NEPC Resources on School Policy and Organization

Kevin G. Welner ( April 13, 2022 ). Why Is the Charter Lobby So Upset About Biden’s Proposed Regulations?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-csp-04122022

Christopher Saldaña, Gloria Ladson-Billings ( September 16, 2021 ). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Gloria Ladson-Billings About Education Policy Responses to Pandemic and Civil Unrest. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-ladson-billings

Carrie Sampson, Sarah Diem ( January 21, 2021 ). NEPC Review: The Third Way: A Guide to Implementing Innovation Schools (Progressive Policy Institute, October 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/innovation-schools

Terrenda White, Anna Noble ( October 27, 2020 ). Rethinking “Innovation Schools”: Strengths and Limitations of Autonomy-Based School Improvement Plans in Contexts of Widening Racial Inequality. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/autonomy

Christopher Saldaña, Janelle T. Scott ( September 15, 2020 ). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Janelle Scott About the Emergence of Learning Pods. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publications/podcast-saldana-scott

( May 21, 2020 ). The New Normal Could Be Better Than the Old One. A Learning Scientist Explains Why.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-penuel-052120

Christopher Saldaña, Jillian McRae, Ann Dealy, Saa’un Bell, Kyle Serrette, Keith Catone ( April 16, 2020 ). Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Educators and Activists About Educational Equity During the Pandemic. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/saldana-mcrae-et-al

Martin Carnoy, Roxana Marachi ( February 4, 2020 ). Investing for "Impact" or Investing for Profit? Social Impact Bonds, Pay for Success, and the Next Wave of Privatization of Social Services and Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/social-impact-bonds

Frank Adamson ( October 29, 2019 ). NEPC Review: Beyond the Mirage: How Pragmatic Stewardship Could Transform Learning Outcomes in International Education Systems (June 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/mirage

Clive Belfield ( October 4, 2018 ). NEPC Review: Fiscal and Education Spillovers from Charter School Expansion (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, July 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-charter-spillover

Donald J. Peurach, Maxwell Yurkofsky ( September 27, 2018 ). Organizing and Managing Instruction in US Public School Districts: Considerations for Families, Communities, and States. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/instruction

( August 30, 2018 ). How to Sustain Community Schools − The Partnership for the Future of Learning Publishes New How-To Guide. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-community-schools-083018

( May 15, 2018 ). School Closures: When a School is More than Just a School. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-school-closures

Gregory A. Smith, Warren Simmons ( March 7, 2018 ). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Warren Simmons About Systemic Change in Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/smith-simmons

Gregory A. Smith, Jeannie Oakes ( December 19, 2017 ). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Jeannie Oakes on Community Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/smith-oakes

Gail L. Sunderman ( June 13, 2017 ). NEPC Review: Leveraging ESSA to Support Quality-School Growth (Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Education Cities, March 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-ESSA-accountability

Jeannie Oakes, Anna Maier, Julia Daniel ( June 5, 2017 ). Community Schools: An Evidence-Based Strategy for Equitable School Improvement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/equitable-community-schools

William J. Mathis ( June 13, 2013 ). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2013 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/options

Mark Paige ( January 15, 2013 ). Review of Failure Is Not an Option. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-failure-not-option

Kevin G. Welner, William J. Mathis, Alex Molnar ( January 23, 2012 ). Researchers as Resources: A List of Experts Who Can Speak to the Overall Knowledge Base on Important Education Issues. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/researchers-as-resources

Craig Howley, Jerry Johnson, Jennifer Petrie ( February 1, 2011 ). Consolidation of Schools and Districts: What the Research Says and What it Means . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/consolidation-schools-districts

Jeremy Kilpatrick ( January 11, 2011 ). NEPC Review: U.S. Math Performance in Global Perspective: How Well Does Each State Do at Producing High-Achieving Students? (November 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-us-math

Jeremy D. Finn ( July 14, 2010 ). NEPC Review: The Impact of a Universal Class-Size Reduction Policy: Evidence from Florida’s Statewide Mandate (May 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-class-size-florida

Richard Ingersoll, Lisa Merrill ( May 12, 2010 ). NEPC Review: Teacher Layoffs: Rethinking "Last Hired, First Fired" Policies (National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), February 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-teacher-layoffs

Gregory J. Marchant ( March 17, 2010 ). NEPC Review: The Shaping of the American Mind: The Diverging Influences of the College Degree & Civic Learning on American Beliefs (December 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-shaping-american-mind

Bob Williams ( December 16, 2009 ). Reviews Worth Sharing: Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation (November 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/does-grading-bias-apply-education-reports

Kevin G. Welner ( December 14, 2009 ). Reviews Worth Sharing: Tracking and Detracking: High Achievers in Massachusetts Middle Schools (December 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/non-evidence-about-tracking-critiquing-new-report-fordham-institute

