Education & learning publications
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Curriculum Materials Make a Difference for Next Generation Science Learning: Results from Year 1 of a Randomized Controlled Trial (Updated December 2014)
In the study, middle school science teachers who used curriculum materials that presented opportunities for students to engage in science practices improved their students’ performance on next generation science assessments.
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Leadership for a PreK– 3 Literacy Initiative
The McKnight Foundation’s Education and Learning (E&L) Program relies on leaders to cultivate the conditions and encourage the strategies needed for PreK–3 literacy pathways that result in increased student reading…
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Taking Stock of the California Linked Learning District Initiative: Fifth-Year Evaluation Report Executive Summary
New results from an ongoing, rigorous evaluation of the Linked Learning District Initiative show promising student outcomes.
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The association of injury with substance use disorder among women of reproductive age: an opportunity to address a major contributor to recurrent preventable emergency department visits?
The goals of this study were to describe and compare the prevalence of patterns of injury requiring emergency department visits and to investigate the association of specific categories of injury…
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Special Education Services Received by Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders from Preschool Through High School
Using three national data sets this study examined the age trends in special education services received by students with ASDs from preschool through high school.
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A Future for Computing Education Research
Seeking to address the most important issues facing the computer education research community.
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Future Ready Schools: Building Technology Infrastructure for Learning
The Future Ready Schools: Building Technology Infrastructure for Learning guide provides practical, actionable information intended to help district leaders navigate the many decisions required to deliver cutting-edge connectivity to students.
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Opportunities to personalize teacher learning: Innovative approaches to bridge evaluation and professional development for continuous improvement
The following seven innovative approaches to personalize teacher learning are explored as possible mechanisms to bridge evaluation and professional development...
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Evaluation of the High School Leadership Initiative Year 3: Final Evaluation Report
Jointly administered by the California State University and the University of California, in cooperation with the California Community Colleges and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, CAPP prides itself as…
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Teacher Demand for Digital Courseware: A Report on the Teacher Wallets Program (Executive Summary)
The Teacher Wallets pilot program allowed teachers to make their own budget and purchasing decisions about instructional technologies.
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Investigating Why Teachers Reported Continued Use and Sharing of an Educational Innovation After the Research Has Ended
This investigation is part of the Scaling-Up SimCalc experimental program, which combines dynamic representational algebra software with integrated curriculum and small professional development workshops focused on how to use the…
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Wayne School of Engineering: Case Study of a Rural Inclusive STEM-Focused High School
We present a descriptive, instrumental case study of an inclusive rural science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school that has successfully dealt with challenges and offers an innovative and productive learning…