NEPC Resources on Research Issues

(May 14, 2024). Critical Policy Research. What It Is. And What It Is Not.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-research-051424

(May 7, 2024). Janelle Scott Assumes AERA Presidency With Theme of Repair and Renewal. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-scott-050724

(April 18, 2024). Gutiérrez, López, Finnigan Honored. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-fellows-041824

Christopher Saldaña, Paula Arce-Trigatti, Caitlin Farrell (April 16, 2024). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Paula Arce-Trigatti and Caitlin Farrell About Research-Practice Partnerships. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast/saldana-arce-trigatti-farrell

(March 28, 2024). The Vexing Disconnect Between Research and Recommendations on School Police . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-sros-032824

(February 27, 2024). NEPC Fellows Honored by the American Educational Research Association. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-aera-022724

Christopher Saldaña, Van Lac, Ariel Reyes, Carolina Montez-DeOca (February 15, 2024). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Van Lac, Ariel Reyes, and Carolina Montez-DeOca About Youth-Led Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/podcast-saldana-lac-reyes-montez-deoca

(June 22, 2023). Seven Ways to Make Equity Research Matter More. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-research-062223

(December 8, 2022). What Research Is Actually Used by K-12 Administrators?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-research-use-120822

(February 3, 2022). Six Tips for Improving Partnerships Between Researchers and K-12 Educators. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-research-02032022

(April 6, 2021). Rich Milner Elected AERA President. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-milner-040621

Bruce D. Baker (May 26, 2020). NEPC Review: Comparing Ed Reforms: Assessing the Experimental Research on Nine K-12 Education Reforms (EdChoice, April 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/charter-research

Adam York, Siomara Valladares, Michelle Renée Valladares, Jon Snyder, Matt Garcia (March 24, 2020). Community Research Collaboratives. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/crc

(August 1, 2019). The Promise of Meta-Analysis for Our Schools: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Gene V Glass. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-glass-080119

(May 9, 2019). Three NEPC Fellows Elected to the National Academy of Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-naed-050919

(April 25, 2019). Lost in Translation: English Learners, One Study, and the Dangers of Translating Research into Practice. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-ells-042519

William J. Mathis (October 11, 2018). NEPC Review: Money for Nothing: The Relationship Between Various Types of School Spending and Academic Outcomes (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, August 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-money-for-nothing

(October 9, 2018). What Should We Really Learn From New Orleans After the Storm? A Q&A With NEPC Fellow Bruce Baker . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-baker-100918

(July 12, 2018). Review Worth Sharing Identifies Flaws in NC Voucher Evaluation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-NC-vouchers-071218

(July 3, 2018). This Professor Assigned Her Students NEPC-Style Reviews. Here’s What They Learned. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-research-07032018

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Erica Frankenberg (February 8, 2018). NEPC Review: Balancing Act: Schools, Neighborhoods, and Racial Imbalance (Brookings Institution, November 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-school-segregation

Mark Weber, Bruce D. Baker (December 13, 2017). NEPC Review: School District Reform in Newark (National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-newark-reform

Kevin G. Welner (December 12, 2017). Might the New Gates Education Initiative Close Opportunity Gaps?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/bmgf

Gary Miron, Christopher Shank (September 7, 2017). NEPC Review: Charter Management Organizations 2017 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), June 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-CMOs

William J. Mathis (August 23, 2016). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/research-based-options

Tina Trujillo, Marialena Rivera (July 20, 2016). Review of Measuring School Turnaround Success. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-turnaround

(April 1, 2016). "Gold-Standard Research" is (April) Fools' Gold. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/gold-standard

Tina Trujillo (May 11, 2015). NEPC Review: Dramatic Action, Dramatic Improvement: The Research on School Turnaround (Center for American Progress, March 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-school-turnaround

Robin Rogers, Sara Goldrick-Rab (April 16, 2015). NEPC Review: Measuring and Understanding Education Advocacy (Brookings Institution, March 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-measuring-education-advocacy

Mark R. Warren (February 2, 2015). Review of Turning Lightning into Electricity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-turning-lightning-into-electricity

Andrew Maul, Abby McClelland (July 16, 2013). NEPC Review: National Charter School Study 2013 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), August 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-credo-2013

Martin Carnoy (June 4, 2013). Review of Middle Class or Middle of the Pack. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-middle-class-or-middle-of-pack

Ed Fuller, Nathan Dadey (April 9, 2013). Review of Evaluation of Teach for America in Texas Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-evaluation-tfa-texas

Margaret Terry Orr (March 5, 2013). Review of Two Articles on Principal Effects. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-estimating-effect-principals

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

Kevin G. Welner, Bruce D. Baker (December 15, 2011). Productivity Research, the U.S. Department of Education, and High-Quality Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/productivity-research

