Education
All Together Now? Educating High and Low Achievers in the Same Classroom
Education Next
An 8-page US article discussing how best to deal with the enormous variation in the academic level of students coming into any given classroom
EducationPosted: 2010-11-23
Diplomatic Mission
Education Next
This 8-page US article describes how the administration has sensitively set a new course for the federal government’s role in the reform of teacher pay
EducationPosted: 2010-11-23
Where is the Learning? Measuring Schooling Efforts in Developing Countries
Brookings
This 17-page US paper asserts that the global community and national governments need to place a much greater focus on the ultimate objective of education—to acquire knowledge and develop skills
Education, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-11-22
Does Competition Improve Public Schools?
Education Next
This US study examines the impact of the nation’s largest private school scholarship program on the performance of students who remain in the public schools
EducationPosted: 2010-11-17
How Much Do Educational Outcomes Matter in OECD Countries?
CESifo
A 56-page working paper reporting that school improvements falling within currently observed performance levels yield very large gains in growth performance
Education, Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-11-17
Getting Past Go: Remedial and Developmental Education Policy at a Crossroads
University of Massachusetts
A 42-page US paper considering the nation's remedial and developmental education policy
EducationPosted: 2010-11-17
Investing in Our Teachers, Investing in Our Economy
The Grattan Institute
A 22-page Australian paper arguing that improving teacher effectiveness would have a greater impact on economic growth than any other reform currently before government
EducationPosted: 2010-11-16
The Myth of Charter Schools
Brookings
A US article critiquing the case for charter schools
EducationPosted: 2010-11-15
Pupils’ Perceptions Shape Educational Achievement
DFE
This 53-page UK research looks at whether pupils’ perceptions shape their effort, motivation, and educational achievement. More specifically, it examines whether pupils believe that their efforts will be more or less fairly rewarded when they are assessed by their teacher than when they are assessed by an anonymous external examiner
EducationPosted: 2010-11-12
Teacher Pay for Performance
NCPI
The 86-page report of a US experiment to determine the effect of incentivizing teachers with bonus payments on their students' achievement
EducationPosted: 2010-11-10
Children's Classroom Engagement and School Readiness Gains in Prekindergarten
ECS
A summary of a US research project to describe patterns of children's engagement in prekindergarten classrooms and explore whether some patterns of engagement bring about greater gains for children than others and whether some are particularly beneficial for poor children
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2010-11-09
Teaching about Jihadism and The War on Terror
FPRI
A US essay on teaching about jihadism and terrorism
Defence, Terrorism & Security, EducationPosted: 2010-11-08
Estimating Marginal Returns to Education
IZA
This 34-page discussion paper estimates the marginal returns to college for individuals induced to enroll in college by different marginal policy changes
EducationPosted: 2010-11-08
Individual Policy Preferences for Vocational versus Academic Education
MPIfG
This 35-page German discussion paper uses an original dataset from a survey conducted in Switzerland in 2007 to explore the dynamics of education policy preferences
EducationPosted: 2010-11-04
Differences by Degree: Evidence of the Net Financial Rates of Return to Undergraduate Study for England and Wales
IZA
This 28-page discussion paper provides estimates of the impact of higher education qualifications on the earnings of graduates in the UK by subject studied
EducationPosted: 2010-10-28
Putting Data Into Practice: Lessons From New York City
Education Sector
This 19-page US report reveals key lessons from New York City on implementing data systems that make a difference in the classroom
EducationPosted: 2010-10-28
Mentoring, Educational Services, and Incentives to Learn: What Do We Know About Them?
IZA
This 35-page discussion paper reviews recent studies on the effectiveness of services and incentives offered to disadvantaged youth
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2010-10-28
Withering Academia?
CESifo
This 18-page working paper argues that strong forces are leading to a withering of academia as it exists today. The paper identifies the major causal forces
EducationPosted: 2010-10-26
Is College Worth the Investment?