Carol C. Burris, Kevin G. Welner, Jennifer Bezoza ( December 14, 2009 ). Universal Access to a Quality Education: Research and Recommendations for the Elimination of Curricular Stratification . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/universal-access

W. Steven Barnett ( June 16, 2009 ). NEPC Review: Reroute the Preschool Juggernaut (June 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/special-review-reroute-preschool-juggernaut

Sherman Dorn ( March 4, 2009 ). NEPC Review: The High Cost of High School Dropouts in Ohio (February 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-the-high-cost

Janette K. Klingner ( January 1, 2009 ). The Intersection of Race, Culture, Language, and Disability: Implications for Urban Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/intersection-race-culture-language-and-disability-implications-urban-education

Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Kevin G. Welner ( December 29, 2008 ). Fellows’ Education Letters to the President. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/Letters-to-Obama

Marisa Saunders, Christopher A. Chrisman ( December 1, 2008 ). Multiple Pathways: 21st Century High Schools that Prepare All Students for College, Career and Civic Participation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/multiple-pathways

Edward García Fierros, Mindy L. Kornhaber ( October 15, 2008 ). NEPC Review: Education Olympics 2008: The Games in Review (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-education-olympics

Clive Belfield ( September 30, 2008 ). NEPC Review: Markets vs. Monopolies in Education: A Global Review of the Evidence (September 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-markets-vs-monopolies

W. Steven Barnett ( September 10, 2008 ). Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/preschool-education

John T. Yun ( May 22, 2008 ). NEPC Review: The Effect of Special Education Vouchers on Public School Achievement: Evidence from Florida's McKay Scholarship Program (Manhattan Institute, April 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-effect-of-special

W. Steven Barnett ( March 24, 2008 ). NEPC Review: How Sound an Investment? An Analysis of Federal Prekindergarten Proposals (March 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/federal-prekindergarten-proposals

Carol C. Burris, Edward W. Wiley, Kevin G. Welner ( March 1, 2008 ). Accountability, Rigor, and Detracking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/accountability-rigor-and-detracking

Sherman Dorn ( January 9, 2008 ). NEPC Review: The High Cost of Failing to Reform Public Education in Missouri (March 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-five-state-dropout-reports

Janette K. Klingner ( January 1, 2008 ). Schooling and the Construction of Identity Among Minority Students in Spain and the United States. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/schooling-and-construction-identity-among-minority-students-spain-and-united-states

José Luis Santos ( July 5, 2007 ). NEPC Review: Michigan Higher Education: Facts and Fiction (Mackinac Center, July 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-michigan-higher-education-facts-and-fiction

Lawrence Mishel, Sean P. Corcoran ( February 19, 2007 ). NEPC Review: How Much Are Public School Teachers Paid? (Manhattan Institute, January 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-how-much-are-public-school-teachers-paid

Gene V Glass ( January 8, 2007 ). NEPC Review: Report Card on American Education (November 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-report-card-american-education

Kevin G. Welner, K. Martinez ( January 1, 2007 ). The Use of Assessment for Curricular Differentiation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-use-assessment-curricular-differentiation

Debbi C. Harris ( January 1, 2007 ). The Promises and Pitfalls of Alternative Teacher Compensation Approaches. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-promises-and-pitfalls-alternative-teacher-compensation-approaches

Janette K. Klingner ( January 1, 2007 ). Discarding the Deficit Model. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/discarding-deficit-model

Kevin G. Welner ( January 1, 2007 ). Demanding More of Presidential Candidates. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/demanding-more-presidential-candidates

Holly Kurtz, Jennifer S. Silverstein, Kevin G. Welner, Samara S. Foster ( January 1, 2007 ). Dropout Policies: Research-Based Strategies. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/dropout-policies-research-based-strategies

Ash Vasudeva, Raymond Pecheone ( October 25, 2006 ). NEPC Review: Giving Students the Chaff: How to Find and Keep the Teachers We Need (September 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-giving-students-chaff-how-find-and-keep-teachers-we-need

Derek C. Briggs ( October 10, 2006 ). NEPC Review: Getting Farther Ahead by Staying Behind: A Second-Year Evaluation of Florida's Policy to End Social Promotion (Manhattan Institute, September 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-getting-farther-ahead-staying-behind-a-second-year-evaluation-floridas-policy-end-s

W. Steven Barnett ( May 31, 2006 ). NEPC Review: Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten: Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers and Policymakers (May 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-assessing-proposals-preschool-and-kindergarten-essential-information-parents-taxpay

