2012-05-24T14:07:48Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/academic-achievement.html http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/issues/2012/spring/perspectives.html May 11, 2012 May 11, 2012

Andreas Schleicher of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development provides a global perspective on what drives high-performing educational systems.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120009.html Mar 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2012

This study examines an anonymous urban district that, faced with declining enrollment, chose to make student achievement a major criterion in determining which schools would be closed. The district targeted low-performing schools in its closure plan, and sought to move their students to higher-performing schools.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1191.html Feb 23, 2012 Feb 23, 2012

Principals new to their school face a variety of challenges that can influence their likelihood of improving their schools' performance and their likelihood of remaining the principal. The authors present research on first-year principals' experiences, actions, working conditions, and outcomes. The research is intended to inform efforts to promote school improvement and principal retention.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9643.html Feb 23, 2012 Feb 23, 2012

Presents a summary of research on first-year principals' experiences, actions, working conditions, and outcomes; the research is intended to inform efforts to promote school improvement and principal retention.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT372.html Feb 16, 2012 Feb 16, 2012

The earliest years of a child's life are critical to physical, socio-emotional, behavioral, and cognitive development. High quality early education can improve readiness and success in school, particularly for disadvantaged children, but access to such programs is uneven.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP661.html Jan 19, 2012 Jan 19, 2012

The ImpactFinder provides an overview of research impact and a basis for more detailed examination of the 'why and how' of research translation. The tool is implemented as a web questionnaire and collects information across a range of social, cultural and economic impacts. It was developed to meet the need of the UK's new framework for research funding but potentially has wider application.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120064.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

This article examines the micropolitics of implementing New York City's Schoolwide Performance Bonus Program and school governance bodies (Compensation Committees) that determined distribution of school-level rewards among personnel.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100262.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

This article examines what constitutes, contributes to, and is associated with high-quality coaches and coaching. Authors find that coaches generally held many of the qualifications recommended by state and national experts and principals and teachers rated their coaches highly on many indicators of quality. However, several common concerns about recruiting, retaining, and supporting high-quality coaches emerged.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100247.html Nov 30, 2011 Nov 30, 2011

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100214.html Oct 1, 2011 Oct 1, 2011

Inclusionary zoning and economic integration in suburban neighborhoods not only reduces concentration of poverty, it directly improves low-income children's academic achievement.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1139.html Sep 12, 2011 Sep 12, 2011

Pittsburgh instituted a new college scholarship program to encourage eligible students to continue their education. An assessment of the program offers recommendations for improving its short- and long-term effectiveness.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9602.html Sep 12, 2011 Sep 12, 2011

To deal with the challenges of struggling public schools, declining populations, and diminishing quality in the local workforce, Pittsburgh instituted a new college scholarship program to encourage eligible students to continue their education.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1430.html Sep 6, 2011 Sep 6, 2011

Assesses the effect that missing data in student achievement records, and the assumption that such data are missing at random, have on value-added modeling approaches to using student achievement data to assess school and teacher performance.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD276.html Feb 7, 2011 Feb 7, 2011

Reviews the controversy over the true high school graduation rate in the United States, provides a comprehensive review of the debate, discusses shortcomings of current methods, and proposes new methods that address those shortcomings.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9569.html Feb 7, 2011 Feb 7, 2011

Performance-based teacher evaluations should incorporate multiple measures of performance. Use of student test scores must support valid, reliable inferences. Evaluating teachers of nontested subjects/grades may require supplemental assessments.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110022.html Jan 31, 2011 Jan 31, 2011

This article provides the first analysis aimed at reducing the family-specific omitted variable bias pertaining to measures of absences in their influence on standardized testing achievement.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2010-12.html Jan 6, 2011 Jan 6, 2011

It has been a year since the devastating earthquake. The question now is how to use international aid and assistance wisely. This <em>RAND Review</em> cover story describes actions that could yield positive outcomes in Haiti in three to five years.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110024.html Jan 5, 2011 Jan 5, 2011

We develop the "generalized persistence" (GP) model, a Bayesian multivariate model for estimating teacher effects that accommodates longitudinal data that are not vertically scaled by allowing less than perfect correlation of a teacher's effects across test administrations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100174.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

<p>We investigate how much value college enrollment adds to students' critical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills, and the role college inputs play in developing these competencies, using data from a 2009 collegiate assessment pilot study in Colombia.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR917.html Dec 1, 2010 Dec 1, 2010

Teacher effectiveness is multifaceted, and policymakers need to consider many factors, not just annual test scores, in assessing teachers' contributions to student learning.