Education
Beyond the Bubble: Technology and the Future of Student Assessment
Education Sector
This 19-page US paper evaluates a number of new research projects that demonstrate how information technology can both deepen and broaden assessment practices in elementary and secondary education by testing new skills and concepts and doing so more comprehensively
EducationPosted: 2009-02-19
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
Big Buildings, Small Schools: Using a Small Schools Strategy for High School Reform
Jobs for the Future
A 23-page U.S. report describes an emerging trend in some U.S. cities to convert large, comprehensive high schools into education complexes composed of multiple autonomous small schools under one roof
EducationPosted: 2004-09-21
Birth Order Matters: The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Educational Attainment
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 37-page discussion document exploring the degree to which family size and birth order affect a child's subseuquent educational attainment
EducationPosted: 2005-08-19
Blended Learning: The Best of Both Worlds
Donnell-Kay Foundation
This 28-page US report examines today's digital and online offerings for public school students in Colorado, and discusses the importance of implementing a shift to a blended model of learning that combines face to face, online and digital learning
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-03-03
Boosting Science Learning: What Will It Take?
ACER
The 106-page report of an Australian conference on improving science education (single page linking to each of 14 conference papers)
EducationPosted: 2006-08-21
Breaking Down Monopolies: Expanding Choice and Competition in Education
C.D. Howe Institute
A 16-page Canadian backgrounder making the case for a greater use of market forces, choice and competition in education
EducationPosted: 2007-10-04
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
Building a Culture of Evidence for Community College Student Success: Early Progress in the Achieving the Dream Initiative
MDRC, CCRC
This 183-page US report describes the progress made after one year of implementing an initiative designed to assist community college students to stay in school and succeed
EducationPosted: 2007-05-25
Building Sustainable Adult Literacy Provision: A Review of International Trends in Adult Literacy Policy and Programs
National Centre for Vocational Education Research
A 59-page Australian report summarising a study of adult literacy policies and practices in Canada, New Zealand, U.S., Ireland, U.K. and Australia
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-10-25
Buying an Education: Where are the returns highest?
Australia Institute
This 7-page paper notes the growth of private school popularity in Australia and argues that parents would benefit financially by sending their children to public schools and using the money saved to enrol them as full fee-paying university students
EducationPosted: 2004-02-05
Can Teacher Quality be Effectively Assessed?
Urban Institute and University of Washington
This study investigated whether the voluntary NBTS certification in the U.S. resulted in higher student achievement in elementary schools
EducationPosted: 2004-03-10
Canada’s Hidden Deficit: The Social Cost of Low Literacy Skills
CPRN
A 45-page Canadian study exploring the social costs of low literacy
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-03-24
Canadian Nine-year-olds at School
Statistics Canada
This 68-page report provides an overview of the school achievement of Canadian 9-year-old children in 2006/2007. The paper focuses on similarities and differences between girls and boys; between children from low-income and higher-income homes; between provinces; and, where relevant, between communities of different sizes. The report looks at the education environments of the children and at links between environment and achievement. It also examines the links between early school readiness indicators at age 5 and school achievement at age 9, when the children were in grade 3 and grade 4
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-09-28
Career Academies: Impact on Labor Market Outcomes and Educational Attainment
MDRC
This 67-page report analyses the effectiveness of U.S. Career Academies in keeping the students engaged in school and preparing them for further education or employment
EducationPosted: 2004-03-17
Case Study of the First Year of Sports4Kids
HFRP
The 61-page case study evaluation of a US school-based programme providing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play at elementary schools
EducationPosted: 2007-12-14
Cash for Test Scores
Hoover Institution
An 8-page US article describing the effectiveness of a cash incentive programme that rewards teachers and students for passing scores
EducationPosted: 2008-08-24
Challenges for Financing Public Higher Education
Rockefeller Institute
This 6-page paper highlights the financing problems faced by public higher education in the U.S.