Bruce D. Baker (May 18, 2011). NEPC Review: Passing Muster: Evaluating Teacher Evaluation Systems (April 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/passing-muster-fails-muster

Alex Molnar (April 7, 2011). Does Debunked Research Influence Governor Walker's Education Reform Agenda?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/does-debunked-research-influence-governor-walker-s-education-reform-agenda

Derek C. Briggs, Ben Domingue (February 8, 2011). Due Diligence and the Evaluation of Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/due-diligence

Jesse Rothstein (January 13, 2011). NEPC Review: Learning About Teaching (December 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-learning-about-teaching

Jaekyung Lee (April 7, 2010). NEPC Review: Stuck Schools: A Framework for Identifying Schools Where Students Need Change - Now (Education Trust, February 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-stuck-schools

Holly Kurtz (July 27, 2009). The Research that Reaches the Public: Who Produces the Educational Research Mentioned in the News Media?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/research-that-reaches

Kevin G. Welner (June 1, 2008). The Overselling of Growth Modeling. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/overselling-growth-modeling

David Arsen, Clive Belfield, Marisa Cannata, Wendy C. Chi, Casey Cobb, Stephanie Evergreen, Gregg Garn, Christopher Lubienski, Julie F. Mead, Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Gary Miron, Yongmei Ni, Stephanie Southworth, Jessica Urschel, Terri S. Wilson (March 20, 2008). School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-choice-evidence-and-recommendations

Kevin G. Welner, Alex Molnar (February 20, 2008). The Privatization Infatuation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-privatization-infatuation

Richard Allington (February 14, 2007). NEPC Review: Whole Language High Jinks: How to Tell When 'Scientifically-Based Reading Instruction' Isn't (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, January 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-whole-language-high-jinks-how-tell-when-scientifically-based-reading-instruction-is

Kevin G. Welner, Alex Molnar (January 1, 2007). Truthiness in Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/truthiness-education

Kevin G. Welner (January 1, 2007). Money Mutterers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/money-mutterers

Derek C. Briggs (January 1, 2006). Book Review: The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/book-review-the-sage-handbook-quantitative-methods-social-sciences

Derek C. Briggs, Alicia Alonzo, Cheryl Schwab, Mark Wilson (January 1, 2006). Diagnostic Assessment with Ordered Multiple-Choice Items. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/diagnostic-assessment-with-ordered-multiple-choice-items

Margaret Eisenhart (January 1, 2005). Science Plus: A Response to the Responses to Scientific Research in Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/science-plus-a-response-responses-scientific-research-education

Margaret Eisenhart (January 1, 2005). Hammers and Saws for the Improvement of Education Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/hammers-and-saws-improvement-education-research

Edward W. Wiley, E. Bialystok (January 1, 2005). New Approaches to Using Census Data to Test the Critical Period Hypothesis for Second Language Acquisition. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/new-approaches-using-census-data-test-critical-period-hypothesis-second-language-acquisi

Margaret Eisenhart (January 1, 2005). Reforming the Doctoral Program in Education Research at the University of Colorado. In C. Hancock & P. Paul (Eds.), Essays on th. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reforming-doctoral-program-education-research-university-colorado-in-c-hancock-p-paul-ed

Derek C. Briggs (January 1, 2004). Causal Inference and the Heckman Model. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/causal-inference-and-heckman-model

Janette K. Klingner (January 1, 2004). The Science of Professional Development. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-science-professional-development

Kenneth R. Howe (January 1, 2004). A Critique of Experimentalism. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/a-critique-experimentalism

Michele S. Moses, M. Gair (January 1, 2004). Toward a Critical Deliberative Strategy for Addressing Ideology in Educational Policy Processes. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/toward-a-critical-deliberative-strategy-addressing-ideology-educational-policy-processes

Derek C. Briggs, Mark Wilson (January 1, 2003). An Introduction to Multidimensional Measurement using Rasch Models. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/an-introduction-multidimensional-measurement-using-rasch-models

K. Hakuta, E. Bialystok, Edward W. Wiley (January 1, 2003). Critical Evidence: A Test of the Critical Period Hypothesis for Second Language Acquisition. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/critical-evidence-a-test-critical-period-hypothesis-second-language-acquisition

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

Alex Molnar (January 1, 2003). Research Worth Knowing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/research-worth-knowing

(February 20, 2002). Research: Researching the Researchers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/research-researching-researchers

Derek C. Briggs (January 1, 2002). Test Preparation Programs: Impact. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/test-preparation-programs-impact

Michele S. Moses (January 1, 2002). The Heart of the Matter: Philosophy and Educational Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-heart-matter-philosophy-and-educational-research

