Research Areas

OVERVIEW
CPRE research focuses on three essential components:

• Effective reform must incorporate a coherent set of policies,
• Contain meaningful incentives to individuals and the organization, and
• Build the capacity of the individual and the organization to institute and sustain necessary changes.

For more detailed information, please browse the subject areas on the left-hand side of this page -- Accountability, Education Governance, Enhancing Knowledge and Capacity, Instruction and Learning, School Finance and Resource Allocation, and Teacher Quality and Compensation. There is also a complete alphabetical listing of CPRE research. Interested in learning more about a specific subject area or policy issue? A list of CPRE subject experts is below.

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CPRE SUBJECT EXPERTS

Accountability
Susan Fuhrman, Richard Elmore, Jonathan Supovitz

Achievement Testing and Assessment
Henry May

Charter Schools
Katrina Bulkley

Common Core
Tom Corcoran

Data Use
Jonathan Supovitz, Tom Corcoran

Education Governance
Mike Kirst

High School Reform
Tom Corcoran

Improving Instruction
Tom Corcoran, David Cohen, Jonathan Supovitz,

Intergovernmental Relationships
Susan Fuhrman, Mike Kirst

K-16 Policy Linkages
Mike Kirst

Knowledge and Skill-based Pay and Evaluation
Allan Odden

Mathematics Education
Deborah Loewenberg Ball

Mayors
Mike Kirst

Measures of Instruction
Deborah Loewenberg Ball, David Cohen, and Brian Rowan

Measures of Teacher Knowledge
Deborah Loewenberg Ball

Professional Development
Tom Corcoran, Jonathan Supovitz

Regulation
Susan Fuhrman

Resource Reallocation
Allan Odden

School Boards
Mike Kirst

School Choice
Katrina Bulkley

School-based Performance Awards
Allan Odden

School Finance
Allan Odden, Margaret Goertz

School Leadership
James Spillane, Jonathan Supovitz

School Organization
Richard Ingersoll

State Policy
Mike Kirst

Statistical Methods
Henry May

Teacher Compensation
Allan Odden

Teacher Education
Deborah Loewenberg Ball

Teacher Pay Levels
Allan Odden

Teacher Quality
Brian Rowan, Richard Ingersoll, Deborah Ball

Teacher Shortages
Richard Ingersoll

Teacher Supply, Demand, and Quality
Richard Ingersoll

Teachers' Working Conditions
Richard Ingersoll

Utilization of Research
Tom Corcoran