NEPC Resources on Measurement

Mark Weber (January 23, 2024). NEPC Review: Still a Good Investment: Charter School Productivity in Nine Cities (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, November 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/charter-productivity

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

Michael Harwell (March 3, 2020). NEPC Review: Measuring Student Poverty: Developing Accurate Counts for School Funding, Accountability, and Research (Urban Institute, December 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/student-poverty

(May 23, 2019). Review Identifies Flaws in High-Profile “Gold Standard” Study Used to Market TFA. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-tfa-052319

Andrew Brantlinger , Matthew Griffin (May 23, 2019). Reviews Worth Sharing: The Effectiveness of Secondary Math Teachers from Teach for America and the Teaching Fellows Programs (Institute of Education Sciences, September 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/tfa

(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

Kevin Close, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, Clarin Collins (June 5, 2018). State-Level Assessments and Teacher Evaluation Systems after the Passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Some Steps in the Right Direction. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/state-assessment

Gary Miron, Christopher Shank, Caryn Davidson (May 1, 2018). Full-Time Virtual and Blended Schools: Enrollment, Student Characteristics, and Performance. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2018

Michael Harwell (January 30, 2018). Don't Expect Too Much: The Limited Usefulness of Common SES Measures and a Prescription for Change. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/SES

Amy N. Farley (February 21, 2017). NEPC Review: For Good Measure? Teacher Evaluation Policy in the ESSA Era (Bellwether Education Partners, December 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teacher-evaluation

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

Andy Hargreaves, Henry Braun, Kathleen Gebhardt (October 22, 2013). Data-Driven Improvement and Accountability. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/data-driven-improvement-accountability

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

Kevin G. Welner (May 25, 2013). Consequential Validity and the Transformation of Tests from Measurement Tools to Policy Tools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/TCR-Consequential-Validity

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

Carol C. Burris, Katherine E. Allison (April 2, 2013). Review of Does Sorting Students Improve Test Scores?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-does-sorting-students

Jesse Rothstein, William J. Mathis (January 31, 2013). NEPC Review: Have We Identified Effective Teachers? (Gates Foundation, January 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-MET-final-2013

Matthew Di Carlo (November 11, 2011). When the Legend Becomes Fact, Print the Fact Sheet. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/when-legend

Jaekyung Lee (October 13, 2011). NEPC Review: Do High Flyers Maintain Their Altitude? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-high-flyers

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

Edward García Fierros, Bridget Rooney (December 14, 2010). NEPC Review: 2010 State School Report Card (October 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-2010-state-school-report