Education
New Schools in New Orleans
Hoover Institution
This US article reports on the post-flood recovery programme for New Orleans schools
Education, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2011-02-21
New Technology in Schools: Is There a Payoff?
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 40-page discussion paper examining the causal effect of ICT on educational standards
EducationPosted: 2006-08-03
No Child Left Behind Policy Brief: Implications for the Early Learning Field
Education Commission of the States
An 8-page policy brief clarifying the requirements of NCLB for the early learning sector and examining the implications of NCLB for early learning
EducationPosted: 2004-06-16
No Time to Waste: The Vital Role of College and University Leaders in Improving Science and Mathematics Education
Education Commission of the States
A U.S. conference presentation identifying teachers and teaching institutions as the pivot points for improving science and mathematics education
EducationPosted: 2004-12-14
Non-Native Speakers of English in the Classroom: What Are the Effects on Pupil Performance?
IZA
A 43-page discussion paper investigating whether an increase in the number of non-native English speakers has an impact on the educational outcomes of native English speakers at the end of primary school
Education, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2012-04-23
Nutritional Standards for Foods in Schools
Institute of Medicine
An 8-page US brief offering guidelines for healthy food and drink consumption in US schools
On Course for Success: A Close Look at Selected High School Courses That Prepare All Students for College
ACT Inc. and The Education Trust
An 84-page U.S. report examining the strategies used to prepare students for college in high-performing schools, most of which teach a high proportion of minority and low-income students
EducationPosted: 2005-03-09
On Educational Performance Measures
IZA
This 32-page discussion paper outlines the rationale for the use of quantitative school performance measures in education, reviews the literature relating to several important problems associated with their use, and argues that they nonetheless have a positive role to play in improving educational quality
EducationPosted: 2011-08-23
One League Away from Disaster
SISR
An Australian commentary on the use of schools league tables
EducationPosted: 2009-09-10
Online Assessment in Mathematics and Writing
National Center for Education Statistics
A 176-page U.S. report on field assessments of the use of computer technology in assessing school students' ability in mathematics and writing
EducationPosted: 2005-08-19
Online K-12 Schooling in the U.S.: Uncertain Private Ventures in Need of Public Regulation
NEPC
This 24-page US report traces how online learning at the K-12 level has grown from a novelty to a movement in the US, yet little or no research is yet available on the outcomes of such full-time virtual schooling,
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2012-05-17
Online Learning: Does It Help Low-Income and Underprepared Students?
CCRC
This 60-page US review of the postsecondary literature on online learning strongly suggests that online coursework--at least as currently and typically implemented--may hinder progression for low-income and underprepared students
EducationPosted: 2011-03-24
Open Doors or Prison Walls?
"Griffith Review"
This 10-page Australian article offers evidence that intervention, especially grounded in education, can improve opportunities for disadvantaged people
EducationPosted: 2006-03-15
Opening Doors: Support Success: Services That May Help Low-Income Students Succeed in Community College
MDRC
A 61-page report examining how U.S. Community Colleges organise guidance, counselling and other support and an evaluation of innovative strategies to help students complete their degree courses
EducationPosted: 2004-11-03
Opportunity in America: The Role of Education
Brookings Institution
An 8-page US brief reviewing evidence on intergenerational mobility and the role of education in stimulating it
EducationPosted: 2006-09-19
Out of Authority Placements for Special Educational Needs
Audit Commission - UK
A 60-page UK report designed to assist and challenge those involved in providing schooling for children and young people with special educational needs to contribute to the provision of improved outcomes
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2007-02-12
Outcomes For Alternate Pathways
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
This 44-page Canadian report explores the labour market outcomes of college and university graduates who followed different routes to their graduation
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-06-26
Overeducation and Mismatch in the Labor Market
IZA
This 56-page paper surveys the economics literature on overeducation
Education, Economic PolicyPosted: 2011-03-07
Overskilling Dynamics and Education Pathways
IZA
This 20-page discussion paper uses panel data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and the dynamic properties of overskilling among employed individuals
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2009-08-16
Overview of Educational Issues and Programs in Latin America
CRS
A 6-page report providing an overview of the current level of educational attainment in Latin America, US educational programmes in the region and related legislative proposals
EducationPosted: 2008-01-02
Pain and Gain: Implementing No Child Left Behind in Three States, 2004-2006
Rand Corporation
This 168-page US monograph presents the final results of a study designed to examine the strategies that states, districts, and schools are using to implement standards-based accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and how these strategies are associated with classroom practices and student achievement in mathematics and science.
