Research Highlights
A chronological list of research briefs, issue papers, and testimony.
2009-1997 | Prior to 1997
2009-1997
Qatar's K-12 Education Reform Has Achieved Success in Its Early Years (Arabic Version)— 2009
Qatar's K-12 Education Reform Has Achieved Success in Its Early Years— 2009
How Taxpayers Benefit When Students Attain Higher Levels of Education— 2009
Ending Social Promotion in New York City Public Schools Without Leaving Children Behind— 2009
Revitalizing Qatar's National University (Arabic version)— 2009
Revitalizing Qatar's National University— 2009
Developing Institutional Standards for Critical Thinking Using the Collegiate Learning Assessment— 2009
Lessons Learned from Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System— 2009
Lessons Learned from Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System (Arabic version)— 2009
Measuring the Progress of the Math Science Partnership of Southwest Pennsylvania— 2009
Are Charter Schools Making a Difference? A Study of Student Outcomes in Eight States— 2009
Promoting Effective Preschool Programs— 2009
Improving Accountability in Public Education— 2009
Designing Effective Pay-for-Performance in K-12 Education— 2009
Increasing Participation in No Child Left Behind School Choice— 2009
The Role of Charter Schools in Improving Education— 2009
Improving Finance for Qatari Education Reform— 2009
Pittsburgh Public Schools' Excellence for All: Year 2 Evaluation— 2009
No Child Left Behind Educational Options: Availability Expands, But Participation Remains Low— 2009
Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System— 2009
Pathways to Sustainability for Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh— 2008
Emerging Trends in State Arts Policy— 2008
Child-Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: What Can We Learn from Early Adopters?— 2008
Improving Early Childhood Education in Central and Eastern Europe Step by Step— 2008
Implementing No Child Left Behind in Three States— 2008
How to Cultivate Demand for the Arts— 2008
Florida's Middle School Reading Coaches: What Do They Do? Are They Effective?— 2008
Child-Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: What Can We Learn from Early Adopters?— 2008
The Impact of Educational Quality on the Community— 2008
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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