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Lost in Translation: English Learners, One Study, and the Dangers of Translating Research into Practice

Newsletter

April 25, 2019

NEPC Review: Understanding a Vicious Cycle: Do Out-of-School Suspensions Impact Student Test Scores? (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, March 2017)

NEPC Review

Brea L. Perry and Daniel J. Losen

June 1, 2017

Disproportionate Impact of K-12 School Suspension and Expulsion on Black Students in Southern States

Resource Document

Shaun Harper

May 26, 2016

Review of The Effects of Test-Based Retention on Student Outcomes Over Time

NEPC Review

Joseph Cimpian

December 3, 2015

The Lesson of the Cupcakes: Fix Schools by Resisting Gimmicks and Heeding Evidence

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

April 25, 2012

NEPC Review: Getting Farther Ahead by Staying Behind: A Second-Year Evaluation of Florida's Policy to End Social Promotion (Manhattan Institute, September 2006)

NEPC Review

Derek C. Briggs

October 10, 2006

NEPC Review: Getting Ahead by Staying Behind: An Evaluation of Florida's Program to End Social Promotion (Manhattan Institute, February 2006)

NEPC Review

Edward W. Wiley

February 23, 2006

Reform Florida

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Gene V Glass, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, and Victoria-Maria MacDonald

January 1, 2004

On the Success of Failure: A Rejoinder to Alexander

Resource Document

Mary Lee Smith

January 1, 1998

What Doesn't Work: Explaining Policies of Retention in Early Grades

Resource Document

Mary Lee Smith and Lorrie Shepard

January 1, 1987