publications
Publication Series
A collection of research articles focusing on education reform issues.

2005-3
Reading Instruction for Low-Achieving and At-risk Students
Michael L. Kamil

2005-2
Distributed Leadership and the Culture of Schools:
Teacher Leaders' Strategies for Gaining Access to Classrooms

Melinda M. Mangin

2005-1
There Is More to Teaching Than Instruction:
Seven Strategies for Dealing With the Social Side of Teaching

Steven E. Stemler, Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko, Linda Jarvin, and Krita Merry



2004-4
A Game-Theoretic Model of Curriculum Integration and School Leadership
William J. Stull

2004-3
Content and Coherence in District Professional Development: Three Case Studies
William A. Firestone, Melinda M. Mangin, M. Cecilia Martinez, and Terrie Polovsky

2004-2
Qualtiy Teachers for English Language Learners: A Research Synthesis
Kip Tellez and Hersh Waxman

2004-1
Second-Language Issues in Early Literacy and Instruction
Elizabeth S. Pang and Michael L. Kamil



2003-8 (currently unavailable)
Implementing and Extending Small Learning Community Practices
Diana Oxley

2003-7
Policy Brief on Data Analyses and Their Implications for School Policy
Steven E. Stemler, Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L Grigorenko, Linda Jarvin, and Donna Macomber

2003-6
Social Support, Family Organization, and Adolescent Adjustment in Low-Income Puerto Rican Families
Ronald D. Taylor, Eleanor Seaton, Leanne Jacobson,
Antoinette U. Rodriguez, and Antonio Dominguez

2003-5
Enhancing Teacher Quality: Peer Coaching as a Professional Development Strategy; A Preliminary Synthesis of the Literature
Kenneth Wong and Anna Nicotera

2003-4
Synthesis of the Research Conducted in the First Three Years of the
Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program

Kenneth Wong, Anna Nicotera and JoAnn Manning

2003-3
Challenges in Creating Effective Home-School Partnerships in Adolescence: Promising Paths for Collaboration
Maurice J. Elias, Keli Bryan, Eva N. Patrikakou, and Roger P. Weissberg

2003-2
Developmentally Appropriate School-Family Partnerships for Adolescents
Rebecca DuLaney Beyer, Eva N. Patrikakou, and Roger P. Weissberg

2003-1
Improving Educational Productivity
Herbert J. Walberg


2002-4
(currently unavailable)
The Determinants of Achievement: Minority Students Compared to Nonminority Students
Judith Stull

2002-3
Effective Teaching Practices for English Language Learners
Hersh Waxman and Kip Tellez

2002-2
Alliance for Achievement: Building a School Community Focused on Learning
Sam Redding


2001-3
Understanding Child Development as a Basis for Evaluating Partnerships
Valerie Maholmes

2001-2
Practical Intelligence and the Principal
Robert J. Sternberg and Elena L. Grigorenko

2001-1
Taking Mathematics in High School: Is Opportunity Equal?
Jeremy D. Finn, Susan B. Gerber, and Margaret C. Wang


2000-3
Turning Around Low-Performing Schools: The Case of the Washington, DC Schools
Margaret C. Wang and JoAnn Manning
(Note: Figures 1-4 and Figures 5-8)

2000-2
Language Development and Science Inquiry: A Child-Initiated and Teacher-Facilitated Program
Evelyn R. Klein, Penny Hammrich, Stefanie Bloom, and Anika Ragins

2000-1
Results of Pilot Study to Evaluate the Community for Learning (CFL) Program
Barbara L. McCombs and Mary Quiat


1999-1
(currently unavailable)

1999-2
The Need for Developing Procedural Accountability in Title I Schoolwide Programs
Margaret C. Wang, Kenneth K. Wong, and Jeong-Ran Kim

1999-3
State Education Agency Support for School-Community Collaboration in the Mid-Atlantic States
William L. Boyd, Cynthia Brown, and Shelly Hara

1999-4
An Interim Evaluation Report: Head Start on Science and Communication
Penny L. Hammrich and Evelyn R. Klein

1999-5
New Roles for Community Services in Educational Reform
Robert L. Crowson and William Lowe Boyd

1999-6
Local School-to-Work Partnerships: Early Lessons from Pennsylvania
Anita Kane and William J. Stull

1999-7
A National Study of Title I Schoolwide Programs: A Synopsis of Interim Findings
Margaret C. Wang, Kenneth K. Wong, and Jeong-Ran Kim

1999-8
Case Studies of Teachers Learning and Applying Opportunity to Learn Assessment Strategies In Two Urban Elementary Schools
Floraline I. Stevens
(Note: View the Appendix: Implementation Assessment Checklist)



1998-1
The Effectiveness of Collaborative School-linked Services
Margaret C. Wang, Geneva D. Haertel, and Herbert J. Walberg

1998-2
Effective Features of Collaborative, School-linked Services for Children in Elementary Schools: What Do We Know from Research and Practice?
Margaret C. Wang, Geneva D. Haertel, and Herbert J. Walberg

1998-3
Collaborative Services Initiatives: A Report of a National Survey of Programs
Mary Erina Driscoll, William Lowe Boyd, and Robert L. Crowson

