Policy Briefs from 2019
The Role of External Support Providers in Improving K-3 Reading Outcomes in New York, Thomas Hatch, Meesuk Ahn, Daniel Ferguson, and Alyson Rumberger
Keystone Scholars: A State-wide Pennsylvania Child Savings Accounts Initiative, Robert A. Nathenson and Amanda Jones-Layman
Policy Briefs from 2018
School Vouchers in the Trump Era: How Political Ideology and Religion Shape Public Opinion, Rand Quinn and Tina Cheuk
Policy Briefs from 2017
Evidence for Early Literacy Intervention: The Impacts of Reading Recovery, Abigail Gray, Heather Goldsworthy, Henry May, and Philip Sirinides
How State Education Agencies Can Support College and Career Ready Standards, Emily Hodge, Serena Salloum, and Susanna Benko
Policy Briefs from 2016
Pennsylvania School Tax Burden, Gregory J. Collins
An Inquiry into Pennsylvania's Early Childhood Quality Rating and Improvement System, Philip M Sirinides, John Fantuzzo, Whitney LeBoeuf, Katie Barghaus, and Ryan Fink
Policy Briefs from 2015
Research Into Tennessee's Achievement School District: Autonomy, Incentives, and Guidance for Providers, Joshua L. Glazer, Diane Massell, and Matthew Malone
Changing Principals' Leadership through Feedback and Coaching, Peter Goff, Ellen Goldring, J Edward Guthrie, and Leonard Bickman
State Education Agencies and the Implementation of New Teacher Evaluation Systems, Patrick McGuinn
Building a Lattice for School Leadership: Lessons From England, Jonathan A. Supovitz
Policy Briefs from 2014
How State Education Agencies Acquire and Use Research in School Improvement Strategies, Margaret E. Goertz, Diane Massell, and Carol Barnes
Getting the Best People Into the Toughest Jobs, Allan Odden
An Urban Myth? New Evidence on Equity, Adequacy, and the Efficiency of Educational Resources in Pennsylvania, Matthew Steinberg and Rand Quinn
Slowing Entropy: Instructional Policy Design in New York City, 2011-12, Jonathan A. Supovitz
The Role of the Common Core in the Gubernatorial Elections of 2014, Jonathan A. Supovitz, Bobbi Newman, and Ariel Smith
Policy Briefs from 2013
How State Education Agencies Acquire and Use Research in School Improvement Strategies, Margaret E. Goertz, Carol Barnes, and Diane Massell
Policy Briefs from 2012
Measuring School Capacity, Maximizing School Improvement, Jessica K. Beaver and Elliot H. Weinbaum
Learning From NCLB: School Responses to Accountability Pressure and Student Subgroup Performance, Elliot H Weinbaum, Michael J. Weiss, and Jessica K. Beaver
Policy Briefs from 2011
The Role of Learning Progressions in Standards-Based Education Reform, Fritz Mosher
Policy Briefs from 2009
Can Interim Assessments Be Used for Instructional Change, Margaret E. Goertz, Leslie Nabors Olah, and Matthew Riggan
Policy Briefs from 2007
Teaching Matters: How State and Local Policymakers Can Improve the Quality of Teachers and Teaching, Thomas B. Corcoran
Teacher Performance Pay: Synthesis of Plans, Research, and Guidelines for Practice, Herbert G. Heneman III, Anthony Milanowski, and Steven Kimball
Misdiagnosing the Teacher Quality Problem, Richard Ingersoll
Redesigning School Finance Systems, Allan Odden
Policy Briefs from 2006
Standards-Based Teacher Evaluation as a Foundation for Knowledge- and Skill-Based Pay, Herbert G. Heneman III, Anthony Milanowski, Steven Kimball, and Allan Odden
Scaling Up Instructional Improvement Through Teacher Professional Development: Insights From the Local Systemic Change Initiative, Iris R. Weiss and Joan D. Pasley
Policy Briefs from 2005
Holding High Hopes: How High Schools Respond to State Accountability Policies, Margaret E. Goertz and Diane Massell
Strategic Leadership for Education Reform: Lessons From the Statewide Systemic Initiatives Program, Daniel Heck and Iris Weiss
Standards Deviation: How Schools Misunderstand Education Policy, James P. Spillane
Policy Briefs from 2003
The Use of Research Evidence in Instructional Improvement, Thomas B. Corcoran
What Explains Differences in International Performance? TIMSS Researchers Continue to Look for Answers, Deborah Nelson
Developing Communities of Instructional Practice: Lessons From Cincinnati and Philadelphia, Jonathan A. Supovitz and Jolley Bruce Christman
Policy Briefs from 2002
A Decade of Charter Schools: From Theory to Practice, Katrina Bulkley and Jennifer Fisher
The Organization of Schools as an Overlooked Source of Underqualified Teaching, Richard Ingersoll
Using TIMSS to Inform Policy and Practice at the Local Level, Deborah Nelson
Policy Briefs from 2001
Assessment and Accountability Across the 50 States, Margaret E. Goertz and Mark Duffy
