Research & Evaluation
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From College to Jobs: Making Sense of Labor Market Returns to Higher Education
What is the best way to measure the value of a college education? This resource looks at one important measure: the rate of employment and accompanying earnings of college graduates.
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Odd Squad: Learning Math with PBS KIDS Transmedia Content at School and Home
Learn how the PBS KIDS Odd Squad transmedia intervention improved first-graders’ learning in mathematics.
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Classroom Observations: Documenting Shifts in Instruction for Districtwide Improvement
This research brief explores how best to select or develop and use classroom observation systems in order to document instructional shifts and inform district improvement efforts.
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Math Placement: The Importance of Getting It Right for All Students
High-achieving 7th-grade minority students in California are less likely to reach calculus by the 12th grade compared to their non-minority peers.
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Piloting Platform to Employment® in San Francisco: Lessons from a Formative Case Study of a Program to Address Long-Term Unemployment
Read lessons learned from a formative case study examining a San Francisco program designed to address the crisis of long-term unemployment.
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Redesigning Teacher Evaluation: Lessons from a Pilot Implementation
This study analyzes redesigned teacher evaluation systems in several New Hampshire school districts.
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Incorporating Early Learning Strategies in the School Improvement Grants (SIG) Program: How Three Schools Integrated Early Childhood Strategies Into School Turnaround Efforts to Improve Instruction for All Students
This resource examines case studies of schools that used SIG funds to implement early learning strategies.
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School Mobility, Dropout, and Graduation Rates Across Student Disability Categories in Utah
This study helps educators and policymakers understand which students with disabilities are most in need of interventions to keep them in school and graduate.
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Core to College Evaluation: Statewide Networks—Connecting Education Systems and Stakeholders to Support College Readiness
Learn how social networks affect Core to College innovation and reform efforts in K-12 and postsecondary education systems.
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Who Repeats Algebra I, and How Does Initial Performance Relate to Improvement When the Course Is Repeated?
Should all students who fail Algebra I repeat the course? Are there other course options available? Recent research study results can help educators making math placement decisions.
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Evaluation of the MIND Research Institute’s Spatial-Temporal Math (ST Math) Program in California
This report presents the results of an independent evaluation of 209 second through fifth graders using Spatial-Temporal (ST) Math game-based instructional software at 129 California schools.
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Principal and Teacher Perceptions of Implementation of Multiple-Measure Teacher Evaluation Systems in Arizona
This descriptive study explores how new teacher evaluation systems were put in practice in 10 volunteer school districts in Arizona following a shift in state policy.
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Real Progress in Maryland: Student Learning Objectives and Teacher and Principal Evaluation
This report examines educators’ overall perceptions of Maryland’s teacher and principle evaluation (TPE) system and key issues in its implementation, including quality, consistency, and school, district, and state support.
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Under Construction: Benchmark Assessments and Common Core Math Implementation in Grades K–8
Math in Common™ supports a formal network of California school districts as they implement the Common Core standards in mathematics. This report examines these districts' strategies and implementation efforts.
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The Appropriateness of a California Student and Staff Survey for Measuring Middle School Climate
This analysis of response data from students and teachers on the California School Climate, Health, and Learning Survey examines the appropriateness of the survey for identifying needs and monitoring changes in school climate.
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