EducationPosted: 2004-04-01
Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment,
Rand Corporation
This 162-page US study examines how charter schools affect long-term student attainment
EducationPosted: 2009-04-22
Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition
Rand Corporation
This 144-page US book examines charter schools in eight states with varied policy contexts. It assesses the characteristics of charter schools' students, their effectiveness in raising student achievement and promoting graduation and college entry, and their competitive effects on student achievement in traditional public schools
EducationPosted: 2009-03-19
Charters As Role Models
Hoover Institution
An article discussing the development of charter schools in the U.S. and the principle of accountability
EducationPosted: 2005-05-03
Child Care Choices And Children's Cognitive Achievement: The Case of Single Mothers
Institute for Policy Research
This 65-page US research evaluates the effect of home inputs on the cognitive development of children of single mothers
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2006-08-23
Child Care Subsidies and Child Development
IZA
This 48-page discussion paper provides a systematic assessment of the impact of subsidy receipt on a wide range of child outcomes.
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2008-11-28
Children Born in 2001: First Results from the Base Year of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
National Center for Education Statistics
This 49-page U.S. study provides demographic characteristics of children and their families, children's early mental and physical skills, first experiences in child care and fathers in children's lives
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2004-11-24
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
Children's Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
NCJRS
A 12-page US survey examining children's exposure to violence in the home, school, and community
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2009-11-01
Choice, Competition and Pupil Achievement
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 54-page UK discussion paper studies the effect of wider school choice on pupil achievement
EducationPosted: 2006-07-23
Choosing the Field of Study in Post-Secondary Education: Do Expected Earnings Matter?
IZA
This 39-page discussion paper examines the determinants of the choice of the major when the length of studies is uncertain, by using a framework in which students entering post-secondary education are assumed to anticipate their future earnings
EducationPosted: 2009-04-23
Choosing to Learn
Project Syndicate
An article on the benefits attributed to the introduction of choice into the Swedish education system
EducationPosted: 2008-05-15
Civic Engagement and High School Academic Progress
CIRCLE
A 23-page US working paper analysing how participation in voluntary community service impacts on the academic achievement of high school students
EducationPosted: 2007-01-28
Classroom Drug Prevention Works: But Left Unchecked, Early Substance Use Haunts Older Teens and Young Adults
Rand Corporation
A 4-page summary of U.S. research into drug, tobacco and alcohol abuse by U.S. schoolchildren and into the effectiveness of a classroom drug prevention program
Drug Abuse, EducationPosted: 2004-04-09
Climb Every Mountain
Hoover Institution
A US study exploring the connection between teachers' sense of responsibility for learning and student outcomes
EducationPosted: 2006-06-10
Closing Achievement Gaps
Brookings Institution
An 8-page U.S. policy brief describing programmes to reduce the attainment disparity between white children and those from ethnic and racial minorities
EducationPosted: 2005-03-08
Collaborate to Compete: Seizing the Opportunity of Online Learning for UK Higher Education
Online Learning Task Force
This 45-page UK study concludes that universities and colleges need to make online learning a central part of organisational strategies if they are to meet rapidly changing student demands and stay competitive in the global higher education (HE) market
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-02-17
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
Common Vision, Different Paths
Pre-K Now, Zero to Three
A 36-page US report setting out the lessons learned from the experiences of five states with pre-natal-to-five childhood care and education systems
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2008-01-11
Community College Management Practices that Promote Student Success
CCRC
A 4-page US brief summarizing a study of community college management practices that promote student success
EducationPosted: 2006-10-18
Community-Based Learning: Engaging Students for Success and Citizenship
Coalition for Community Schools
This 64-page US paper describes the effectiveness of involving students in "real world" problem solving as a means of engaging them in the learning process
EducationPosted: 2006-03-22
Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2006
NCES
This 92-page report describes how the US education system compares with those in the other G-8 countries
EducationPosted: 2007-08-14
Comparison of Traditional Public Schools and Charter Schools on Retention, School Switching and Achievement Growth
Goldwater Institute
A 43-page U.S. assessment of the comparative effectiveness of charter schools and traditional public schools
EducationPosted: 2004-07-07
Comprehensive versus Selection Schooling in England and Wales: What Do We Know?
