parent Leaders on How to Make State Tests and Results Understandable for Parents

Holly Kuzmich, Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Pandemic

Beyond the Scantron: National Parents Union Chief on What Tests Reveal About the Quality of an Education — and Why Student Advocates Must Take More Than a Book Report to a Knife Fight Over Higher Standards

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Pandemic

Beyond the Scantron: Brightbeam CEO Chris Stewart on How the Pandemic Will Widen Achievement Gaps — and How a ‘Data Vacation’ Could Leave Us Clueless About the Crisis

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Pandemic

Beyond the Scantron: Harvard Expert Andrew Ho on the 3 W’s of Testing and How to Figure Out What Students Have Lost Academically to COVID-19

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
pandemic

Beyond the Scantron: Center for Assessment Director Scott Marion on How Large-Scale Testing in the Fall Could Set Up ‘Remediation Mindset’

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Accelerating School Excellence in Texas

Analysis: As Some Dallas Schools See Gains Through Program Pairing Top Educator Talent With Data-Based Instruction, Could Other Districts Benefit From Similar Strategy?

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Accelerating School Excellence in Texas

The Power of a Principal: How Dallas’s ACE Program Pairs Effective Teachers With ‘High Growth’ School Leaders to Help Students Progress

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Accelerating School Excellence in Texas

A School Data Breakthrough in Dallas: How an Innovative School Model Is Proving That Data Can Help Teachers Shape Individualized Instruction — and Achieve Impressive Student Growth

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Accelerating School Excellence in Texas

Accelerating Excellence in Texas Schools: How the ‘ACE’ Initiative Is Changing the Way Dallas Evaluates Its Teachers and Empowers Students with Data-Driven Instruction

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

Steve Canavero: There’s an Aspect of Accountability Missing at the District Level — The ‘A’ Word

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

Pedro Rivera: When Not Used the Right Way, Accountability Is Just Medicine That Is Masking the Root of the Problem — The ‘A’ Word

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

Bill Haslam: Obama and Bush Both Took ‘Huge Steps’ of Political Courage on Educational Accountability, and Paid Huge Dividends — The ‘A’ Word

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

John White: ‘Exaggerated Accountability Response in Combination With Exaggerated Chaos Will Produce Distrust’ — The ‘A’ Word

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

Jamie Woodson: Education Success Isn’t the Responsibility of Any One Sector. We Are All Accountable — The ‘A’ Word

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Opinion

McKenzie: Under ESSA, States Must Hold Schools Accountable. But Their Ratings Must First Be Simple Enough for Parents to Understand

William McKenzie
No Child Left Behind

Turning the Page on No Child Left Behind: Why America’s Next Chapter Needs Understandable Data That Lead to Better Results

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
No Child Left Behind

16 Years After No Child Left Behind: 10 Reasons Accountability Still Matters

William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

The ‘A’ Word: Tom Boasberg — ‘Accountability Is Not About Punishment’

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

The ‘A’ Word: Diane Tavenner — ‘What I Really Want to Know Are Yes-or-No Answers to 3 Things’

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

The ‘A’ Word: Daniel King — ‘Everything’s at Stake If We Don’t Improve Social Mobility’

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

The ‘A’ Word: Wicks & McKenzie — The 4 Things That Accountability Should Do Well

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

The ‘A’ Word: Dustin Marshall — ‘It’s Shocking, Appalling, That There Are Arguments Made in Education That Data Is Bad’

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

The ‘A’ Word: Gerard Robinson — ‘We Have Got to Get Rid of the Term “Accountability.” It’s Simply Too Toxic.’

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

The ‘A’ Word: Kevin Huffman — ‘Parents Don’t Dislike Testing as Much as People Think They Do. They Hate Test Prep’

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

The ‘A’ Word: Felicia Cumings Smith — ‘You Have to Lean Into the Messiness and Have Honest Conversations’

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

The ‘A’ Word: Hanna Skandera — ‘I Am Not Anti-Union Until They Don’t Put Kids First’

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

The ‘A’ Word: John King — ‘In Too Many Places, Underperformance Is Not Only Tolerated, but Assumed’

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

The ‘A’ Word: Accountability — The Dirty Word of Today’s Education Reform

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

The ‘A’ Word: Lizzette Reynolds — ‘Accountability Shouldn’t Be Considered a Way of Limiting a Child’s Progress’

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
The 'A' Word

The ‘A’ Word: Margaret Spellings — ‘You Can’t Solve a Problem That You Don’t Diagnose Correctly, Fairly, Accurately, and Comparably’

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
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