Inside School Research
The Inside School Research blog covered education research behind big policy debates and daily classroom concerns. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: research, teaching research, and leadership research.
Federal
What Does 'Career-Ready' Mean, Anyway?
The Departments of Education and Labor are trying to flesh out what it means to be "college and career ready" in 750 different jobs. A new proposed employment-education matrix will lay out the typical education degrees, work experience, state licensing or certification and on-the-job training needed to be considered competent (and thus employable) in different jobs.
Teaching
National Board Considers a Place for Educators in Research
Concerns about researcher-educator partnerships bubbled up at Wednesday's meeting of the National Board for Education Sciences, the group that advises the Education Department's research arm.
School & District Management
ED Sweetens the Deal for Evaluating Teacher Incentive Fund
The Education Department is relaxing inclusion rules and increasing incentives for schools willing to participate in its upcoming national evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund.
Education
Study Links Book Giveaways to Literacy Gains
Students in poverty who receive regular shipments of books and other reading materials show better reading performance and better motivation to read, according to a new study, but there is still little evidence of what causes these improvements.
School & District Management
Better Education Attainment Saves Lives
Each additional year of schooling that a country's women attain cuts by nearly 10 percent the children who will die before age 5, according to a new study.
School & District Management
Common Data Standards Released
The Common Data Standards Initiative's Technical Working Group has released its first version of voluntary common data standards, intended to make it easier to compare and exchange information across districts and states.
School & District Management
How Much Will Longitudinal Data Improve Instruction?
Experts at the fall policy meeting of the American Educational Research Association's Organization of Institutional Affiliates this week voiced concerns that educators won't be able to use state data to improve instruction.
School & District Management
Extra Reading Class Boosts Pupil Skills, but Not Permanently
A new federal study suggests an extra reading class instead of a regular elective can boost reading comprehension for students who enter freshman year reading several grade levels behind.
School & District Management
OECD Issues New Report on Educating the U.S. and the World
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has just released its Education at a Glance 2010.
School & District Management
How About Teaching With the Test, Rather Than to It?
Teaching to the test is old news; new research suggests teaching with the test may help students remember and apply knowledge better.
School & District Management
NCES Switches Out Adult Education Study
The National Center on Education Statistics has tabled its primary study of adult literacy in favor of a smaller, more targeted international assessment intended to gauge Americans' skills in a technologically advanced workplace.
School & District Management
Education Sciences Board Faces Awkward Transition
The National Board for Education Sciences has announced its next meeting, Sept. 29. Now it has to hope members will be confirmed in time to show up.
School & District Management
Analysis Questions Staffing System Effectiveness
Teacher Beat blogger Steve Sawchuk digs into a report on teacher hiring and transfer systems.
School & District Management
Study: Preschoolers Display Some Statistics Understanding
A new Cornell University study suggests preschool children use statistical differences to gauge a stranger's preferences.