1998-4
Lessons Learned About Integrating Services
Andrea G. Zetlin

1998-5
The School-Family Partnership Project: A Survey Report
Evanthia N. Patrikakou, Roger P. Weissberg, Lascelles Anderson, and Timothy Shanahan

1998-6
Association of African-American Mothers' Perceptions of Their Neighborhood with Their Parenting and Adolescent Adjustment
Ronald D. Taylor

1998-7
Stressful Life Events, Psychological Well-Being,
and Parenting in African-American Mothers
Ronald D.Taylor, Debra Roberts, and Leanne Jacobson

1998-8
Mothers' Stressful Events and the Adjustment of African-American Adolescents:
Moderating Effects of Family Organization

Ronald D. Taylor

1998-9
The Implementation of Two Reform Programs in Philadelphia:
Lessons from Children Achieving and Title I Schoolwide Strategies

Kenneth K. Wong and Julie Brown

1998-11
Educational Resilience
Margaret C. Wang, Geneva D. Haertel, and Herbert J. Walberg

1998-12 (currently unavailable)
Achieving Student Success: An Interactive Online Tool
A Handbook of Widely Implemented Research-Based Reform Models

1998-13
Class Size and Students at Risk: What is Known? What is Next?
Jeremy Finn

1998-14
Parents' Perceptions of Teacher Outreach and Parent Involvement in Children's Education
Evanthia N. Patrikakou and Roger P. Weissberg

1998-15
What Every Educator Should Know...About the Changing Social Policy Landscape and Efforts to Ensure Student Success
Shelly Hara, Cynthia Brown, and Bill Shepardson

1998-16
The Life Cycle of the Career Teacher: Maintaining Excellence for a Lifetime
Betty E. Steffy and Michael P. Wolfe

1998-17
Children and the EZ/EC Implementation: Prospects and Connections
Maynard C. Reynolds and Margaret C. Wang

1998-18
Categorical Programs
Maynard C. Reynolds, Margaret C. Wang, and Herbert J. Walberg

1998-19
The "Loyal Opposition" and the Future of British and US School Reform
William Lowe Boyd

1998-20
Transforming Urban School Systems: Integrated Governance in Chicago and Birmingham (UK)
Kenneth K. Wong
(Note: Figure 1)

1998-21
Title I Schoolwide Programs: A Synthesis of Findings From Recent Evaluation
Kenneth K. Wong & Stephen J. Meyer

1998-22
Promoting Social Competence and Preventing Antisocial Behavior
in Young Urban Adolescents

Roger P. Weissberg and Marlene Caplan

1998-23
Competing Models of Schools and Communities:
The Struggle to Reframe and Reinvent their Relationship

William Lowe Boyd


1997-1
What We Know About Coordinated, School-linked Services
Margaret C. Wang, Geneva D. Haertel, and Herbert J. Walberg

1997-2
Achieving Student Success in Inner-City Schools Is Possible, Provided...
Jane Oates, Nancy Weishew, and Ruben Flores

1997-3
Progressive Inclusion: Meeting New Challenges in Special Education
Margaret C. Wang and Maynard C. Reynolds

1997-4
Fostering Resilience in Inner-City Schools
Margaret C. Wang, Geneva D. Haertel, and Herbert J. Walberg

1997-5
The Effect of Local Reform on Title I Schoolwide Programs in Philadelphia
Kenneth K. Wong and Gail L. Sundermann

1997-6
Neighborhood Initiatives, Community Agencies, and the Public Schools:
A Changing Scene for the Development and Learning of Children

William Lowe Boyd, Robert L. Crowson, and Aaron Gresson

1997-7
Revitalizing Inner Cities: Focusing on Children's Learning
Margaret C. Wang, Geneva D. Haertel, and Herbert J. Walberg

1997-8
Quantifying the Components of School Community
Sam Redding

1997-9
What the Science Standards Say: Implications for Teacher Education
Penny L. Hammrich

1997-10
Integrated Governance as a Reform Strategy in the Chicago Public Schools
Kenneth K. Wong, Robert Dreeben, Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., and Gail L. Sundermann

1997-11
Serving Students with Special Needs through Inclusive Education Approaches
Margaret C. Wang

1997-12
The Problems and Promise of Urban Schools
William Lowe Boyd and Roger C. Shouse


1996-1

Synopsis of Scope of Work: Project Abstracts
The Laboratory for Student Success

1996-2
Practical Approaches to Achieving Student Success in Urban Schools
Edited by Don E. Gordon and Jesse R. Shafer

1996-3
Improving Critical Thinking Through Socratic Seminars
Vernon C. Polite and Arlin Henry Adams

1996-4
Fostering Educational Resilience in Inner-City Schools
Margaret C. Wang, Geneva D. Haertel, and Herbert J. Walberg

1996-6
Opportunity to Learn Science—Connecting Research Knowledge to Classroom Practices
Floraline I. Stevens

1996-7 (currently unavailable)
Educational Practices and Policies that Promote Achievement
Margaret C. Wang and Geneva D. Haertel

1996-8 (currently unavailable)
Competing Models of Schools and Communities:
The Struggle to Reframe and Reinvent their Relationships
William L. Boyd

1996-9
Kinship Support and Maternal and Adolescent Well-Being in Economically Disadvantaged African-American Families
Ronald D. Taylor and Debra Roberts