Project Nickel is a tool designed to help families, taxpayers, and policymakers understand how much is spent per student at schools across the country and compare schools on the factors that matter toRead More
Testimony: School District Online Checkbook
APF’s Education Analyst, Sarah Montalbano, testified before the House Education Committee about best practices for school district online checkbooks.
Ensure Kids Read by Nine: Third-Grade Promotion
This post is the final part of a four-part series detailing the implementation of the Alaska Reads Act. The first, second, and third posts may be found here, here, and here. Ensuring childrenRead More
Ensure Kids Read by Nine: Instructional Materials, Summer Programs, and Read-At-Home Programs
This post is the third part of a four-part series detailing the implementation of the Alaska Reads Act. The first post may be found here and the second post may be found here.Read More
Importance of Meaningful Standardized Testing Labels
The Alaska System of Academic Readiness (AK STAR) assessment, administered for the first time in the spring of 2022 to Alaskan K-12 students, promises continuity with mid-year assessments and less testing time —Read More
Webinar: Defending Alaska’s Correspondence School Allotment Program
Watch Alaska Policy Forum’s recent webinar about the pending lawsuit against Alaska’s correspondence school allotment program and Q&A with attorneys from the public-interest law firm Institute for Justice (IJ). Alaska’s correspondence school programsRead More