Education & learning publications
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Using Indicator Data to Drive K–12 STEM Improvements in States and Districts: Implications and Recommendations for Leaders and Policymakers – Executive Summary
In this paper, Michael Lach of the University of Chicago details how district and state education leaders might use the indicator system to improve STEM education.
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21st Century Science Assessment: The Future Is Now
SRI Education recruited three education policy experts to contributed concept papers that explore the research and policy implications of the STEM indicators system.
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Measuring the Quantity and Quality of the K-12 STEM Teacher Pipeline
SRI Education recruited three education policy experts to contribute concept papers that explore the research and policy implications of the STEM indicators system.
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Handbook on Personalized Learning for States, Districts, and Schools
Chapters in this new Handbook reflect the personalized learning goals of ESSA and reflect the view of personalized learning as a learning innovation.
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Pathway Schools Initiative Developmental Evaluation-Learning Brief 1 (January 2016)
To support its Pathway Schools Initiative, The McKnight Foundation has engaged initiative leaders in a developmental evaluation (DE) led by SRI International and Child Trends.
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Examining Change in K-3 Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs: The Case of Primarily Math
This study examines the impact of the Primarily Math Elementary Mathematics Specialist program on K-3 teachers’ mathematical content knowledge for teaching, attitudes toward learning mathematics, and beliefs about mathematics teaching…
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Effect of Transition Planning on Postsecondary Support Receipt by Students with Disabilities
The authors of this article analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 to determine the effect of receiving transition planning education and having a transition plan that specified needed…
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Screening for Trauma in Early Adolescence: Findings from a Diverse School District
The current study examines the prevalence of trauma experiences and traumatic stress in middle school students from a large urban school district serving a high proportion of diverse immigrant and…
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Name-aware language model adaptation and sparse features for statistical machine translation
We propose approaches improving statistical machine translation (SMT) performance, by developing name-aware language model adaptations and sparse features, in addition to extracting nameaware translation grammar and rules, adding name phrase…
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Reform Focus at NGEI Partnerships: Summarizing Initial NGEI Campus-Level Work to Improve Teacher Education
The report summarizes the five areas emphasized by the Bechtel Foundation for teacher education reform occurring as part of the program.
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Innovating Pedagogy 2015
This fourth report proposes ten innovations that are already in currency and are having an increasing effect on education. We proposed a long list of new educational terms, theories, and…
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Taking Stock of the Linked Learning District Initiative: Sixth Year Evaluation Report
Compared with similar peers in traditional high school programs, students participating in certified Linked Learning pathways are more likely to graduate from high school, less likely to drop out, and…