Education
Intergenerational Education Transmission: Neighbourhood Quality and/or Parents' Involvement
IZA
This 44-page discussion paper analyzes the impact of residential neighbourhood and parents' involvement in education on children's educational attainment
EducationPosted: 2007-02-19
Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment in Germany: The Last Five Decades
IZA
This 40-page discussion paper studies the development in intergenerational mobility in respect of educational attainment in Germany
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-08-29
International Education: Financial and Organisational Impacts in Australian Universities
Centre for Economics of Education and Training
This 50-page research measures the impact of international education on the Australian university system
EducationPosted: 2007-08-30
International School Finance
Education Commission of the States
A 3-page note comparing America's school funding with that of other developed countries. Contains direct links to original data sources
EducationPosted: 2004-11-12
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
Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms 1994-2005
NCES
This 83-page report provides trend analysis on US schools with internet access, data on technologies for barring inappropriate material and the integration of internet use into the curriculum
EducationPosted: 2006-11-29
Introduction to the CCRC Assessment of Evidence Series
CCRC
A 9-page US paper examining a large body of research evidence on strategies for improving the success of students who attend community college
EducationPosted: 2011-01-28
Investigating the Effective Use of Resources in Secondary Schools
DfES
A 54-page UK study designed to validate school effectiveness measures, to investigate the nature of effective schools and identify the good practice that has contributed to their effectiveness
EducationPosted: 2006-10-04
Investing in Learning: School Funding Policies to Foster High Performance
Committee of Economic Development
This 72-page U.S. report presents findings and recommendations on public schools financing reform
EducationPosted: 2004-04-12
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
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
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
Is Early Learning Really More Productive? The Effect of School Starting Age on School and Labour Market Performance
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 45-page discussion paper identifies the effects of age at school entry on test scores, grades, educational attainment and labour market performance
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-07-12
Is Mentoring Worth the Money?
ERS
A 22-page cost-benefit analysis of a comprehensive mentoring programme for new teachers in the US
EducationPosted: 2007-11-07
Is Traditional Teaching Really All That Bad? A Within-Student Between-Subject Approach
CESifo
This 34-page working paper directly peers into the black box of educational production by investigating the relationship between lecture style teaching and student achievement
EducationPosted: 2009-06-21
Key Data on Education in Europe 2009
EACEA
This 280-page report draws on qualitative and quantitative data to provide an overview of the education systems of 31 European countries, and how these systems are dealing with common educational challenges
Education, European UnionPosted: 2009-09-27
Key Factors Influencing Educational Outcomes for Indigenous Students and their Implications for Planning and Practice
ACER
A4-page Australian presentation considering the intrinsic link between health and education and the benefits of collaborative research for improving the education and life outcomes of Indigenous children
Indigenous Affairs, EducationPosted: 2011-08-23
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
Kindergarten Enrollment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education
IZA
An 11-page discussion paper studying whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children enrol in kindergarten
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-10-17
Knowledge Capital as the Source of Growth
ENEPRI
Thsi 23-page paper examines the role of knowledge agglomeration in productivity growth in Finland
Science & Technology, EducationPosted: 2006-04-14
Ladders of Learning: Fighting Fadeout by Advancing PK-3 Alignment
New America Foundation
A 6-page U.S. issue brief arguing a case for transforming pre-school kindergarten and the first three years of school into a continuum of learning
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2006-03-01
Ladders of Success: Keeping Teacher Pay on Schedule
Education Sector
A 4-page US article discussing how teacher compensation can be more effectively tied to experience and credentials
EducationPosted: 2009-04-22
Language Minorities and Their Educational and Labor Market Indicators: Recent Trends
National Center for Education Statistics
This 85-page U.S. report examines trends in the U.S. language minority population 1979-99, covering education, income and labour force outcomes
Immigration & Refugees, EducationPosted: 2004-07-02
Lazy Students? A Study of Student Time Use
National Institute of Economic and Social Research
This 29-page study of how English university students allocate their time between study, paid work and leisure measures the effect of student grants, easy credit availability and earnings expectations
EducationPosted: 2004-03-16
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
Leading Numeracy: The Learner
Curriculum Leadership
