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Featured Research Reports

Science Instruction in Newark Public Schools (Tom Corcoran, Gail B. Gerry, RR-71, 2011)

Growing School Networks for Instructional Improvement in Jordan, 2009-2010 (Marian A. Robinson, RR-70, 2011)

Recruitment, Retention, and the Minority Teacher Shortage (Richard Ingersoll and Henry May, RR-69, 2011)

Learning Trajectories in Mathematics: A Foundation for Standards, Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction (Phil Daro, Frederic A. Mosher, and Tom Corcoran; with Jeffrey Barrett, Michael Battista, Douglas Clements, Jere Confrey, Vinci Daro, Alan Maloney, Wakasa Nagakura, Marge Petit, and Julie Sarama) (RR-68, 2011)

School Perspectives on Collaborative Inquiry: Lessons Learned from New York City, 2009-2010. (Marian Robinson, RR-67, 2010).

From Testing to Teaching: The Use of Interim Assessments in Classroom Instruction (Margaret E. Goertz, Leslie Nabors Oláh, and Matthew Riggan, RR-65, 2009)

Learning Progressions in Science: An Evidence-based Approach to Reform (Tom Corcoran, Frederic Mosher, Aaron Rogat, RR-63, 2009)

The Mathematics and Science Teacher Shortage: Fact and Myth (Richard Ingersoll, David Perda, RR-62, 2009)

Learning About Assessment: An Evaluation of a Ten-State Effort to Build Assessment Capacity in High Schools (Elliot Weinbaum, RR-61, 2009) 