AEI
A US brief studying the differing return on investment for students at different colleges and universities
EducationPosted: 2010-10-20
Investing in Young Children: New Directions in Federal Preschool and Early Childhood Policy
Brookings
This new 104-page US collection of papers issued assesses federal policies for early childhood education and child care, and includes ways to reform Head Start and other early education programs to make them better targeted, more effective, and provide better taxpayer bang-for-the buck in these tough fiscal times
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2010-10-20
Links Between Literacy and Numeracy Skills and Labour Market Outcomes
Productivity Commission
An 86-page Australian working paper on the extent to which literacy and numeracy skills are key components of human capital
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-10-19
The Role of Primary Mental Health Workers in Education
NFER
This 22-page UK review evaluates the role of Primary Mental Health Workers (PMHWs) to date, focusing in particular on their role within education, and presents illustrations of PMHWs’ practices
Policy and Developments in Mathematics Assessment in England
NFER
This 12-page paper details the policy developments in mathematics assessment in England, highlighting the many changes that have occurred over recent years and the reasons for these
EducationPosted: 2010-09-19
Autism and Educational Assessment: UK Policy and Practice
NFER
This 23-page research report investigates UK assessment policy and practice for mainstream-educated pupils who are diagnosed with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
ABC, 123: The Impact of a Mobile Phone Literacy Program on Educational Outcomes
CGD
A 38-page US report on the results from a randomized evaluation of a mobile phone education program (Project ABC) in Niger, in which adult students learned how to use mobile phones as part of a literacy and numeracy class.
Education, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-09-19
False Impression: How a Widely Cited Study Vastly Overstates the Benefits of Charter Schools
EPI, Century Foundation
This 7-page US issue brief reviews a critical analysis of one study that appears to show remarkable results of charter school education, and points to other studies that would call into question the broad claims of success by charter school advocates
EducationPosted: 2010-08-21
Education: Gender Equality
Canadian International Development Agency
A 32-page Canadian paper on gender equality in education
Education, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-08-16
Cross-Country Evidence on Teacher Performance Pay
IZA
By combining country-level performance-pay measures with rich PISA-2003 international achievement micro data, this 32-page discussion paper estimates student-level international education production functions
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-08-15
Key Readings on Policy Levers to Promote Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
NCCP
This 8-page US resource includes a sample of research and policy books, articles, reports, and other resources reporting findings and lessons learned on the viability and effectiveness of various policy strategies to infuse a social inclusion and respect for diversity (SI & RD) perspective in early childhood education in the U.S.
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-08-09
What Impacts Student Success in College Persistence and Completion?
ECS
A 10-page US compilation of research studies addressing postsecondary success and completion
EducationPosted: 2010-08-09
Assessing the effects of ICT in education
OECD
A 217-page report of an expert meeting held to study the benchmarking of technology use and effects in education
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-08-04
The Effects of School Quality in the Origin on the Payoff to Schooling for Immigrants
IZA
This 51-page discussion paper examines whether the differential in payoff to schooling between immigrant and native children is related to the quality of the schooling immigrants acquired abroad
Education, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2010-08-03
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Education is the Key Missing Link
Brookings
A US article stressing the importance of wider education in achieving the Millennium Development Goals
International Development, EducationPosted: 2010-08-02
The Impact of Teacher Subject Knowledge on Student Achievement: Evidence from Within-Teacher Within-Student Variation
CESifo
This 39-page working paper estimates the causal effect of teacher subject knowledge on student achievement using within-teacher within-student variation
EducationPosted: 2010-08-01
The Effect of Part-Time Work on Post-Secondary Educational Attainment: New Evidence from French Data
IZA
This 44-page paper provides new evidence on the effect of part-time work on postsecondary educational attainment
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-08-01
Learning from Leadership: Investigating the Links to Improved Student Learning
Wallace Foundation
A 338-page US study of school leadership provides evidence of principals’ significant effects on student achievement –and paints a detailed picture of what sound leadership from principals, other school staff members and district officials means
EducationPosted: 2010-07-25
Adolescent Drug Use and the Deterrent Effect of School-Imposed Penalties
IZA
This 20-page discussion paper evaluates the effect of school-imposed penalties for drug use on a student's consumption of marijuana
Drug Abuse, EducationPosted: 2010-07-18
Beyond Madrasas: Assessing the Links Between Education and Militancy in Pakistan
Brookings
This 69-page US report takes a fresh look at the connection between schools, including but not limited to Pakistan’s religious seminaries, known as “madrasas,” and the rising militancy across Pakistan
Education, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2010-07-15
Do Bans on Affirmative Action Hurt Minority Students? Evidence from the Texas Top 10% Plan
IZA
This discussion paper provides new evidence on the effects of alternative admissions policies on the persistence and college completion of minority students
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-07-15
Student Victimization in U.S. Schools
IES