EducationPosted: 2008-11-28
Pakistan's Education System: Fighting Terrorists or Drafting Recruits?
Center for Defense Information
An issue brief on the position and influences of madrassas in Pakistan's education system
Defence, Terrorism & Security, EducationPosted: 2004-10-27
Parental Education and Child's Education: A Natural Experiment
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 47-page discussion paper, using U.K. data, investigates the link between parental education and the schooling attainment of their offspring
EducationPosted: 2004-05-19
Parental Education and Parental Time with Children
Vox
An article examining the implications of the relationship between parental education and time spent with children
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2008-07-09
Parental Education, Grade Attainment and Earnings Expectations among University Students
IZA
A 47-page discussion paper analysing the relationship between socio-economic status and child outcomes in university
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-04-27
Parental Ethnic Identity and Educational Attainment of Second-Generation Immigrants
IZA
This 31-page discussion paper is a first attempt to explore whether immigrant parents' ethnic identity affects the next generation's human capital accumulation in the host country
Immigration & Refugees, EducationPosted: 2011-12-16
Parsing the Achievement Gap: Baselines for Tracking Progress
Educational Testing Service
This 42-page report identifies a series of "correlates of achievement" based on existing research and studies them to establish variations by racial, ethnic and socio-economic status
EducationPosted: 2004-02-13
Participation in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning:2000-01
National Center for Education Statistics
A report on the educational activities of adults in the United States
EducationPosted: 2004-10-06
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
Passing Muster: Evaluating Teacher Evaluation Systems
Brookings
A 37-page US report on new tools for evaluating teacher performance
EducationPosted: 2011-05-05
Peer Effects: Evidence from Secondary School Transition in England
IZA
This 41-page discussion paper studies the effects of peers on school achievement, with detailed data on children making the same primary to secondary school transition in consecutive years in England
EducationPosted: 2012-04-24
Peers, Neighborhoods and Immigrant Student Achievement: Evidence from a Placement Policy
IZA
A 29-page discussion paper studying the causes of underperformance by immigrant students
Immigration & Refugees, EducationPosted: 2009-11-13
Perspectives on Education and Training: Social Inclusion
Australian Bureau of Statistics
This Australian article assesses barriers to social participation for each 'at risk' group on two levels: self-assessed barriers to access/participation in education (potential exclusion from education); and the prospect that the participation of these groups in wider society would be inhibited by poor educational outcomes
Social Policy, EducationPosted: 2011-08-16
Physics or be Damned! The Crisis in Scientific Education and Awareness
Parliamentary Library - Australia
This 2-page Australian research note examines issues arising from the low take-up of scientific courses by Australian students
EducationPosted: 2005-05-11
PISA 2003 Australia: ICT Use and Familiarity at Schools and at Home
ACER
This 80-page Australian monograph examines the use of ICT by Australian students
EducationPosted: 2007-10-09
PISA 2006 Science Competencies for Tomorrow's World
OECD
The 390-page analysis of a PISA survey focusing on science education, and assessing mathematics and reading education
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2008-01-14
PISA Results: What a Difference Immigration Law Makes
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 26-page discussion paper aims to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of languages of teenagers living in selected European countries, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US
Immigration & Refugees, EducationPosted: 2004-02-20
Placing College Graduate Rates in Context
NCES
A 115-page US report examining how 4-year college graduation rates vary with selectivity and the size of low-income enrollment
EducationPosted: 2006-11-17
Policies to Improve Instruction and Learning in High Schools
NGA
A 13-page US issue brief examining the effects of a pilot project in three states that focused on 10th-grade courses and aimed to prepare more high school graduates for the demands of higher education and the workplace
EducationPosted: 2008-11-14
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
Poor Results for High Achievers: New Evidence on the Impact of Gifted and Talented Programs”
"Education Next"
Studies of two middle-school programs for high-achieving students — known as gifted and talented (G&T) programs — show that being placed in programmes with academically strong peers does not boost students’ achievement over and above what is learned in a regular classroom from the start of 6th grade to mid-way through 7th grade
