Research Highlights
A chronological list of research briefs, issue papers, and testimony.
2008-1997 | Prior to 1997
2008-1997
Assessing Child Care Quality: How Well Does Colorado's Qualistar Quality Rating Improvement System Work? — 2008
Extending the Reach of Arts Education— 2008
Achievement and Attainment in Chicago Charter Schools: A Summary — 2008
Evaluating the BK 21 Program — 2008
Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost?— 2008
Identifying Priorities for Post-Secondary Education in Qatar — 2008
Accountability Under No Child Left Behind: Progress Toward Implementation — 2007
Partners in Pittsburgh Public Schools' Excellence for All Initiative: Findings from the First Year of Implementation— 2007
Do Title I School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services Affect Student Achievement? — 2007
How Educators in Three States Are Responding to Standards-Based Accountability Under No Child Left Behind — 2007
A Vision for the Arts in Los Angeles — 2007
A New System for K-12 Education in Qatar — 2007
Strategies for Sustaining Arts and Culture in the Metropolis — 2007
Student Achievement in Privately Managed and District-Managed Schools in Philadelphia Since the State Takeover — 2007
Ready for School: Can Full-Day Kindergarten Level the Playing Field? — 2006
How the 2005 Hurricanes Affected Students in Louisiana — 2006
Making Sense of Data-Driven Decision Making in Education: Evidence from Recent RAND Research — 2006
Does Reform-Oriented Teaching Make a Difference? The Relationship Between Teaching Practices and Achievement in Mathematics and Science — 2006
Comprehensive School Reform: The Implementation Gap — 2006
Reforming Teacher Education, Again — 2006
Making Sense of Charter Schools: Evidence from California — 2006
Advancing Systemwide Instructional Reform: Lessons from Three Urban Districts Partnered with the Institute for Learning — 2005
A Decade of Entrepreneurship in Education: A Look at Edison Schools' Improvement Strategies and Their Effects on Student Achievement — 2005
Studying Large-Scale Reforms of Instructional Practice: An Example from Mathematics and Science — 2005
Decentralized Decision-Making for Schools: New Promise for an Old Idea? — 2005
Assessment as a Policy Tool — 2005
Scaling Up High-Quality Pre-K: What Can Be Learned From States' Efforts To Date? — 2005
Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools in California and the Impact of SB 740 — 2005
Developing Process Indicators to Improve Educational Governance: Lessons for Education from Health Care — 2005
Models for Value-Added Modeling of Teacher EffectsThe Promise and Peril of Using Value-Added Modeling to Measure Teacher Effectiveness — 2004
The Promise and Peril of Using Value-Added Modeling to Measure Teacher Effectiveness — 2004
Meeting Literacy Goals Set by No Child Left Behind — 2004
Reforming Teacher Education: A First-Year Progress Report on a New Initiative — 2004
Reforming Teacher Education: Spotlight on the University of Virginia — 2004
Reforming Teacher Education: Spotlight on Michigan State University — 2004
Reforming Teacher Education: Spotlight on California State University, Northridge — 2004
Reforming Teacher Education: Spotlight on Bank Street College of Education — 2004
The Challenges of Building Local Collaboratives for Sustaining Educational Improvement — 2004
Improving Arts Education Partnerships — 2004
The Careers of Public School Administrators: Policy Implications from an Analysis of State-Level Data — 2004
Improving Educational Outcomes Through Accountability: Lessons from Other Sectors — 2004
Problems and Promise of the American Middle School — 2004
Developing an R&D Program to Improve Reading Comprehension — 2003
Developing a Strategic Research and Development Program in Mathematics Education — 2003
How California Charter Schools Operate and Perform — 2003
Are Schools Facing a Shortage of Qualified Administrators? — 2003
Benefits of a Statewide Student Identifier System for California — 2002
A Decade of Whole-School Reform: The New American Schools Experience — 2002
School Violence Prevention Testimony — 2001
School Violence: Prevalence, Fears, and Prevention — 2001
What Do We Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools? Separating the Rhetoric from the Reality — 2001
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Using Web-Based Testing For Large-Scale Assessment — 2000
What Do Test Scores in Texas Tell Us? — 2000
Large-Scale Testing: Current Practices and New Directions — 1999
Test-Based Accountability Systems: Lessons of Kentucky's Experiment — 1999
Education and the New Economy: Views from a Policy Planning Exercise — 1998
Funding Comprehensive School Reform — 1998
Reforming America's Schools: Observations on Implementing "Whole School Designs" — 1998
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New Immigrants, New Needs: The California Experience — 1997
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Prior to 1997
Revisiting California's Master Plan for Undergraduate Education — 1996
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Accountability in Workforce Training — 1995
Contracting: The Case for PrivatelyOperated PublicSchools — 1995
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The Decentralization "Mirage" — 1995
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Does California's Fiscal Future Bode Ill for Education? — 1996
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Increasing Hispanic Participation in Higher Education: A Desirable Public Investment — 1995
When Do They Settle Down? Young People in the U.S. Labor Market — 1995
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Education's Role in U.S. "Economic Decline" — 1994
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Integrating Academic and Vocational Education: Lessons from Early Innovators — 1994
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Student Performance and the Changing American Family — 1994
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The Use and Misuse of Test Scores in Education Reform Debates — 1994
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Teaching Generic Skills for the Workplace — 1993
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Time for Reform — 1993
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