Janette K. Klingner ( May 9, 2006 ). The Special Education Referral and Decision-Making Process for English Language Learners: Child Study Team Meetings and Staffing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/special-education-referral-and-decision-making-process-english-language-learners-child-s

Edward W. Wiley ( February 23, 2006 ). NEPC Review: Getting Ahead by Staying Behind: An Evaluation of Florida's Program to End Social Promotion (Manhattan Institute, February 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-getting-ahead-staying-behind-an-evaluation-floridas-program-end-social-promotion

William J. Mathis ( February 17, 2006 ). NEPC Review: The State of High School Education in Wisconsin: A Tale of Two Wisconsins (January 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-the-state-high-school-education-wisconsin-a-tale-two-wisconsins

Janette K. Klingner ( January 18, 2006 ). English Language Learners Who Struggle with Reading: Language Acquisition or Learning Disabilities? . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/english-language-learners-who-struggle-reading-language-acquisition-or-learning-disabili

Kevin G. Welner, Carol C. Burris ( January 1, 2006 ). Alternative Approaches to the Politics of Detracking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/alternative-approaches-politics-detracking

Janette K. Klingner, P. Edwards ( January 1, 2006 ). Cultural Considerations with Response to Intervention Models. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/cultural-considerations-with-response-intervention-models

( March 22, 2005 ). Research Reveals Teacher Working Conditions Key to Improving Student Achievement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/research-reveals-teacher-working-conditions-key-improving-student-achievement

Janette K. Klingner ( January 1, 2005 ). Addressing the Disproportionate Representation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education through. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/addressing-disproportionate-representation-culturally-and-linguistically-diverse-student

Carol C. Burris, Kevin G. Welner ( January 1, 2005 ). Closing the Achievement Gap by Detracking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/closing-achievement-gap-detracking

Kevin G. Welner, Haggai Kupermintz ( January 1, 2004 ). Rethinking Expert Testimony in Education Rights Legislation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/rethinking-expert-testimony-education-rights-legislation

W. Steven Barnett ( January 1, 2004 ). The State of Preschool: 2003 State Preschool Yearbook. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-state-preschool-2003-state-preschool-yearbook

David C. Berliner ( January 1, 2004 ). These Youths Deserve Better. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/these-youths-deserve-better

Michele S. Moses ( January 1, 2004 ). Social Welfare, the Neo-Conservative Turn, and Educational Opportunity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/social-welfare-neo-conservative-turn-and-educational-opportunity

Kevin G. Welner ( January 1, 2004 ). The Overrepresentation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-overrepresentation-culturally-and-linguistically-diverse-students-special-education

( December 1, 2003 ). Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported by Rigorous Evidence: A User-Friendly Guide. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/identifying-and-implementing-educational-practices-supported-rigorous-evidence-a-user-fr

Theresa Huerta ( January 1, 2003 ). Assessing Arizona's Dropout Problem: Why Current Measurement Methods are Flawed, and How to Fix Them. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/assessing-arizonas-dropout-problem-why-current-measurement-methods-are-flawed-and-how-fi

Charles M. Achilles ( January 1, 2003 ). Class Size: Counting Students Can Count. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/class-size-counting-students-can-count

Russell Gersten, Linda K. Elksnin, Daniel Boudah, Janette K. Klingner, David Scanlon ( January 1, 2003 ). Important Publications in the Field of LD in Light of Imminent Topics. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/important-publications-field-ld-light-imminent-topics

Kathy Escamilla, S. Shannon, S. Carlos, J. García ( January 1, 2003 ). Breaking the Code: Colorado's Defeat of the Anti-Bilingual Education Initiative (Amendment 31). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/breaking-code-colorados-defeat-anti-bilingual-education-initiative-amendment-31

Janette K. Klingner, Alfredo J. Artiles ( January 1, 2003 ). When Should Bilingual Students Be in Special Education?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/when-should-bilingual-students-be-special-education

Kevin G. Welner ( January 1, 2002 ). Ability Tracking: What Role for the Courts?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/ability-tracking-what-role-courts

S. Vaughn, Janette K. Klingner ( January 1, 2002 ). The Changing Roles and Responsibilities of an LD Specialist. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-changing-roles-and-responsibilities-ld-specialist

Kenneth R. Howe, Kevin G. Welner ( January 1, 2002 ). School Choice and the Pressure to Perform: Déjà Vu for Children with Disabilities?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-choice-and-pressure-perform-d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu-children-with-disabilities

Kevin G. Welner ( January 1, 2001 ). Tracking in an Era of Standards: Low-Expectation Classes Meet High-Expectation Laws. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/tracking-era-standards-low-expectation-classes-meet-high-expectation-laws