The content of an Australian school leadership training module, examining how principals can help teachers to improve numeracy skills
EducationPosted: 2008-03-09
Leading the Higher Education IT Organization: Six Building Blocks of Success
EDUCAUSE Review
This article highlights several core technology issues and challenges that need to be addressed by IT leaders in higher education
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-07-13
Learning about Schools in Development
CGD
This 28-page US working paper investigates the broken link between schools and learning and suggests some proven methods for improving outcomes in education
Education, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-02-15
Learning About Teaching
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
This 7-page US policy brief reports that student perceptions of teacher effectiveness are very accurate gauges of actual effectiveness
EducationPosted: 2011-01-15
Learning for a Global Society: Evaluation and Quality in Global Education
North-South Centre of the Council of Europe
This 94-page report documents proceedings and papers from the GENE London conference, dealing with issues of evaluation and quality in global and developmental education
Education, International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-04-15
Learning For Tomorrow's World: First Results From PISA 2003
OECD
A 471-page report on initial results from the PISA 2003 assessment, which ranks learning skills among 15-year olds in 41 countries
EducationPosted: 2004-12-10
Learning from No Child Left Behind
Hoover Institution
This US study outlines specific lessons and recommendations that identify the strengths and weaknesses of NCLB and offers suggestions for improving the law, building on its current foundation (single page with links to each section of the study)
EducationPosted: 2009-05-03
Learning from the Future: New Perspectives on Leadership for the Teaching Profession
Teaching Australia
Papers and presentations from an Australian conference held to explore ways of shaping school leadership into the future and building leadership capacity in the teaching profession (single page linking to individual papers)
EducationPosted: 2007-12-01
Learning to Read in Australia
ASSA
A 13-page Australian occasional paper identifying the reading skills that children need to acquire
EducationPosted: 2007-03-05
Learning to Work: Inquiry Into Vocational Education in Schools
Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
A 386-page report into vocational education and training in Australian Schools
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-04-30
Leave No City Behind: England/United States Dialogue on Urban Education Reform
Urban Institute
This 6-page policy brief offers highlights of a dialogue between educators and policymakers from the U.K. and the U.S. held to discuss methods for improving school performance
EducationPosted: 2004-12-31
Lessons and Recommendations from the Alabama Reading Initiative Report
American Institutes for Research
A 47-page US report on the lessons learned from an initiative aimed at improved literacy among secondary school pupils
EducationPosted: 2006-06-16
Let the Funding Follow the Children: A Solution for Special Education in Ontario
Fraser Institute
A 29-page Canadian study outlining problems with special education in Ontario's public school system and proposing a solution involving greater parental choice
EducationPosted: 2004-04-21
Level 2 Adult Vocational Learning - A Qualitative Study of Motivations, Experiences and Outcomes
Department for Education and Skills - U.K.
A 151-page U.K. report exploring the benefits of level 2 vocational qualifications for adult learners
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-07-14
Linking Schools and Early Years Services
RCH
This 129-page Australian report highlights the importance of the early years in relation to children's development
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2008-07-09
Linking to Learn and Learning to Link
Key Centre
This 10-page paper describes an Australian project designed to build integrated systems of school-based support for children and families in disadvantaged communities
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2007-01-29
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
Literacy Education in School: Research Perspectives from the Past, for the Future
ACER
A 96-page Australian review of research on literacy education
EducationPosted: 2007-12-06
Local School Micropolitical Agency: An Antidote to New Managerialism
Hawke Research Institute
This 33-page working paper outlines research into the micropolitical strategies used by school leadership teams in the South Australia School-Based Research and Reform Project
EducationPosted: 2004-04-30
Long-Term Effects of Class Size
IZA
This 31-page discussion paper evaluates the long-term effects of class size in primary schools
EducationPosted: 2011-08-10
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
Looking Beyond Government: The Transfer of the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Model Across States
Urban Institute
This 6-page policy brief examines how a successful program for improving early care and education in one U.S. state is being adopted by other states
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2004-02-13
Lost Learning, Forgotten Promises
Center for American Progress
This 39-page report considers the educational consequences of racial segregation in US schools and the potential of controlled choice to address them
EducationPosted: 2006-12-07