Institute for the Study of Labour
This 31-page discussion paper qualifies the reliability of earlier research into the effect of the transition from selection to comprehensive education on student achievement in England and Wales
EducationPosted: 2006-04-12
Condemned to Innovate
Griffith Review
This 13-page Australian essay proposes that disadvantaged schools should be treated as opportunities for experimentation and innovation
EducationPosted: 2006-03-08
Conduct Problems Best Practice Report
MSD
This 72-page New Zealand report was prepared by the Advisory Group on Conduct Problems (AGCP) on the prevention, treatment and management of conduct problems in children and young people
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2009-04-16
Cost, Commitment, and Attainment: An International Comparison
JFF
This US report provides an international perspective on the productivity agenda of Making Opportunity Affordable, a multiyear initiative focused on increasing productivity within U.S. higher education, particularly at two-year and four-year public colleges and universities. After comparing and analyzing data on cost, commitment, and attainment, the report suggests approaches that the United States should consider to achieve higher attainment at sustainable levels
EducationPosted: 2009-07-13
Course Change and Attrition From Higher Education
Australian Council for Educational Research
This 49-page Australian study describes the incidence and nature of higher education course change and attrition
EducationPosted: 2005-07-22
Creating Effective Teaching and Learning Environments: First Results from TALIS
OECD
TALIS provides the first internationally comparative perspective on the conditions of teaching and learning, based on data from over 70,000 teachers and school principals who represent lower secondary teachers in the 23 participating countries. TALIS examines important aspects of professional development; teacher beliefs, attitudes and practices; teacher appraisal and feedback; and school leadership (307 pages)
EducationPosted: 2009-07-19
Creating Excellent Secondary Schools: A Guide for Clients
CABE
A 135-page UK guide for those involved in the design and building of new secondary schools
EducationPosted: 2007-07-23
Creating Markets or Decent Jobs? Group Training and the Future of Work
National Centre for Vocational Education Research
This 107-page Australian study examines the role of group training organisations in the light of policy changes made during the past decade
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2004-04-07
Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools: Findings From the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2009–10
NCES
This 85-page US report provides statistical data on crime, violence, discipline, and safety in U.S. public schools
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-05-31
Crisis or Possibility? Conversations About the American High School
National High School Alliance
A 52-page U.S. report, based on seven recent conferences, identifies major levers for improving the American high school system
EducationPosted: 2004-05-22
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
Cross-National Surveys of Learning Achievement: How Robust are the Findings?
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 37-page discussion paper examines aspects of the robustness of the results of international surveys of learning achievement and functional literacy
EducationPosted: 2005-07-11
CSRQ Center Report On Middle and High School Comprehensive School Models
American Institutes for Research
This 286-page US report reviews research on 18 widely-adopted models of school improvement
EducationPosted: 2006-10-16
Current Directions in Australia's Vocational Education and Training System
National Centre for Vocational Education Research
A 13-page paper providing an overview of the factors which influence and drive Australia's technical and vocational education and training system
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-01-01
Decentralization of School Management: Ideas from Abroad
Montreal Economics Institute
A 4-page economic note on the decretralization of school management
EducationPosted: 2007-03-28
Designing for Learning: Online Social Networks as a Classroom Environment
The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
A 26-page Australian article investigating the use of online social media as a learning environment
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-12-02
Designing for Learning: Online Social Networks as a Classroom Environment
The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
This 26-page paper deploys notions of emergence, connections, and designs for learning to conceptualize high school students’ interactions when using online social media as a learning environment
EducationPosted: 2011-12-02
Developing Early Literacy
National Institute for Literacy
The 11-page executive summary of a US report aiming to identify interventions, parenting activities, and instructional practices that promote the development of children’s early literacy skills.