Products Listed by Alphabetical Order

A Comparative Study of Teacher Preparation and Qualifications in Six Nations
(Richard Ingersoll, January 2007)
A Formative Study of the Implementation of the Inquiry Team Process in New York City Public Schools: 2007‐08 Findings
(Hakim Williams, Joan Gujarati, Marian A. Robinson, Marian Robinson|Patricia Kannapel|Joan Gujarati|Hakim Williams|Andrea Oettinger, Patricia Kannapel, September 2008)
A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of America's Choice on Student Performance in Rochester, New York, 1998-2003
(David Perda, Henry May, Jonathan Supovitz, July 2004)
A Randomized Evaluation of Ohio's Personalized Assessment Reporting System (PARS)
(May and Robinson, December 2007)
A Review of the Research on Charter Schools
(Jennifer Fisler, Katrina Bulkley, June 2002)
Achieving Educational Adequacy through School Finance Reform
(Andrew Reschovsky, Jennifer Imazeki, October 2000)
America's Choice Comprehensive School Reform Design: First-Year Implementation Evaluation Summary
(Jonathan A. Supovitz, Margaret Hoppe, Theresa Luhm, Tom Corcoran, February 2000)
An Analysis of the Effects of Children Achieving on Student Achievement in Philadelphia Elementary Schools
(Aubrey Wang, Ellen Foley, Erin Tighe, February 2002)
Assessment and Accountability Systems in the 50 States: 1999-2000
(Kerstin Carlson Le Floch, Margaret E. Goertz, Mark C. Duffy, March 2001)
Changing District Culture and Capacity: The Impact of the Merck Institute for Science Education Partnership
(Nancy Lawrence, Tom Corcoran, November 2003)
Children Achieving: Philadelphia's Education Reform, A Second-year Evaluation, Executive Summary
(CPRE, January 1998)
Civic Engagement and Urban School Improvement: Hard-to-Learn Lessons from Philadelphia
(Amy Rhodes, Jolley Bruce Christman, June 2002)
Clients, Consumers, or Collaborators? Parents and their Roles in School Reform During Children Achieving, 1995-2000
(Amy Rhodes, Diane Waff, Eva Gold, Shirley Brown, Susan Lytle, August 2001)
Contradictions and Control in Systemic Reform: The Ascendancy of the Central Office in Philadelphia Schools
(Ellen Foley, August 2001)
Dashboard Lights: Monitoring Implementation of District Instructional Reform Strategies
(John Weathers, Jonathan A. Supovitz, December 2004)
Defining, Developing, and Using Curriculum Indicators
(Andrew Porter, John Smithson, December 2001)
Do Curriculum-based External Exit Exams Enhance Student Achievement?
(John Bishop, April 1998)
Do Higher State Test Scores in Texas Make for Better High School Outcomes?
(Martin Carnoy, Susanna Loeb, Tiffany Smith, November 2001)
Expanding Access, Participation, and Success in International Baccalaureate Programmes (IB Access Project): Evaluation Report Year Two
(Gail Gerry, Tom Corcoran, September 2011)
Expanding Access, Participation, and Success in International Baccalaureate Programmes: Year One Documentation Report
(Bill Stroud, Gail Gerry, Tom Corcoran, October 2010)
External Support to Schools on Probation: Getting a Leg Up?
(David Wakelyn, Jennifer O'Day, Kara Finnigan, July 2003)
From Testing to Teaching: The Use of Interim Assessments in Classroom Instruction
(Leslie Nabors Olah, Matthew Riggan, Peg Goertz, )
From Testing to Teaching: The Use of Interim Assessments in Classroom Instruction
(Leslie Nabors Olah, Margaret Goertz, Matthew Riggan, December 2009)
Getting It Right: The MISE Approach to Professional Development
(Kate Riordan, Siobhan McVay, Tom Corcoran, December 2003)
Growing School Networks for Instructional Improvement in Jordan, 2009-2010
(Bill Stroud, Megan Silander, Tom Corcoran, August 2011)
High Hopes: How High Schools Respond to State Accountability Policies
(Betheny Gross, Margaret (Eds.) Goertz, March 2005)
Impact of America's Choice on Student Performance in Duval County, Florida
(Brooke Snyder Taylor, Henry May, Jonathan A. Supovitz, October 2002)
Implementation of the America's Choice Literacy Workshops
(Amy Bach, Jonathan A. Supovitz, Susan M. Poglinco, April 2002)
Instruction, Capacity, and Improvement
(David K. Cohen, Deborah Loewenberg Ball, June 1999)
Instructional Leadership in a Standards-based Reform
(Jonathan A. Supovitz, Susan M. Poglinco, December 2001)
Instructional Policy and Classroom Performance: The Mathematics Reform in California
(David K. Cohen, Heather C. Hill, February 1998)
Is There Really a Teacher Shortage?
(Richard M. Ingersoll, September 2003)
Learning About Assessment: An Evaluation of a Ten-State Effort to Build Assessment Capacity in High Schools
(Elliot Weinbaum, February 2009)
Learning Progressions in Science: An Evidence-based Approach to Reform
(Aaron Rogat, Fritz Mosher, Tom Corcoran, May 2009)