This 75-page US report provides data on student criminal victimization and the characteristics of crime victims and nonvictims
Education, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2010-07-14
Standards Issue
Washington Monthly
A 4-page US article considering the interrelationship between standards in education and drop-out rates
EducationPosted: 2010-07-13
A New Cost-Benefit and Rate of Return Analysis for the Perry Preschool Program: A Summary
IZA
This 19-page paper summarizes the authors' recent work on the rate of return and cost-benefit ratio of an influential early childhood programme
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2010-07-13
Small is Still Beautiful
Washington Monthly
A 3-page US article arguing the merits of smaller schools
EducationPosted: 2010-07-13
Workers with Low Literacy or Numeracy Skills: Characteristics, Jobs, and Education and Training Patterns
Department of Labour - New Zealand
This 58-page New Zealand paper examines the characteristics and education and training patterns of adults in employment who have low literacy or numeracy skills
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-07-12
Transforming the High School Experience
MDRC
This 189-page US study provides rigorous evidence that new small public high schools are narrowing the educational attainment gap and markedly improve graduation prospects, particularly for disadvantaged students
EducationPosted: 2010-07-08
Bringing a Social Capital Approach into the Teaching of Adult Literacy and numeracy
NCVER
This 6-page Australian guide describes strategies to assist vocational education and training (VET) practitioners to adopt a social capital approach to their teaching, particularly the teaching of literacy and numeracy
EducationPosted: 2010-07-08
Developing the Child Care Workforce: Understanding 'Fight' or 'Flight' Amongst Workers
National Centre for Vocational Education Research
A 49-page Australian report investigating how innovative employers are overcoming challenges in the child care sector to improve workforce development
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2010-07-08
Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies
IZA
This 83-page discussion paper summarizes and evaluates recent empirical research on education and family background
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-06-27
The Crime Reducing Effect of Education
IZA
This 38-page discussion paper presents evidence on empirical connections between crime and education
Crime, Law & Order, EducationPosted: 2010-06-27
Recruiting and Retaining Older African American and Hispanic Boys in After-School Programs: What We Know and What We Still Need to Learn
P/PV
This 17-page US brief provides an overview of promising strategies for recruiting and retaining middle- and high-school-aged African-American and Hispanic males in after-school programmes
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2010-06-24
Smartphones Give You Wings: Pedagogical Affordance of Mobile Web 2.0
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
This 14-page Australasian paper provides an overview of the potential of the integration of mobile Web 2.0 tools (based around smartphones) to facilitate social constructivist pedagogies and engage students in tertiary education
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-06-07
The Networked Student Model for Construction of Personal Learning Environments
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
This 17-page Australian article describes how principles of networked learning, constructivism, and connectivism inform the design of a test case through which secondary students construct personal learning environments for the purpose of independent inquiry
EducationPosted: 2010-06-02
Meeting the Challenge
Rennie Center
A 19-page US brief identifying policies, programmes and practices in schools that have steadily made progress in reducing their dropout rates over the past four school years
EducationPosted: 2010-06-01
Mother or Motherland: Can a Government Have an Impact on Educational Attainment of the Population? Preliminary Evidence from India
IZA
This 22-page discussion paper examines the relative impacts of personal-household and state-level characteristics (including government policy) on the likelihood of transition from one educational level to the next
Education, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-05-28
Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults
IZA
A 45-page discussion paper examining the role of peer composition in 9th grade on longer-run outcomes such as IQ scores at age 18, teenage childbearing, post-compulsory schooling educational track, adult labor market status, and earnings
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2010-05-28
The Breaking Through Practice Guide
JFF
A 12-page US practice guide to help community colleges support adult learners who have low literacy and math skills
EducationPosted: 2010-05-28
A Profile of Criminal Incidents at School
IES
A 67-page analysis of criminal incidents committed at US schools. The analysis examines a range of characteristics of criminal incidents that occur at school, such as: the time of day and the location at school where the incident occurred; whether the police were notified; and the characteristics of offenders, including their age, race, and whether they carried a weapon
Crime, Law & Order, EducationPosted: 2010-05-28
Benefits of a Speech Pathology Programme
Speech Pathology Australia
This Australian background paper claims that a speech pathology programme has important lessons for the treatment of teens with behavioural problems
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2010-05-20
Evaluating NCLB
Hoover Institution
A US evaluation of the effects of the No Child Left Behind Act
EducationPosted: 2010-05-18
The Course of Innovation: Using Technology to Transform Higher Education
Education Sector
This US report highlights successful higher education redesign models as well as the barriers to innovation in higher education
EducationPosted: 2010-05-18
Transformed Governance and the Education for All-Fast Track Initiative
Brookings
This 8-page US policy brief proposes a re-think of the global education architecture
EducationPosted: 2010-05-17
Education Leadership: An Agenda for School Improvement
Wallace Foundation
The repoort of a US conference held to discuss the importance of school principals and what could be done to strengthen and assist them