EducationPosted: 2009-01-30
Developing Early Literacy
National Institute for Literacy
This 260-page US report presents findings on which early measures of a child's skills predict later decoding, reading comprehension and spelling achievement. Additionally, it identifies a wide-variety of interventions and instructional approaches that improve a child's early literacy skills. The authors also look at the role of environment and at child characteristics that may link to future outcomes in reading, writing and spelling
EducationPosted: 2009-03-01
Developing Research in Russian Universities
IFRI
This 25-page French article addresses the key features and the state of research in Russian higher education establishments. It examines measures taken to support research in universities and to integrate R&D with higher education since the fall of the Soviet Union
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-03-08
Developing Skills for Life and Work: Accelerating Social and Emotional Learning across South Australia
Foundation for Young Australians
This 48-page Australian paper explores the evidence for the importance of a greater emphasis on social and emotional learning, as part of a holistic view of young people’s education
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2012-04-13
Developing Social, Emotional and Behavioural Skills in Secondary Schools
OFSTED
The 25-page evaluation of a UK pilot programme designed to develop social, emotional and behavioural skills in secondary schools
EducationPosted: 2007-07-06
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
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
Differences in the Distribution of High School Achievement: The Role of Class Size and Time-in-Term
Statistics Canada
A 42-page Canadian research paper assessing the effect of differences in class size and time-in-term on educational outcomes in Canadian high schools
EducationPosted: 2005-12-05
Digital Learning Now!
Foundation for Excellence in Education
A 20-page US report identifying 10 elements of high quality digital learning
EducationPosted: 2010-12-07
Diplomas and Dropouts
AEI
This 80-page report documents the dramatic variation in graduation rates across more than 1,300 of colleges and universities in the US, even between those with similar admissions criteria and students
EducationPosted: 2009-06-11
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
Disenchantment, Disengagement, Disappearance
Dusseldorp Skills Forum
A 60-page Australian paper on truancy, using statistics from Australia, New Zealand and the U.K.
EducationPosted: 2004-09-24
Disengagement and Re-engagement of Young People in Learning at Key Stage 3
Research in Practice, NFER
A 96-page UK scoping study for a project designed to promote evidence-informed approaches to the disengagement and re-engagement of young people in learning at Key Stage 3.
EducationPosted: 2007-11-05
Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students 2003
National Center for Education Statistics
A 97-page report of a U.S. survey exploring distance education courses for public elementary and secondary school students.
EducationPosted: 2005-03-07
Diversifying Teacher Compensation
Education Commission of the States
A 24-page US issue paper providing an overview of research on diversifying teacher pay
EducationPosted: 2006-04-11
Diversifying Teacher Compensation
Education Commission of the States and The Teaching Commission
A 26-page U.S. issue paper studying current efforts in the U.S. to rethink and redesign teacher pay systems
EducationPosted: 2005-12-11
Diversity: School, Family, and Community Connections
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
A 102-page U.S. report synthesising a range of research on how families, communities and schools influence achievement among diverse school populations
EducationPosted: 2004-07-19
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
Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation
IZA
This 64-page discussion paper investigates whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy
Education, Economic PolicyPosted: 2009-12-02
Do High Flyers Maintain Their Altitude?
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
This 27-page US study examines the performance of America's highest-achieving children over time and finds that many high-achieving students struggle to maintain their elite performance over the years and often fail to improve their reading ability at the same rate as their average and below-average classmates
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-09-27
Do School-to-Work Programmes Help the "Forgotten Half"?
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 38-page discussion paper testing whether school-to-work programmes are particularly beneficial for those less likely to go to college
EducationPosted: 2005-09-15
Do Small Classes Reduce the Achievement Gap between Low and High Achievers? Evidence from Project STAR
IZA
A 47-page discussion paper studying the effect of small classes on high and low achievers
EducationPosted: 2007-07-14
Do Universities Benefit Local Youth?
Statistics Canada
A 30-page Canadian study exploring the relationship between the presence of a local university and university and college participation, and graduate earnings among local youth
EducationPosted: 2007-02-05
Do We Need to Repair the Monument?
