NEPC Resources on School Evaluation

Jeanne M. Powers (April 13, 2023). Consumer-Oriented School Rating Systems and Their Implications for Educational Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-ratings

Gail L. Sunderman (June 23, 2022). State Accountability Rating Systems: A Review of School Report Cards as Indicators of School Quality. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/report-cards

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley (May 10, 2022). NEPC Review: Pathways to Success: Exploring the Long-Term Outcomes of Alumni from Summit Public Schools (Summit Public Schools, September 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/summit

(February 6, 2020). Patience Can Be Rewarded: RAND Report Demonstrates Promise of Embattled NYC Community Schools Model. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-nyc-community-schools-020620

Steven V. Miller (January 21, 2020). NEPC Review: School Sector and Satisfaction: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Sample (Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, October 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/school-satisfaction

(December 12, 2019). Are Zillow and Realtors Contributing to School Segregation?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-greatschools-121219

(May 2, 2019). A Weak Defense of a Useless Report. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-yun-response-050219

John T. Yun (April 18, 2019). NEPC Review: The Michigan Context and Performance Report Card: High Schools 2018 (Mackinac Center, January 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/rankings

Bruce D. Baker (November 27, 2018). NEPC Review: Everything You Know About State Education Rankings Is Wrong (Reason Foundation, November 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-rankings

Matthew Gaertner, Ben Kirshner (October 24, 2017). NEPC Review: Lights Off: Practice and Impact of Closing Low-Performing Schools (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), August 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-closures

William R. Penuel, Michelle Renée Valladares, Elizabeth J. Meyer (July 19, 2017). A Continuous Improvement Approach to Indicator Development . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/fyi-video-continuous-improvement

William R. Penuel, Elizabeth J. Meyer, Michelle Renée Valladares (February 1, 2017). Examples of Indicators Focused on Equity, Quality, and Climate. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/fyi-video-examples-indicators

William J. Mathis, Tina Trujillo (November 17, 2016). Lessons from NCLB for the Every Student Succeeds Act. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/lessons-from-NCLB

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

(August 11, 2016). Reviewer Finds Continuing Problems with WILL Charter School “Autonomy” Report. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reviewer-finds-continuing-problems-will-charter-school-autonomy-report

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

Casey Cobb (July 12, 2016). NEPC Review: Bang for the Buck: Which Public Schools in Milwaukee Produce the Best Outcome Per Dollar Spent? (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, May 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-WILL

Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino (April 20, 2016). Virtual Schools Report 2016: Directory and Performance Review. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2016

Jaime Del Razo (March 10, 2016). NEPC Review: SchoolGrades.org (Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, September 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-of-schoolgrades-org

Kevin G. Welner (October 28, 2015). NAEPscuses: Making Sense of Excuse-Making from the No-Excuses Contingent. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/naepscuses

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

Kenneth R. Howe, Kevin Murray (January 26, 2015). Why School Report Cards Merit a Failing Grade. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/why-school-report-cards-fail

(January 23, 2014). Bunkum Awards Winners Brookings and StudentsFirst Reprise Their Shoddy Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/bunkum-awards-winners

Katherine E. Ryan, Tysza Gandha, Jeehae Ahn (November 12, 2013). School Self-Evaluation and Inspection for Improving U.S. Schools?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-self-evaluation

Gregory Camilli (April 30, 2013). NEPC Review: KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes (Mathematica Policy Research, February 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-KIPP-middle-schools

David R. Garcia (January 29, 2013). NEPC Review: The Education Choice and Competition Index: Background and Results 2012 (December 2012). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-brookings-ecci

Steven Jay Gross (February 28, 2012). NEPC Review: On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service (January 2012). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-on-her-majestys

Bruce Fuller (January 19, 2012). Review of Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-charter-school-management

Kevin G. Welner, Carol C. Burris (July 30, 2011). Letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Concerning Evaluation of Teachers and Principals. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/letter-to-Arne-Duncan

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

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

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Gene V Glass, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, Victoria-Maria MacDonald (January 1, 2004). Reform Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reform-florida

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

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

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