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Acknowledgments

xi This volume builds on previous works of the authors, done individually and collectively. As such, many intellectual debts acknowledged elsewhere go unidentified here. The chapters on international test comparisons are extensions of analyses previously released by the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance in the Taubman Center on State and Local Government, Harvard Kennedy School, in the form of three reports by Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, and Ludger Woessmann, “U.S. Math Performance in Global Perspective” (2010), “Globally Challenged: Are U.S. Students Ready to Compete?” (2011), and “Achievement Growth: International and U.S. State Trends in Student Achievement” (2012). Carlos X. Lastra-Anadón is a coauthor of the 2011 report. He is also coauthor of chapter 3 and provided valuable research assistance for chapter 4 of this book. Matthew Chingos, Michael Petrilli, Grover Whitehurst, and Martin West IV provided thoughtful comments on ACkNOwlEDGmENTS 13291-00_FM_3rdPgs.indd 11 6/6/13 10:36 AM xii ACkNOWLEdGMENTS earlier versions of this work. We thank the members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education at the Hoover Institution—John Chubb, Williamson Evers, Chester Finn Jr., Paul Hill, Caroline Minter Hoxby, Tom Loveless, Terry Moe, Herbert Walberg, and Grover Whitehurst—for their helpful comments on the penultimate draft. Staff assistance was provided by Ron Berry, Ashley Inman, Maura Roche, Nick Tavares, and Antonio Wendland. Kathryn Sargent Ciffolillo provided valuable editorial assistance. The study was supported by the Kern Family Foundation, Searle Liberty Trust, Packard Humanities Institute, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. The authors contributed equally to the study and are listed in alphabetical order. 13291-00_FM_3rdPgs.indd 12 6/6/13 10:36 AM ...