#834: Whether industry-recognized credentials benefit high schoolers

<p>On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Mike Petrilli and David Griffith are joined by Matt Giani, a professor and researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, and the author of Fordham’s new report, <em>How Attaining Industry-Recognized Credentials in High School Shapes Education and Employment Outcomes. </em>They discuss some takeaways of the first-of-its-kind study. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber Northern reviews a paper examining whether schools where students make rapid academic progress in grades 3–5 also help their students do so in grades K–2. </p><p> </p><p>Recommended content: </p><p>·      Fordham’s new study: Matt Giani, “<a href='https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/research/industry-recognized-credentials'>How Industry-Recognized Credentials in High School Shape Students’ Education and Employment Outcomes</a>,” Thomas B. Fordham Institute (August 2022). </p><p>·      The study that Amber reviewed on the Research Minute: Walter Herring, “<a href='https://doi.org/10.26300/69qh-g416'>The Other Half of the Story: Does Excluding the Early Grades from School Ratings Matter?</a>” Annenberg Institute at Brown University (August 2022).</p><p>·      Dale Chu on why states should start annual testing earlier: “<a href='https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/case-k-2-testing'>The case for K–2 testing</a>,” Thomas B. Fordham Institute (October 28, 2021).</p><p> </p><p>Feedback Welcome!</p><p> </p><p>Have ideas on our podcast? Send them to our podcast producers Nathaniel Grossman and Lilly Sibel at <a href='mailto:ngrossman@fordhaminstitute.org'>ngrossman@fordhaminstitute.org</a> and <a href='mailto:lsibel@fordhaminstitue.org'>lsibel@fordhaminstitue.org</a> </p>