EducationPosted: 2011-10-18
Portfolios of Schools: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Annenberg Institute for School Reform
A paper describing how some U.S. cities are developing portfolios of varied, high-quality schools based on values of excellence, equity, diversity and choice
EducationPosted: 2005-08-24
Post-School Plans: Aspirations, Expectations and Implementation
Smith Family
This 94-page Australian study exames the effects of factors such as family wealth, gender, ability and vocational orientation as influences on post-school plans
EducationPosted: 2004-04-21
Pre-K Education: The Trillion Dollar Edge
Pew Trusts
Article tracing the development of pre-school education in the US, and describing its benefits
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2006-05-26
Pre-Kindergarten in Eleven States
National Center for Early Development and Learning
A 35-page preliminary report of a study of pre-kindergarten and early education programmes in 11 U.S. states
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2005-10-06
PreK-Grade 3 Reading and Literacy Practices That Matter
ECS
A 5-page US snapshot of five recent research studies addressing reading and literacy in the early grades
EducationPosted: 2011-10-11
Prepared to Learn
Rand Corporation
A 258-page US study into the nature and quality of early care and education for pre-school age children in California
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2008-08-26
Preparing 21st Century Learners: The Case for School-Community Collaborations
ACER
A4-page Australian essay explaining how support from those beyond the school gates is an essential part of preparing learners for the twenty-first century
EducationPosted: 2012-03-23
Preparing all Youth for Academic and Career Readiness
IEL, NCWD
This 63-page US paper identifies the challenges in practice and policy for successful post-schoool outcomes
EducationPosted: 2008-07-01
Preparing for Success in Canada and the United States
Statistics Canada
A 29-page Canadian research paper reviewing the recent research on the determinants of the educational attainment among the children of immigrants born in Canada and the United States, also known as the second generation. The focus is on the gap in educational attainment between the second and third-and-higher generations
Education, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2011-02-23
Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World
Wallace Foundation
The 28-page executive summary of a forthcoming US report describing successful programmes for providing high-quality training in school leadership
EducationPosted: 2007-04-28
Preparing School Principals: A National Perspective on Policy and Program Innovation
Institute for Educational Leadership
A 28-page U.S. report focusing on two areas in which policies and programmes can influence school leadership
EducationPosted: 2005-11-08
Preparing Teachers and Developing School Leaders for the 21st Century
OECD
This 108-page publication evaluates education systems around the world, identifies the best ways to improve the quality of teaching, provides available research about what can make educational reforms effective, and highlights examples of reforms that have produced specific results, show promise, or illustrate imaginative ways of implementing change
EducationPosted: 2012-04-04
Preschool Education in Australia
Parliamentary Library - Australia
An Australian backgrounder into research on early childhood intervention and education
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2008-05-14
Preschool Is School, Sometimes
Hoover Institution
A study summary showing that high-quality teaching in early childhood education can close the achievement gap
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2006-12-02
Present, Engaged and Accounted For
NCCP
A 32-page US report on the importance of addressing chronic absence in the early school years
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2008-10-01
Primary Sources: America’s Teachers on the Teaching Profession,
Scholastic, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
A 38-page US research report into teachers' views about their schools and classrooms, about student and teacher performance and about the ways it should be evaluated, supported and rewarded
EducationPosted: 2012-03-20
Principal Accountability at Private Secondary Schools
IZA
A 20-page working paper investigating accountability and outcomes at private secondary schools in the US
EducationPosted: 2007-11-19
Principals as Agents? Investigating Accountability in the Compensation and Performance of School Principals
IZA
A 36-page discussion paper studying the relationship between the accountability of school principals, their pay and school performance
EducationPosted: 2007-03-16
Profiles in Leadership: Innovative Approaches to Transforming the American High School
Alliance for Excellent Education
A series of essays by leading American innovators in education on transforming the high school system. One page with links to all the essays
EducationPosted: 2004-11-02
Promises and Pitfalls of Virtual Learning in the United States
