About CPERA

The Center for Public Education Research and Accountability (CPERA) is an independent, nonpartisan organization advocating for bold changes in U.S. public education. We are focused on ensuring every student (particularly the most vulnerable, disadvantaged, and underserved) gains the literacy skills necessary to experience genuine freedom through the pursuit of their own interests in an attempt to achieve the American Dream.

We specialize in analysis of reading outcomes using NAEP data to give superintendents, school boards, state policy teams, education watchdogs, and legal experts pursuing eduation-related or civil rights litigation the evidence they need to hold systems accountable and make meaningful changes to U.S. public education.

Flagship Cause:

• Eliminate Social-Emotional Learning Doctrines and Practices

Secondary Objectives:

• Restore Teacher Authority and In Loco Parentis
• Erect National and Enforcable Gatekeeping Benchmarks
• Train Real Classroom Management
• Eliminate Modern Reading Interventions
• Create National Database of High-Interest Materials and Subscriptions
• Modernize National Education Data Reporting
• Raise the Professional Barrier to Entry and Widen the Exit
• Increase Teacher Salary, Pay Student Teachers