Home

NEPC Resources on Research Issues

Print/Download

research thumbnail

Six Tips for Improving Partnerships Between Researchers and K-12 Educators

Newsletter

February 3, 2022

milner thumbnail

Rich Milner Elected AERA President

Newsletter

April 6, 2021

NEPC Review: Comparing Ed Reforms: Assessing the Experimental Research on Nine K-12 Education Reforms (EdChoice, April 2020)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

May 27, 2020

Community Research Collaboratives

Policy Memo

Adam York, Siomara Valladares, Michelle Renée Valladares, Jon Snyder, and Matt Garcia

March 24, 2020

The Promise of Meta-Analysis for Our Schools: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Gene V Glass

Newsletter

August 1, 2019

Three NEPC Fellows Elected to the National Academy of Education

Newsletter

May 9, 2019

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

Newsletter

April 25, 2019

NEPC Review: Money for Nothing: The Relationship Between Various Types of School Spending and Academic Outcomes (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, August 2018)

NEPC Review

William J. Mathis

October 11, 2018

What Should We Really Learn From New Orleans After the Storm? A Q&A With NEPC Fellow Bruce Baker

Newsletter

October 9, 2018

Review Worth Sharing Identifies Flaws in NC Voucher Evaluation

Newsletter

July 12, 2018

This Professor Assigned Her Students NEPC-Style Reviews. Here’s What They Learned

Newsletter

July 3, 2018

NEPC Review: Balancing Act: Schools, Neighborhoods, and Racial Imbalance (Brookings Institution, November 2017)

NEPC Review

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley and Erica Frankenberg

February 8, 2018

NEPC Review: School District Reform in Newark (National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2017)

NEPC Review

Mark Weber and Bruce D. Baker

December 14, 2017

Might the New Gates Education Initiative Close Opportunity Gaps?

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner

December 12, 2017

NEPC Review: Charter Management Organizations 2017 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), June 2017)

NEPC Review

Gary Miron and Christopher Shank

September 7, 2017

Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis

August 23, 2016

Review of Measuring School Turnaround Success

NEPC Review

Tina Trujillo and Marialena Rivera

July 20, 2016

"Gold-Standard Research" is (April) Fools' Gold

Newsletter

April 1, 2016

NEPC Review: Dramatic Action, Dramatic Improvement: The Research on School Turnaround (Center for American Progress, March 2015)

NEPC Review

Tina Trujillo

May 11, 2015

NEPC Review: Measuring and Understanding Education Advocacy (Brookings Institution, March 2015)

NEPC Review

Robin Rogers and Sara Goldrick-Rab

April 16, 2015

Review of Turning Lightning into Electricity

NEPC Review

Mark R. Warren

February 2, 2015

Review of National Charter School Study 2013

NEPC Review

Andrew Maul and Abby McClelland

July 16, 2013

Review of Middle Class or Middle of the Pack

NEPC Review

Martin Carnoy

June 4, 2013

Review of Evaluation of Teach for America in Texas Schools

NEPC Review

Ed Fuller and Nathan Dadey

April 9, 2013

Review of Two Articles on Principal Effects

NEPC Review

Margaret Terry Orr

March 5, 2013

Researchers as Resources: A List of Experts Who Can Speak to the Overall Knowledge Base on Important Education Issues

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner, William J. Mathis, and Alex Molnar

January 23, 2012

Productivity Research, the U.S. Department of Education, and High-Quality Evidence

Policy Brief

Kevin G. Welner and Bruce D. Baker

December 15, 2011

NEPC Review: Passing Muster: Evaluating Teacher Evaluation Systems (April 2011)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

May 18, 2011

Does Debunked Research Influence Governor Walker's Education Reform Agenda?

Newsletter

Alex Molnar

April 7, 2011

Due Diligence and the Evaluation of Teachers

Research Brief

Derek C. Briggs and Ben Domingue

February 8, 2011

NEPC Review: Learning About Teaching (December 2010)

NEPC Review

Jesse Rothstein

January 13, 2011

NEPC Review: Stuck Schools: A Framework for Identifying Schools Where Students Need Change - Now (Education Trust, February 2010)

NEPC Review

Jaekyung Lee

April 7, 2010

The Research that Reaches the Public: Who Produces the Educational Research Mentioned in the News Media?

Research Brief

Holly Kurtz

July 27, 2009

The Overselling of Growth Modeling

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

June 1, 2008

School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations

Policy Brief

David Arsen, Clive Belfield, Marisa Cannata, Wendy C. Chi, Casey Cobb, Stephanie Evergreen, Gregg Garn, Christopher Lubienski, Julie F. Mead, Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Gary Miron, Yongmei Ni, Stephanie Southworth, Jessica Urschel, and Terri S. Wilson

March 20, 2008

The Privatization Infatuation

Legacy Publication

Kevin G. Welner and Alex Molnar

February 20, 2008

NEPC Review: Whole Language High Jinks: How to Tell When 'Scientifically-Based Reading Instruction' Isn't (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, January 2007)

NEPC Review

Richard Allington

February 14, 2007

Truthiness in Education

Legacy Publication

Kevin G. Welner and Alex Molnar

January 1, 2007

Money Mutterers

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

January 1, 2007

Diagnostic Assessment with Ordered Multiple-Choice Items

Resource Document

Derek C. Briggs, Alicia Alonzo, Cheryl Schwab, and Mark Wilson

January 1, 2006