Low-Skilled Immigration and the Expansion of Private Schools
IZA
This 59-page discussion paper provides a political-economic model to study the impact of low-skilled immigration on the host country's education system, which is characterized by sources of school funding, the average expenditure per pupil, and the type of parents who are more likely to send their children to publicly or privately funded schools
Education, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-02-01
Macedonia: Understanding History, Preventing Future Conflict
United States Institute of Peace
Report of a program organized to promote ethnic reconciliation among high school students and teachers in Macedonia
EducationPosted: 2004-03-04
Making a Difference: How Ofsted Inspections Improved Inadequate Care for Children
OFSTED
A 19-page UK report demonstrating the impact of inspection on improving the quality of care for children
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2006-09-18
Making Early Childhood Development a Priority: Lessons from Vancouver
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
A 13-page Canadian paper making the case for publicly-funded early learning and care services
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2004-07-15
Making High School Students into “College Material”
MDRC
This US issue focus describes some common features of college readiness programmes and outlines open research questions
EducationPosted: 2009-11-23
Making Progress Toward Graduation: Evidence from the Talent Development High School Model
MDRC
A 134-page evaluation of a pilot for the U.S. Talent Development High School model, designed to improve academic outcomes in low-performing public high schools in U.S. cities
EducationPosted: 2005-06-14
Making Schools Places Where Everyone Succeeds: Belonging is Necessary for Learning
IEL
A 9-page US presentation on the nature and impact of cues existing in the classroom and community
EducationPosted: 2007-10-25
Making Sense of Charter Schools: Evidence from California
Rand Corporation
A 10-page paper studying the outcomes of charter schools in California
EducationPosted: 2006-02-24
Making Sense of Data-Driven Decision Making in Education
Rand Corporation
This 18-page occasional paper seeks to clarify how muiltiple types of data are being used in US schools
EducationPosted: 2006-12-07
Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children's Learning,
The Wallace Foundation
This 118-page US study investigates ways of preventing low-income students from suffering large learning setbacks during summer vacations
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-06-14
Making the Most of Kindergarten: Present Trends and Future Issues in the Provision of Full-day Programs
National Institute for Early Education Research
This 16-page U.S. policy report examines trends in the provision of full day kindergarten, and the academic and social outcomes of half-day versus full-day kindergarten
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2005-04-11
Making Their Mark: Disentangling the Effects of Neighbourhood and School on Educational Achievement
Institute for Futures Studies
A 36-page Swedish working paper examining the effects of neighbourhood and school on adolescent educational attainment
EducationPosted: 2007-03-01
Managing Challenging Behaviour
OFSTED
A 32-page U.K. report giving an account of behaviour in schools and providing an analysis of behaviour in a range of educational settings based on visits by schools inspectors
EducationPosted: 2005-03-04
Matchmaking: Enabling Mandatory Public School Choice in New York and Boston
Education Sector
This 12-page US paper takes a close look at the schools choice systems in New York and Boston
EducationPosted: 2009-09-08
Maternal Education, Home Environments and the Development of Children and Adolescents
IZA
This 56-page discussion paper studies the intergenerational effects of maternal education on children's cognitive achievement, behavioural problems, grade repetition and obesity
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2007-10-04
Mathematics Achievement of Language-Minority Students During the Elementary Years
IES
This 4-page US issue brief examines the scores of public-school language-minority students on a mathematics assessment in 1st grade, as well as the gain in their scores between 1st and 5th grades. Scores are reported by three background characteristics--student's race/ethnicity, poverty status, and mother's education--that have been found to be related to achievement
EducationPosted: 2008-12-16
Meaningful Investments in Pre-K: Estimating the Per-Child Costs of Quality Programs
IWPR
A 44-page US report estimating the costs of quality improvements in pre-kindergarten settings in the US
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2008-05-26
Measure Your Improvements: Investors in People in schools and colleges
Department of Education and Skills - U.K.
This 11-page U.K. booklet describes the Investors in People (IIP) standard for teaching staff development and its benefits
EducationPosted: 2005-05-11
Measuring Progress with Tests of Learning
CGDev
This 29-page paper examines the viability of improvement measurement tests for education in developing countries
Education, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-06-24
Measuring Skills for the 21st Century
Education Sector
This 18-page US report examines a number of new assessment models that demonstrate the potential to measure complex thinking skills at the same time that we measure a student's mastery of basic skills and knowledge.
