Georgetown researcher tells task force to focus on 4th-grade reading and 8th-grade math as core indicators
Marguerite Rosa of Georgetown's Edgenomics Lab urged Kansas lawmakers to prioritize NAEP 4th-grade reading and 8th-grade math and to pair spending reviews with instructional-quality strategies; she highlighted district scatterplots that show some districts "beat the odds" at modest spending levels.
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Marguerite Rosa, director of the Edgenomics Lab at Georgetown University, told the committee that two measures — 4th-grade NAEP reading and 8th-grade math — give the best early warning of long-term student outcomes. Showing scatterplots of districts with similar poverty levels, Rosa emphasized that some districts obtain much higher outcomes for their spending and urged state leaders to "learn from our ROI superstars."
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