education program areas
School and district reform
SRI Education partners with key stakeholders to create meaningful and sustainable changes in the education system.
Our work includes rigorous mixed-methods studies of the implementation and impacts of school district reform efforts; charter school replication and expansion; and federal programs designed to serve special populations of students.
Recent work
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Transcend’s Whole Child Model Evaluations
SRI is evaluating Transcend’s Whole Child Model, a research-based, community-driven schoolwide approach to promoting student well-being and academic dispositions in high-need elementary schools in diverse urban and rural contexts.
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Evaluation of the Pathway to Academic Success Project
SRI studied the effectiveness of a promising program focused on secondary students’ academic English skills.
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Podcast: Re-imagining instructional quality and coaching
SRI’s Krystal Thomas discusses efforts to create supportive, equitable, and effective tools for educators.
Recent reports and publications
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Beyond the Surface: Leveraging High-Quality Instructional Materials for Robust Reading Comprehension
Abstract Inspired by the increased national attention on literacy, more districts are implementing high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) to support students’ reading comprehension. In implementing comprehension HQIM, a critical distinction is whether…
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Scaling up CoolThink@JC: Implementation study endline
The last in a series from SRI Education on the scaling of CoolThink@JC in Hong Kong primary schools. SRI undertook an implementation study of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust’s…
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The Pathway to Academic Success Project Leads to Improved Student Writing
SRI study finds that the University of California, Irvine Writing Project’s Pathway to Academic Success project leads to improved students’ academic writing through professional development for secondary English language arts and…
Our experts in school and district reform
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Ela Joshi
Senior Education Researcher, SRI Education
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Candice Benge Steele
Education Researcher, SRI Education
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Haiwen Wang
Senior Principal Education Researcher and Evaluation Methods Lead
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Katrina Woodworth
Director, Center for Education Research and Improvement, SRI Education
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Michelle W. Woodbridge
Exec. Director & Sr. Principal Researcher, Center for Learning & Development, SRI Education
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Kyra N. Caspary
Principal Senior Researcher, SRI Education
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Kerry Friedman
Principal Education Researcher and Technical Assistance Provider, SRI Education
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Katrina Laguarda
Senior Researcher, SRI Education