CEEP
A 16-page policy brief examining virtual education in the US
EducationPosted: 2008-06-21
Promoting Academic Momentum at Community Colleges: Challenges and Opportunities
CCRC
A 41-page working paper examining the causes of a lack of academic progeress by a significant proportion of students in American community schools
EducationPosted: 2007-02-24
Promoting and Supporting Positive Behaviour in Primary Schools
DCSF
This i4-page UK document provides a set of learning opportunities designed to help primary school children develop social, emotional and behavioral skills
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-03-13
Promoting Economic Mobility by Increasing Postsecondary Education
Urban Institute
This 66-page US study reviews federal efforts to help low-income students attend college and recommends policies that would improve their academic preparation, provide more effective guidance on selecting and paying for college, and boost retention and graduation rates
EducationPosted: 2009-06-21
Promoting Effective Early Learning: What Every Educator and Policymaker Should Know
NCCP
An 8-page US brief providing a blueprint for effective preschool curricula and teaching strategies to help low-income young children close the achievement gap
EducationPosted: 2007-03-16
Promoting Positive Education and Care Transitions for Children
AIFS
This Australian resource sheet is a review of research regarding children’s transition from home, to early childhood education and care services and then to school, with a specific focus upon both children and parents’ experiences of those transitions.
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2011-11-10
Public Education Expenditure, Growth and Welfare
CESifo
This 42-page working paper studies the quantitative macroeconomic effects of public education in the USA
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-08-29
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
Pupils' Experiences and Perspectives of the National Curriculum and Assessment: Research Review
NFER
This 170-page UK report contains the findings of a review of the research on pupils' experience and perspectives on the schools curriculum
EducationPosted: 2006-12-05
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
Qualified Teachers for At-Risk Schools: A National Imperative
National Partnership for Teaching in At-Risk Schools
A 28-page U.S. report defining the staffing problem in at-risk schools, noting the factors contributing to the problem and efforts taken to address it, and proposing a course of action.
EducationPosted: 2005-02-10
Qualifying Religion: The Role of Plural Identities for Educational Production
IZA
This 46-page discussion paper examines the role of religious denomination for human capital formation
EducationPosted: 2008-03-25
Quality and Standards in Primary Education: International Evidence
NFER, "The Primary Review"
A 32-page survey of the performance of English children of primary age in relation to those from other countries
EducationPosted: 2007-11-19
Quality Education: The Case for an Education Revolution in Our Schools
DEEWR
A 38-page Australian report calling for a culture of high expectations for students and teachers
EducationPosted: 2008-09-16
Quality is the Key: Critical Issues in Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Vocational Education and Training
NCVER
This 40-page Australian report identifies what individual learners and industry clients want from vocational education and training
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-02-12
Raising the Achievement of Bilingual Learners in Primary Schools
NFER
An 80-page report evaluating a pilot programme introduced in the UK to help raise the achievement of bilingual learners in primary schools
EducationPosted: 2007-01-10
Raising the Participation Age in Education and Training to 18
DCSF - UK
A 74-page UK review of national and international research evidence exploring the likely impacts of raising the participation age for education and training in the UK
EducationPosted: 2008-02-08
Raising the Quality of Europe's Higher Education
Centre for European Reform
A commentary on the challenges facing Europe's universities
Education, European UnionPosted: 2004-04-05
Re-Imagining Science Education
ACER
An 88-page Australian literature review calling for a major reform in science education in schools
EducationPosted: 2007-08-02
Re-Imagining Science Education: Engaging Students in Science for Australia's Future
ACER
An 88-page Australian report calling for major curriculum reform in Australian science education
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-05-21
Readers and Reading: National Report for England 2006
IEA, NFER
This 172-page report provides data about the reading skills of English children compared to their peers internationally
EducationPosted: 2007-12-12
Readiness to Learn at School Among Five-Year-Old Children in Canada
Statistics Canada
This 153-page Canadian report examines the abilities, behaviour and attitudes of Canadian children as they enter school
EducationPosted: 2006-12-05
Reading – a Pleasure or a Pain?