Derek C. Briggs (January 1, 2002). Comment: Jack Kaplan's New Study of SAT Teaching. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/comment-jack-kaplans-new-study-sat-teaching

Margaret D. LeCompte (January 1, 2002). The Transformation of Ethnographic Practices: Past and Current Challenges. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-transformation-ethnographic-practices-past-and-current-challenges

Kenneth R. Howe (January 1, 2002). Free Market Free-for-All. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/free-market-free-all

Derek C. Briggs (January 1, 2002). SAT Coaching, Bias and Causal Inference. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/sat-coaching-bias-and-causal-inference

Alex Molnar (January 1, 2001). The Media and Educational Research: What We Know vs. What the Public Hears. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-media-and-educational-research-what-we-know-vs-what-public-hears

Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Alex Molnar, Katie Embree (January 1, 2001). Let the Buyer Beware. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/let-buyer-beware

Margaret Eisenhart (January 1, 2001). Educational Ethnography Past, Present, and Future: Ideas to Think With. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/educational-ethnography-past-present-and-future-ideas-think-with

Derek C. Briggs (January 1, 2001). The Effect of Admissions Test Preparation: Evidence from NELS-88. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-effect-admissions-test-preparation-evidence-nels-88

Margaret Eisenhart (January 1, 2001). Changing Conceptions of Culture and Ethnographic Methodology: Recent Thematic Shifts and their Implications for Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/changing-conceptions-culture-and-ethnographic-methodology-recent-thematic-shifts-and-the

Derek C. Briggs, D. Stern (January 1, 2001). Changing Admissions Policies: Mounting Pressures, New Developments, More Questions. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/changing-admissions-policies-mounting-pressures-new-developments-more-questions

D. Stern, Derek C. Briggs (January 1, 2001). Does Paid Employment Help or Hinder Performance in Secondary School? Insights from U.S. High School Students. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/does-paid-employment-help-or-hinder-performance-secondary-school-insights-us-high-school

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

Kenneth R. Howe (January 1, 1999). Ethics in Educational Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/ethics-educational-research

R. J. Shavelson, Edward W. Wiley, M. A. Ruiz-Primo (January 1, 1999). Note On Sources of Sampling Variability in Science Performance Assessments. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/note-on-sources-sampling-variability-science-performance-assessments

Kenneth R. Howe (January 1, 1998). The Interpretive Turn and the New Debate in Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-interpretive-turn-and-new-debate-education

Margaret Eisenhart (January 1, 1998). On the Subject of Interpretive Reviews. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/on-subject-interpretive-reviews

Lorrie Shepard (January 1, 1997). The Centrality of Test Use and Consequences for Test Validity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/centrality-test-use-and-consequences-test-validity

R. Underhill, Hilda Borko, Margaret Eisenhart, C. Brown, D. Jones, P. Agard (January 1, 1993). Conceptual Knowledge Falls through the Cracks: Complexities of Learning to Teach Mathematics for Understanding. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/conceptual-knowledge-falls-through-cracks-complexities-learning-teach-mathematics-unders

Kenneth R. Howe (January 1, 1993). Ethics, Institutional Review Boards, and the Changing Face of Educational Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/ethics-institutional-review-boards-and-changing-face-educational-research

Lorrie Shepard (January 1, 1993). Evaluating Test Validity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/evaluating-test-validity

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

Hilda Borko, R. Underhill, C. Brown, Margaret Eisenhart, P. Agard, D. Jones (January 1, 1992). Learning to Teach Hard Mathematics: Do Novice Teachers and Their Instructors Give Up Too Easily?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/learning-teach-hard-mathematics-do-novice-teachers-and-their-instructors-give-up-too-eas

Kenneth R. Howe (January 1, 1992). Getting Over the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/getting-over-quantitative-qualitative-debate

Kenneth R. Howe (January 1, 1992). Validity in Educational Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/validity-educational-research

Kenneth R. Howe (January 1, 1990). Standards for Qualitative (and Quantitative) Research: A Prolegomenon. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/standards-qualitative-and-quantitative-research-a-prolegomenon

Kenneth R. Howe (January 1, 1988). Against the Quantitative-Qualitative Incompatibility Thesis (Or Dogmas Die Hard). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/against-quantitative-qualitative-incompatibility-thesis-or-dogmas-die-hard

Margaret Eisenhart (January 1, 1988). The Ethnographic Research Tradition and Mathematics Education Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-ethnographic-research-tradition-and-mathematics-education-research

Margaret D. LeCompte (January 1, 1987). Bias in the Biography: Bias and Subjectivity in Ethnographic Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/bias-biography-bias-and-subjectivity-ethnographic-research

Gregory Camilli (January 1, 1987). The Inadequacy of ANOVA for Detecting Test Bias. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-inadequacy-anova-detecting-test-bias