The environment of US schools has changed dramatically over a quarter century as
standards tied to test-based accountability and market competition became commonplace …

Charter schools have been on the educational reform landscape for over twenty years. In the
last ten years, a number of rigorous studies have examined the effects of these schools on …

Evidence-based reform in education refers to policies that enable or encourage the use of
programs and practices proven to be effective in rigorous research. This article discusses …

“Data use” and “data-based decision making” are increasingly popular mantras in public
policy discourses and texts. Policy makers place tremendous faith in the power of data to …

This paper is about the relationship between research, policy and practice in education. It
outlines reasons for the increased interest in research and its impact and describe some of …

Background/Context Educators around the country are working individually and collectively
to improve teaching and learning. Despite marked progress in some places driven by these …

In the early 1990s, the logic and policies of systemic reform launched a press to coordinate
the pursuit of excellence and equity in US public education, with each other and with …

In this landmark volume, Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane lay out a meticulously
researched case showing how—in a time of spiraling inequality—strategically targeted …

School systems around the world are adopting more intellectually ambitious academic
content in the hopes of improving their educational productivity. In the United States, these …

Interest in the study of scale has grown over the past three decades, yet it still suffers from a
lack of conceptual clarity. Despite attempts at conceptualizing scale, there is still wide …