NFER
The 6-page report of a UK survey investigating children's attitudes to reading
EducationPosted: 2009-01-14
Reading Next: A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy
Alliance for Excellent Education
This 52-page U.S. report offers insights into improving the reading skills of middle and high school students
EducationPosted: 2005-03-09
Reading Next: A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy
Carnegie Corporation of New York
A 53-page U.S. research-based report outlining fifteen key elements of an effective literacy intervention for adolescents
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2004-11-02
Reading Revolutions: Online Digital Text and Implications for Reading in Academe
First Monday
This Australian essay examines literature from a variety of disciplines on the technological, social, behavioural, and neuroscientific impacts that the Internet is having on the practice of reading
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-06-08
Recognising and Rewarding Good Teachers
Online Opinion
An Australian article proposing a method for recognising and rewarding good teachers
EducationPosted: 2008-02-27
Reforming Teacher Education: A First Year Progress Report on Teachers for a New Era
Rand Corporation
A 174-page U.S. report evaluating the initial progress of this program (Teachers for a New Era), which offers grants and technical assistance to teaching institutions willing to accept the program's design principles
EducationPosted: 2004-07-30
Reforming Teacher Education: Something Old, Something New
Rand Corporation
This 196-page monograph evaluates the "Teachers for a New Era" initiative, design to effect a reform of teacher education programmes in the US
EducationPosted: 2006-11-29
Reforming the Labour Market for Australian Teachers
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
A 26-page working paper reviewing evidence as to chronic shortages of mathematics and science teachers and considering the likely effect of increasing salaries
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-11-13
Remaking Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century: What Role for High School Programs?
Jobs for the Future
This 52-page U.S. report examines the role of high schools in providing career and technical education
EducationPosted: 2005-05-10
Remaking Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century: What Role for High School Programs?
Jobs for the Future
A 50-page U.S. report summarizing existing knowledge on the value of high school career-focused education and proposing a reform agenda for high school career and technical education
EducationPosted: 2005-04-13
Remediation in the Community College: An Evaluator's Perspective
CCRC
This US working paper provides a conceptual framework for the evaluation of remedial education programmes
EducationPosted: 2007-08-10
Remediation in the Community College: An Evaluator's Perspective
CCRC
This 30-page US working paper provides a conceptual framework for the evaluation of remedial education programmes
EducationPosted: 2007-06-03
Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California
Rand Corporation
This 128-page US study identifies some of the greatest disparities for boys and men of color relative to their white counterparts across specific indicators in California. It also provides information about different strategies for reducing the disparities
Social Policy, EducationPosted: 2009-02-28
Research Conference 2007: The Leadership Challenge - Improving Learning in Schools
ACER
The 106-page report of an Australian conference addressing key issues relating to building leadership to improve learning outcomes
EducationPosted: 2007-08-20
Research on Performance Pay for Teachers
ACER
This 147-page Australian report reviews current pay systems for teachers in Australia, and evidence on the impact of performance pay arrangements in Australia and other countries
EducationPosted: 2007-04-20
Research to Excellence
Griffith Review
This 6-page Australian essay discusses the development of university education globally and the importance of research within this development
EducationPosted: 2006-02-15
Resources and Standards in Urban Schools
IZA
A 40-page discussion paper investigating the impact of extra resources on student outcomes in urban schools
EducationPosted: 2007-03-11
Resourcing Vocational Education and Training in Australia
National Centre for Vocational Education Research
This 58-page report overviews the funding of Australia's national vocational training policy, examines the outcomes of this investment and reviews some overseas schemes
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2004-02-16