Learning Trajectories in Mathematics: A Foundation for Standards, Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction
(Fritz Mosher, Phil Daro, Tom Corcoran, January 2011)
Mapping a Course for Improved Student Learning: How Innovative Schools Systematically Use Student Performance Data to Guide Improvement
(Jonathan A. Supovitz, Valerie Klein, November 2003)
Mayoral Influences, New Regimes, and Public School Governance
(Michael Kirst, May 2002)
Out-of-Field Teaching and the Limits of Teacher Policy
(Richard M. Ingersoll, September 2003)
Out-of-Field Teaching, Educational Inequality, and the Organization of Schools: An Exploratory Analysis
(Richard M. Ingersoll, January 2002)
Persistence and Change: Standards-based Reform in Nine States
(Diane Massell, Margaret Hoppe, Michael Kirst, April 1997)
Powerful Ideas, Modest Gains: Five Years of Systemic Reform in Philadelphia Middle Schools
(Jolley Bruce Christman, December 2001)
Recruiting and Retaining Teachers: Keys to Improving the Philadelphia Public Schools
(Susan Watson, May 2001)
Recruitment, Retention, and the Minority Teacher Shortage
(Henry May, Richard Ingersoll, September 2011)
Report on the Progress of the IN-STEP Pilot Program, 2008-2009
(Tom Corcoran, December 2009)
Rethinking the Allocation of Teaching Resources: Some Lessons from High Performing Schools
(Karen Hawley Miles, Linda Darling-Hammond, November 1997)
School Improvement by Design: Lessons From a Study of Comprehensive School Reform Programs
(Brian Rowan, Eric Camburn, Richard Correnti, Robert Miller, August 2009)
School Leadership and Reform: Case Studies of Philadelphia Principals
(Mary Helen Spiri, May 2001)
School Perspectives on Collaborative Inquiry: Lessons Learned From New York City, 2009-2010
(Marian Robinson, November 2010)
School-based Performance Award Programs, Teacher Motivation, and School Performance: Findings from a Study of Three Programs
(Anthony Milanowski, Carolyn Kelley, Herbert Heneman, April 2000)
Science Instruction in Newark Public Schools
(Gail Gerry, Tom Corcoran, September 2011)
State Strategies for Building Capacity in Education: Progress and Continuing Challenges
(Diane Massell, April 1998)
Systemic Reform in Practice: Merck Institute for Science Education
(CPRE, March 2003)
Teacher and Coach Implementation of Writers Workshop in America's Choice Schools, 2001 and 2002
(Amy Bach, Jonathan A. Supovitz, November 2003)
Teacher Turnover, Teacher Shortages, and the Organization of Schools
(Richard M. Ingersoll, January 2001)
Teaching for High Standards: What Policymakers Need to Know and Be Able to Do
(Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Linda Darling-Hammond, November 1998)
The Effects of High School Organization on Dropping Out
(T. Bryk, Yeow Thum, February 1989)
The Federal Role in Defining Adequate Yearly Progress: The Flexibility/Accountability Trade-off
(Margaret E. Goertz, September 2001)
The Heart of the Matter: The Coaching Model in America's Choice Schools
(Amy Bach, Jonathan A. Supovitz, Kate Hovde, Marisa Saunders, Sheila Rosenblum, Susan M. Poglinco, May 2003)
The Impact of America's Choice on Writing Performance in Georgia: First-Year Results
(Henry May, Jonathan A. Supovitz, Joy Lesnick, July 2004)
The Impact of America’s Choice on Student Performance
(, May 2002)
The Impact of Standards-based Reform in Duval County, Florida: 1999-2002
(Brooke Snyder Taylor, Jonathan A. Supovitz, May 2003)
The Inquiry Based Science and Technology Education Program (IN-STEP): The Evaluation of the First Year
(Tom Corcoran, April 2008)
The Limits and Contradictions of Systemic Reform: The Philadelphia Story
(Jolley Bruce Christman, Tom Corcoran, November 2002)
The Magnitude, Destinations, and Determinants of Mathematics and Science Teacher Turnover
(Henry May, Richard Ingersoll, October 2010)
The Mathematics and Science Teacher Shortage: Fact and Myth
(David Perda, Richard Ingersoll, March 2009)
The Merck Institute for Science Education: A Successful Intermediary for Education Reform
(Tom Corcoran, March 2003)
The Relationship Between Teacher Implementation of America's Choice and Student Learning in Plainfield, New Jersey
(Henry May, Jonathan A. Supovitz, January 2003)
The Varieties of Knowledge and Skill-based Pay Design: A Comparison of Seven New Pay Systems for K-12 Teachers
(Anthony Milanowski, October 2002)
What Large-scale, Survey Research Tells Us About Teacher Effects on Student Achievement: Insights from the Prospectus Study of Elementary Schools
(Brian Rowan, Richard Correnti, Robert J. Miller, November 2002)
When Accountability Knocks, Will Anyone Answer?
(Charles Abelmann, Joanne Marshall, Johanna Even, Richard Elmore, Susan Kenyon, March 1999)