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The Honesty Gap And The Importance Of NAEP

Last month, the Collaborative for Student Success released its latest “Honesty Gap” analysis, looking at the differences between the shares proficient as measured by state standardized tests and the shares proficient on NAEP. What they found is that in many states, the gaps persist. “If we believe that NAEP is

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A Look At Federal Tax Revenues

As the tax debate progresses, we will hear more about federal tax revenues, and the extent to which current levels of revenues are sufficient or if tax increases are needed. Democrats are saying that Republican tax cuts have deprived the federal government of needed revenues. Let’s take a look at

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Roll Call: The Democratic Party owns Joe Biden’s policy fails

The Winston Group’s David Winston in today’s Roll Call writes that Democrats should consider a different playbook moving forward. Many Democrats, especially those in the progressive wing, believe they lost because they didn’t go far left enough. They couldn’t be more wrong, and that thinking has put the Democratic Party

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Protect NAEP: The Gold Standard For Education Accountability

In today’s Roll Call, The Winston Group’s David Winston writes about NAEP’s critical function in ensuring our education system is on track — and letting us know when it is not. There are reasonable arguments to be made about the size of the federal government and whether certain crucial programs

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Tax Tools #1 – Brief Overview of Tax Research

This is a summary of key findings from research on the US fiscal outlook and tax policy debate. Findings are based on a survey fielded January 7-10 of 1200 registered voters. It also draws on findings from a series of recent focus group listening sessions conducted by the Winston Group.

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Tax Tools #2 – Inflation and Personal Outcomes From Tax Policy

This is a brief summary of findings about inflation and most important personal outcomes from tax policy based on recent listening sessions with voters, and the January 7-10 survey of 1200 voters. Outlook on the Economy and Inflation  Outlook on the economy is negative among voters overall (28-55 right direction-wrong

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