EducationPosted: 2010-05-17
Restrictive and Supportive Parenting: Effects on Children's School Affect and Emotional Responses
Australian Educational Researcher
The report of an Australian project in which upper primary school students were surveyed about their general liking for school, and their parents were surveyed about their parenting styles
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-05-16
Improving Education and Employment for Disadvantaged Young Men: Proven and Promising Strategies
Urban Institute
This US report reviews strategies to improve educational attainment and employment among disadvantaged youth, particularly young men
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2010-05-13
AfterZones: Creating a Citywide System to Support and Sustain High-Quality After-School Programs
P/PV
This US report analyzes the implementation of the AfterZone initiative—a citywide system-building effort that aims to provide high-quality, accessible out-of-school-time services to middle school youth
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-04-30
An Effective Teacher in Every Classroom
Program on Education Policy and Governance
A US article considering how to identify effective teachers and how to increase the number of effective teachers in in high-poverty schools and communities
EducationPosted: 2010-04-28
Does Immigration Induce 'Native Flight' from Public Schools? Evidence from a Large Scale Voucher Program
IZA
A 31-page discussion paper examining the correlation between ethnic heterogeneity due to immigration and the propensity of opting out from public schools for private alternatives
Education, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2010-04-13
Collaborating for Student Success: Part 2: Student Achievement
MetLife
A 17-page report, part of "The Metlife Survey of the American Teacher", examines teachers' views on how to improve student achievement
EducationPosted: 2010-04-13
The Digital World of Young Children: Emergent Literacy
Pearson Foundation
This US paper examines the latest research on the ways in which young children make use of increasingly personalized and mobile media – including cell phones, television, video games, smart devices, and computers. The report focuses on the impact of these new ways of learning and also highlights the degree to which these emergent literacies are rooted in young people’s use of common-place mobile devices – especially in developing and least-developed nations
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-03-29
A New Model for Equitable and Efficient Resource Allocation to Schools: The Israeli Case
IZA
This 41-page discussion paper sets out a new budget allocation formula for schools, designed to achieve a more equitable distribution of educational achievement
EducationPosted: 2010-03-25
Taking Leadership, Innovating Change: Profiles in Family, School, and Community Engagement
HFRP
This 18-page US report has compiled twelve examples of leading innovations in family engagement as an integral and effective strategy in systemic education reform
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-03-24
Partnerships for Learning: Promising Practices in Integrating School and Out-of-School Time Program Supports
HFRP
This 45-page US report from is aimed to help Out-of-School Time programme leaders, decision-makers, and funders to understand and implement effective OST–school partnerships for learning
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-03-24
Mechanisms for the Effect of Field of Study on the Transition from Higher Education to Work
Mannheim Centre
This 36-page German working paper examines why why fields of study in higher education differ in early labour market returns
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-23
The Effects of Macroeconomic Conditions on the Education and Employment Outcomes of Youth
Melbourne Institute
This 30-page Australian paper examines the impact of macroeconomic conditions on the education and employment outcomes of youths in school-to-work transition
Economic Policy, EducationPosted: 2010-03-23
Beyond the Classroom: Using Title IX to Measure the Return to High School Sports
CESifo
This 45-page working paper examines the causal implications of an expansion in female sports participation in high schools
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-03-19
The Effects of Education and Health on Wages and Productivity
Productivity Commission - Australia
A 96-page Australian study assessing the effects of education and health on wages and productivity
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2010-03-18
International Student Security: Globalization, State, University
Centre for the Study of Higher Education
This 17-page Australian paper looks at the human security of students who cross national borders for the purposes of formal study.
Education, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2010-03-08
Arguing About Charters vs. “Traditional” Schools Masks the Failure of Schools Improvement Policy and Practice to Enhance Equality of Opportunity
Center for Mental Health in Schools
This 18-page US policy brief examines what type of policy shift is needed to stimulate development of a comprehensive, cohesive and coherent system to replace the prevailing piecemeal and marginalized approach to student and learning supports
EducationPosted: 2010-03-06
Improving School Leadership: The Promise of Cohesive Leadership Systems
Rand Corporation, Wallace Foundation
This 178-page US report evaluates an initiative to coordinate state and school district policy so principals have what they need to improve teaching and learning
EducationPosted: 2010-03-05
The Unknown World of Charter High Schools
Education Next
A US analysis analysis of the impacts of charter school attendance on educational attainment
EducationPosted: 2010-03-04
Longer-Term Impacts of Mentoring, Educational Services, and Incentives to Learn: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
IZA
This 57-page discussion paper analyzes the short- and long-term educational and employment impacts of an after-school program, the Quantum Opportunity Program, that offered disadvantaged high-school youth: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards with the objective to improve high-school graduation and post-secondary schooling enrollment
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-03-04
What Happened When Kindergarten Went Universal?