EducationPosted: 2008-11-10
Measuring Teacher Effectiveness: Credentials Unrelated to Student Achievement
Manhattan Institute
This 5-page US brief finds that little to no relationship exists between teacher credentials and the gains that students make on standardized math and reading exams
EducationPosted: 2011-10-08
Measuring the Quality of Post-Secondary Education: Concepts, Current Practices and a Stragegic Plan
Canadian Policy Research Networks
This 61-page Canadian paper develops an analytical system to help identify the factors that limit or contribute to better post-secondary education outcomes
EducationPosted: 2005-04-11
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
Meeting Five Critical Challenges of High School Performance
MDRC
An 89-page US report offering research-based lessons on five major challenges facing low-performing high schools in the US
EducationPosted: 2006-05-17
Meeting Five Critical Challenges of High School Reform
MDRC
An 89-page evaluation of three programmes currently under way in the US to improve the quality of education in US high schools
EducationPosted: 2006-06-15
Meeting the Challenge
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy
A US brief looks at strategies in 11 high schools in nine Massachusetts school districts that have demonstrated successful reduction of their dropout rates
EducationPosted: 2009-03-19
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
Mental Health and Education Decisions
IZA
This 69-page discussion paper examines the link between poor mental health and poor educational outcomes
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
Merit Aid and Sorting: The Effects of HOPE-Style Scholarships on College Ability Stratification
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 36-page discussion paper examines the extent to which merit-based aid exacerbates or ameliorates sorting by ability in higher education
EducationPosted: 2006-02-04
Merit Pay International
Hoover Institution
A new study finds that student achievement is significantly higher in countries that make use of teacher performance pay than in countries that do not use it
EducationPosted: 2011-02-14
Mind the Gap? Estimating the Effects of Postponing Higher Education
CESifo
A 39-page working paper estimating the effects on earnings of "gap years" between high school and university enrollment
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-11-03
Minority Ethnic Pupils in the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England
DCSF
A 70-page report of UK research covering educational outcomes at age 16. It studies the associations between ethnicity and educational attainment
EducationPosted: 2008-04-04
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
Model Guidelines for Health and Wellness
School Nutrition
This 13-page US pamphlet offers guidance to schools for developing nutritional policies that promote student health and wellbeing
Money Matters – Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Field Experiment with Vouchers for Adult Training
CESifo
A 38-page working paper examining the effectiveness of the use of vouchers to promote adult training
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2009-04-22
Monitoring Education for Roma
OSI
A 42-page report providing the best available data on Roma education in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe
EducationPosted: 2007-01-17
More Schooling, More Children: Compulsory Schooling Reforms and Fertility in Europe
IZA
This 43-page discussion paper studies the relationship between education and fertility
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-11-01
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
Mothers Do Matter: New Evidence on the Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling Using Swedish Twin Data
IZA
This 26-page discussion paper examines aspects of the intergenerational effects on children's schooling
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-09-16
Moving From Salafi to Rationalist Education
Middle East Review of International Affairs
An article contrasting the teaching of Islam to students in Tunisia to the methods used in Saudi Arabia and Egypt
EducationPosted: 2005-03-12
Narrowing the Gap in Outcomes for Young Children Through Effective Practices in the Early Years
C4EO
This 76-page UK report presents findings from a rapid review of research and national data on the impact of certain background characteristics on outcomes for children in the early years. It seeks to identify the approaches that are most effective in reducing educational disadvantage and promoting positive outcomes.
EducationPosted: 2009-03-10
National Indian Education Study
IES, NAEP
The 92-page Part 1 of a US study describing the condition of education for American Indian and Alaska Native children
Indigenous Affairs, EducationPosted: 2008-06-21
National Indian Education Study Part II
NCPA
A 148-page US report on the education experiences of American Indian and Alaskan native children
Indigenous Affairs, EducationPosted: 2006-10-10
National Numeracy Review Report
COAG
The report of an Australian review conducted to inform best practice for teaching numeracy and mathematics
EducationPosted: 2008-07-30
National Professional Standards for Advanced Teaching and School Leadership
Teaching Australia
A 24-page Australian consultation document seeking feedback on proposals for a model of national professional standards for advanced teaching and school leadership, and how the standards should be developed, endorsed and reviewed
EducationPosted: 2007-05-16
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
Neither Broad Nor Bold: A Narrow-minded Approach to School Reform
"Education Next"
A US critique of the theory that family income itself determines whether or not a child learns
EducationPosted: 2012-03-08
Netting an Elusive Breed
Hoover Institution
A U.S. article offering a strategy for attracting and retaining better teachers
EducationPosted: 2004-09-17
Networks, Connections and Community: Learning with Social Software
Australian Flexible Learning Framework
A 106-page Australian report on research into how technology is being used for knowledge-sharing and capability development in vocational education and training
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-04-26
New Evidence about Brown v. Board of Education: The Complex Effects of School Racial Composition on Achievement
Institute for Research on Poverty
A 38-page U.S. discussion paper focusing on how school racial composition affects scholastic achievement
EducationPosted: 2004-07-27
New Kids on the Block
Hoover Institution
A 7-page report of research into the effect of neighbourhood on educational attainment
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-09-13