Projects

Prudence Carter and Kevin Welner brought together a team of experts to examine the causes of and remedies to the inequality of learning opportunities in America's schools.

This project documents how the success of some California schools in closing the achievement gap can inform state policy.

SCOPE aims to make research on performance assessments available to policymakers in an understandable and accessible form.

This research is intended to reveal how the teaching occupation is structured and supported in different international jurisdictions and the outcomes for teachers.  

This project examines how high achieving nations around the world have steeply improved student achievement and equity and to identify how those approaches can be replicated in the United States.

This study of OUSD's New Small Schools Initiative assesses how the new schools are performing, what factors influence their achievement, and recommends policy strategies that build on current successes.

This project examines eight exemplary pre- and in-service program models that address key issues in developing strong leaders. 

By tracking what research gets included in policy talks and public discourse, this project aims to reveal the ways in which elite policymakers perceive and utilize education research as they formulate new ideas.