The WPRI's critique of Wisconsin's SAGE class-size reduction program ignores data that clearly demonstrates the benefits of small class size. The document also improperly uses studies that show no benefit from lower pupil-teacher ratios to impugn the benefits of class-size reduction, when the two measures are not equivalent.

Presented as a roadmap for urban school reform, "No Excuses" lacks the academic rigor that would make it a practical source of guidance, and fails in its attempt to rebut an argument central to the debate over educational quality, namely that economically distressed schools need more resources.

This report asserts that adding religious schools to the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program has increased integration in private schools, particularly religious schools. It presents no trend data necessary to support its claim, however, and ignores data that implies the opposite.

The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation's rating of states based on their implementation of rigorous educational standards fails to disclose the basis of how evaluations were actually conducted, and its criteria and findings are divorced from real-world performance.