T. Parrish, Edward W. Wiley, G. W. Bohrnstedt ( January 1, 2001 ). Class Size Reduction and Special Education Referrals and Placements. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/class-size-reduction-and-special-education-referrals-and-placements

Daniel J. Losen, Kevin G. Welner ( January 1, 2001 ). Disabling Discrimination in Our Public Schools: Comprehensive Legal Challenges to Inappropriate and Inadequate Special Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/disabling-discrimination-our-public-schools-comprehensive-legal-challenges-inappropriate

( January 1, 2001 ). Reducing Class Size to Enhance Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/reducing-class-size-enhance-learning

M. Coady, Kathy Escamilla ( January 1, 2001 ). Assessing the Writing of Spanish Speaking Students: Issues and Suggestions. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/assessing-writing-spanish-speaking-students-issues-and-suggestions

Kevin G. Welner ( January 1, 2001 ). Legal Rights, Local Wrongs: When Community Control Collides with Educational Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/legal-rights-local-wrongs-when-community-control-collides-with-educational-equity

Kevin G. Welner ( January 1, 2000 ). Navigating the Politics of Detracking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/navigating-politics-detracking

Ruben Donato, Marvin Lazerson ( January 1, 2000 ). New Directions in American Educational History: Problems and Prospects. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/new-directions-american-educational-history-problems-and-prospects

M. E. Arguelles, M. T. Hughes, Janette K. Klingner, S. Vaughn ( January 1, 1999 ). Sustaining Research-Based Practices in Reading: A Three-Year Follow-Up. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/sustaining-research-based-practices-reading-a-three-year-follow-up

S. Vaughn, Janette K. Klingner ( January 1, 1999 ). Teaching Reading Comprehension Through Collaborative Strategic Reading Intervention. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/teaching-reading-comprehension-through-collaborative-strategic-reading-intervention

Janette K. Klingner, S. Vaughn, M. T. Hughes, J. S. Schumm ( January 1, 1998 ). A Collaborative Effort to Enhance Reading and Writing Instruction in Inclusion Classrooms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/a-collaborative-effort-enhance-reading-and-writing-instruction-inclusion-classrooms

J. S. Schumm, S. Vaughn, Janette K. Klingner ( January 1, 1998 ). Collaborative Strategic Reading During Social Studies in Heterogeneous Fourth-Grade Classrooms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/collaborative-strategic-reading-during-social-studies-heterogeneous-fourth-grade-classro

Mary Lee Smith ( January 1, 1998 ). On the Success of Failure: A Rejoinder to Alexander. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/on-success-failure-a-rejoinder-alexander

Janette K. Klingner, J. W. Forgan, P. Cohen, S. Vaughn, J. S. Schumm ( January 1, 1998 ). Inclusion or Pull-Out: Which Do Students Prefer?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/inclusion-or-pull-out-which-do-students-prefer

S. Vaughn, J. S. Schumm, B. Elbaum, M. T. Hughes, Janette K. Klingner ( January 1, 1998 ). Outcomes for Students With and Without Learning Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/outcomes-students-with-and-without-learning-disabilities-inclusive-classrooms

Janette K. Klingner, S. Vaughn ( January 1, 1996 ). Reciprocal Teaching of Reading Comprehension Strategies for Students with Learning Disabilities Who Use English as a Second La. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/reciprocal-teaching-reading-comprehension-strategies-students-with-learning-disabilities

Janette K. Klingner, S. Vaughn, L. Saumell, J. S. Schumm ( January 1, 1995 ). Students' Views of Instructional Practices: Implications for Inclusion. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/students-views-instructional-practices-implications-inclusion

Lorrie Shepard ( January 1, 1992 ). Commentary: What Policymakers Who Mandate Tests Should Know About the New Psychology of Intellectual Ability and Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/commentary-what-policy-makers-who-mandate-tests-should-know-about-new-psychology-intelle

Lorrie Shepard ( January 1, 1987 ). The New Push for Excellence: Widening the Schism Between Regular and Special Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/new-push-excellence-widening-schism-between-regular-and-special-education

Mary Lee Smith, Lorrie Shepard ( January 1, 1987 ). What Doesn't Work: Explaining Policies of Retention in Early Grades. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/what-doesnt-work-explaining-policies-retention-early-grades

W. A. Davis ( January 1, 1983 ). Specialists' Use of Tests and Clinical Judgment in the Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/specialists-use-tests-and-clinical-judgment-diagnosis-learning-disabilities

Mary Lee Smith ( January 1, 1983 ). An Evaluation of the Identification of Learning Disabled Students in Colorado. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/an-evaluation-identification-learning-disabled-students-colorado

Mary Lee Smith ( January 1, 1983 ). Characteristics of Pupils Identified as Learning Disabled. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/characteristics-pupils-identified-learning-disabled