Hoover Institution
This US study estimates the impact of earlier state interventions to introduce kindergarten into public schools
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-03-03
Econometric Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices: A Non-Technical Guide
IZA
This 39-page paper explains the main idea and intuition of leading empirical strategies devised to identify causal impacts and illustrates their use with real-world examples in education
EducationPosted: 2010-02-26
Education’s Hardest Test: Scaling up Aid in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
Brookings
A 12-page US policy outlook outlining the challenges that need to be addressed if the educational opportunities of children living in countries affected by conflict, fragility, or emergencies are to be improved
International Development, EducationPosted: 2010-02-25
Reviving the Global Education Compact
CGDev
This 24-page US essay explores the options for transforming global education and offers ambitious but achievable proposals for accelerating progress
EducationPosted: 2010-02-22
Expanding Choice in Elementary and Secondary Education: A Report on Rethinking the Federal Role in Education
Brookings
A 32-page US report on expanding choice in elementary and secondary education
EducationPosted: 2010-02-19
Sex and Relationships Education in Other Countries
NFER
This 43-page UK presentation demonstrates the variety of approaches that different countries have adopted to teach sex and relationships education (SRE), and whether learning the facts of life at school should be compulsory
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-02-04
Estimating the Technology of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skill Formation
IZA
This 55-page discussion paper formulates and estimates multistage production functions for children's cognitive and noncognitive skills
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-02-01
The High Cost of Low Educational Performance: The Long-Run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes
OECD
A 55-page international study showing that even modest and achievable gains in student learning yield large increases in gross domestic product (GDP) over the long run
Education, Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-01-29
Head Start Impact Study Final Report: Executive Summary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This 35-page executive summary of a US report into the Head Start programme finds that most gains in cognitive development fade out by first grade
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2010-01-20
Improving School Leadership
Rand Corporation
This 180-page US study documents actions taken to create more-cohesive policies and initiatives to improve instructional leadership in schools; describes how states and districts have worked together to forge such policies and initiatives; and examines the hypothesis that cohesive systems improve school leadership
EducationPosted: 2010-01-19
Nature of Experience: Engaging Special Needs Learners Through the Natural World
NFER
This 8-page UK article examines the benefits of working with nature and natural objects for children and teachers in a special needs school
EducationPosted: 2010-01-19
The Consumption Value of Higher Education
CESifo
A 26-page working paper offering a comprehensive literature survey of the consumption value of higher education
EducationPosted: 2010-01-15
Ending Social Promotion Without Leaving Children Behind: The Case of New York Ciy
Rand Corporation
This 309-page US study reports on an independent longitudinal evaluation of the 5th-grade promotion policy adopted in New York City schools
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-10
The Benefits to Taxpayers from Increases in Students' Educational
Rand Corporation
This 143-page US study examines the financial benefits that taxpayers, regardless of whether they have children in school, realize from increases in educational attainment of today's youth
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-10
Aboriginal Education: Strengthening the Foundations
CPRN
This 102-page research paper provides a detailed analysis of the current state of Aboriginal educational programs and policies across Canada’s regions and highlight the successes, failures and lessons learned
Indigenous Affairs, EducationPosted: 2009-12-19
AUSSE 2009: Australasian University Executive Summary Report
ACER, AUSSE
The 12-page executive summary of a survey of student engagement in Australasian universities
EducationPosted: 2009-12-18
Web 2.0 Site Blocking in Schools
Education.au
This 46-page Australian report focuses on identifying and overcoming the barriers associated with current site blocking practices in schools with regards to Web 2.0 services such as social networking, video sharing, blogs and wikis and popular sites such as YouTube, Facebook and Wikipedia
EducationPosted: 2009-12-15
Leadership for Learning Improvement in Urban Schools
Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy
This 140-page US report examines what it means for school leaders to work in a demanding environment; what “supervisory leaders” (principals, assistant principals, department heads) do in these kinds of settings; and what nonsupervisory leaders do
EducationPosted: 2009-12-10
Mission Matters: The Cost of Small High Schools Revisited
NYUWagner
This 41-page US paper estimates school cost functions relating per pupil expenditures to school size, controlling for school output and quality, student characteristics, and school organization
EducationPosted: 2009-12-09