Education & learning publications
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Blurring the boundaries: Understanding disciplinary identities in science education research
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Illinois Preschool for All (PFA) Child Outcomes
This fact sheet summarizes findings from the Illinois Preschool for All (PFA) program evaluation conducted by Erikson Institute and SRI International.
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Teacher Incentive Fund: First Implementation Report, 2006 and 2007 Grantees
The interim report is part of a five-year national implementation evaluation (2008-13) focused on the first two cohorts of the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grantees.
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Assessing the Effectiveness of First Step to Success: Are Short-Term Results the First Step to Long-Term Behavioral Improvements?
This article reports on the effectiveness of First Step to Success, a secondary-level intervention appropriate for students in early elementary school who experience moderate to severe behavior problems and are…
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Does NCLB Improve the Achievement of Students With Disabilities? A Regression Discontinuity Design
Using a regression discontinuity design, this study compared the academic achievement of students-with-disabilities subgroups that were just above the minimum-subgroup-size threshold to those just below the threshold.
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Evaluation of the California Linked Learning District Initiative: Year-Two Report, Executive Summary
Two years into an initiative designed to embed and test this approach within nine California school districts, the evaluation findings reveal signs of progress...
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Understanding the Implications of Online Learning for Educational Productivity
The purpose of this report is to support educational administrators and policymakers in becoming informed consumers of information about online learning and its potential impact on educational productivity.
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Behavior Problems in Learning Activities and Social Interactions in Head Start Classrooms and Early Reading, Mathematics, and Approaches to Learning
A series of multilevel models examined the unique contribution of early problem behavior in structured learning activities, peer interactions, and teacher interactions.
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Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Evaluation: Final Evaluation Report–2008-2011
This is the fourth and final report about the evaluation of the pilot of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program.
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SRILM at sixteen: Update and outlook
We review developments in the SRI Language Modeling Toolkit (SRILM) since 2002, when a previous paper on SRILM was published.
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Evaluation of the Texas High School Project: Third Comprehensive Annual Report
This report is the third and culminating report of the four-year longitudinal evaluation of the Texas High School Project (THSP).
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act’s early childhood programs: Powerful vision and pesky details
The authors examine what has been learned from Individuals With Disabilities Education Act’s two early childhood programs about the power and limitations of policy to improve the lives of young…