The Winston Group’s David Winston in today’s Roll Call about the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results for 12th graders. In reading, about one-third (32 percent) of high school seniors were below Basic, while 35 percent were at or above Proficient. … For math, the situation is even worse.
The Winston Group’s David Winston writes that Republicans’ work isn’t done when it comes to the One Big Beautiful Bill. The key determining factor in whether voters support the reconciliation package? Whether they believed the bill prevented a tax increase on themselves and their families. How important was this belief
In today’s Roll Call, The Winston Group’s David Winston addresses recent contradictory polling results, the ways data are being used to validate narratives rather than to enhance critical understanding, and how to tell whether numbers are being manipulated to validate a narrative. Survey results are so all over the map
In this week’s Roll Call, The Winston Group’s David Winston writes about the good news out of Tuesday’s Consumer Price Index report. The year-over-year Consumer Price Index remained at 2.7 percent in July, still a bit on the higher side, but it defied expectations that it would likely reach 2.8
The Winston Group’s David Winston writes in today’s Roll Call about Friday’s release of the July employment numbers and the events that followed. The size of the BLS job revisions over the past couple of years have been substantial and have raised some eyebrows. While BLS constantly reviews its own
The Winston Group’s David Winston writes in today’s Roll Call about the jobs facing Democrats — regrouping — and Republicans — fine-tuning an effective economic message to sell the One Big Beautiful Bill — as they head home for the August recess with the Epstein scandal dominating the headlines. Topics