A Different Approach to Solving the Teacher Shortage Problem, Richard Ingersoll
Enhancing Teacher Quality Through Knowledge- and Skills-Based Pay, Allan Odden, Carolyn Kelley, Herbert Heneman, and Anthony Milanowski
Policy Briefs from 2000
Bridging the K-12/Postsecondary Divide With a Coherent K-16 System, Consortium for Policy Research in Education
From Research to Practice and Back Again: TIMSS as a Tool for Educational Improvement, Marlies Dunson
The Motivational Effects of School-Based Performance Awards, Caroline Kelley, Allan Odden, Anthony Milanowski, and Herbert G. Heneman III
The District Role in Building Capacity: Four Strategies, Diane Massell
Policy Briefs from 1999
The New Accountability, Susan H. Fuhrman
The New Accountability, Susan H. Fuhrman
Contracting as a Mechanism for Managing Education Services, Jane Hannaway
Policy Briefs from 1998
State Policy and Classroom Performance: Mathematics Reform in California, David Cohen and Heather Hill
State Policy and Classroom Performance: Mathematics Reform in California, David K. Cohen and Heather C. Hill
State and Districts and Comprehensive School Reform, Consortium for Policy Research in Education
State Strategies for Building Capacity: Addressing the Needs of Standards-Based Reform, Diane Massell
State Strategies for Building Capacity: Addressing the Needs of Standards-Based Reform, Diane Massell
Creating School Finance Policies That Facilitate New Goals, Allan Odden
Creating School Finance Policies That Facilitate New Goals, Allan Odden
State and Districts and Comprehensive School Reform, University of Pennsylvania
Policy Briefs from 1997
Persistence and Change: Standards-Based Reform in Nine States, Diane Massell, Michael W. Kirst, and Margaret Hoppe
Persistence and Change: Standards-Based Reform in Nine States, Diane Massell, Michael W. Kirst, and Margaret Hoppe
First Lessons: Charter Schools as Learning Communities, Priscilla Wohlstetter and Noelle Griffin
First Lessons: Charter Schools as Learning Communities, Priscilla Wohlstetter and Noelle Griffin
Policy Briefs from 1996
The Bumpy Road to Education Reform, Margaret E. Goertz, Robert E. Floden, and Jennifer O'Day
Policy Briefs from 1995
Helping Teachers Teach Well: Transforming Professional Development, Thomas B. Corcoran
Reinventing Teacher Compensation Systems, Carolyn Kelley and Allan Odden
Building Capacity for Education Reform, Jennifer O'Day, Margaret E. Goertz, and Robert E. Floden
Tracking Student Achievement in Science and Math: The Promise of State Assessment Programs, University of Pennsylvania
Upgrading High School Math: A Look at Three Transition Courses, Paula A. White, Andrew C. Porter, Adam Gamoran, and John Smithson
Policy Briefs from 1994
Challenges in Systemic Education Reform, Susan H. Fuhrman
Politics and Systemic Education Reform, Susan H. Fuhrman
Including School Finance in Systemic Reform Strategies: A Commentary, Allan Odden
Reform of High School Mathematics and Science and Opportunity to Learn, Andrew C. Porter, Michael W. Kirst, Eric Osthoff, John L. Smithson, and Steven A. Schneider
Reforming Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education: NSF's State Systemic Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania
School-Based Management: Promise and Process, Priscilla Wohlstetter and Susan Albers Mohrman
Policy Briefs from 1993
Developing Content Standards: Creating a Process for Change, University of Pennsylvania
School-Based Management: Strategies for Success, University of Pennsylvania
School Finance Reform: The Role of the Courts, University of Pennsylvania
Teachers' Professional Development and Education Reform, University of Pennsylvania
Policy Briefs from 1992
Keeping College Affordable: A Proposal From Two Economists, University of Pennsylvania
New Fiscal Realities in Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania
Ten Lessons About Regulation and Schooling, University of Pennsylvania
Policy Briefs from 1991
Equality in Education: Progress, Problems and Possibilities, University of Pennsylvania
Putting the Pieces Together: Systems for School Reform, University of Pennsylvania
Policy Briefs from 1990
Decentralization and Policy Design, University of Pennsylvania
Repeating Grades in School: Current Practice and Research Evidence, University of Pennsylvania
Policy Briefs from 1989
The Effects of High School Organization on Dropping Out, Anthony S. Bryk and Yeow Meng Thum
Graduating From High School: New Standards in the States, University of Pennsylvania
State Education Reform in the 1980s, University of Pennsylvania
Policy Briefs from 1987
Programs for Young Children: State Policy Options, University of Pennsylvania