Hoover Institution
Article in which 4 analysts comment on lessons learned since the enactment of No Child Left Behind legislation
EducationPosted: 2005-02-21
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
Does Educational Tracking Affect Performance and Inequality? Differences-in-Differences Evidence Across Countries
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 27-page discussion paper examining the outcomes of educational ability streaming across countries
EducationPosted: 2005-12-28
Does Immigration Affect the Long-Term Educational Outcomes of Natives? Quasi-Experimental Evidence
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 45-page discussion paper examines the mass-migration wave to Israel in the 1990s to study the impact of immigrant concentration during primary school on the long-term outcomes of native students in high school
Immigration & Refugees, EducationPosted: 2005-12-16
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
Does Private Tutoring Pay Off?
IZA
This 24-page discussion paper assesses the causal effect of private tutoring on the probability of university placement in Turkey
EducationPosted: 2008-08-24
Does Qualification Drive Innovation?
Halle Institute
A 27-page German paper examining the role of formal education and actual occupation in product innovation performance in manufacturing firms
Science & Technology, EducationPosted: 2007-09-25
Does Quality Time Produce Quality Children? Evidence on the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital Using Parental Deaths
IZA
This paper uses variation created by parental deaths in the amount of time children spend with each parent to examine whether the parent-child correlation in schooling outcomes stems from a causal relationship
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-03-03
Does Raising the Principal's Wage Improve the School's Outcome?
Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research in Israel
This 25-page Israeli discussion paper provides causal evidence on the effect of paying higher salaries to school principals in a manner unrelated to their future productivity
EducationPosted: 2006-01-28
Does School Choice Work? Effects on Student Integration and Achievement
Public Policy Institute of California
A 221- page US report on the results of introducing school choice into a group of schools in California
EducationPosted: 2006-09-21
Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 42-page discussion paper examines evidence from Boston's Metco Program, which desegregates by sending (mostly) black students out of the Boston public school district to attend schools in more-affluent suburban districts.
Education, Urban IssuesPosted: 2004-02-17
Does Schooling Affect Health Behavior? Evidence from the Educational Expansion in Western Germany
IZA
Using the number of academic track schools in a state as an instrumental variable for years of schooling,this 31-page discussion paper investigates the causal effect of schooling on health behavior such as smoking and related outcomes such as obesity
Does Secondary School Tracking Affect Performance? Evidence from IALS
IZA
A 17-page discussion paper analyzing the effect of tracking on student performance in secondary schools
EducationPosted: 2007-03-11
Does Sibship Size Affect Educational Attainment?
SFI
A 48-page Danish paper testing the hypothesis that sibship size can have a negative causal effect on educational attainment
EducationPosted: 2006-10-26
Does Teacher Preparation Matter?
School Redesign Network
A 33-page U.S. study finding that certified teachers consistently produce significantly stronger student achievement than uncertified teachers
EducationPosted: 2005-04-20
Does Teacher Testing Raise Quality? Evidence from State Certification Requirements
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 36-page discussion paper studies the effects of U.S. state teacher testing requirements on wages and teacher quality
EducationPosted: 2005-02-24
Does the Early Bird Catch the Worm? Instrumental Variable Estimates of Educational Effects of Age of School Entry in Germany
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 51-page paper estimating the effect of age of school entry on educational attainment
EducationPosted: 2005-11-01
Does the Expansion of Higher Education Increase the Equality of Educational Opportunities?
IZA
This 58-page discussion paper examines the role of the expansion of HE in increasing the equality of tertiary education in Italy
EducationPosted: 2008-03-06
Domino Effect
Hoover Institution
A 6-page US article on the measurement of negative spillovers caused by troubled children at school
EducationPosted: 2009-05-11
Don't Tie Us Down
Hoover Institution
A U.S. article arguing that charter schools should be permitted the freedom to experiment
EducationPosted: 2005-05-03