Research Center Reports
In addition to data appearing in Education Week, the EdWeek Research Center produces stand-alone studies featuring the results of original surveys and data analyses. Topics have included the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on educator morale, educational technology, and early reading instruction.
Standards & Accountability
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Preparing for Change: A National Perspective on Common Core State Standards Implementation Planning
This report provides insight into the steps states are taking to implement common standards and reports results from a survey examining transition planning.
Teaching
Reports
Improving Student Learning By Supporting Quality Teaching: Key Issues, Effective Strategies
This special report examines teaching quality and student learning.
Special Education
Reports
Special Education in America
This report examines a number of key issues facing students with disabilities.
College & Workforce Readiness
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High School Graduation in Texas
Analyses estimate that over 120,000 public high school students in the state of Texas failed to graduate with a regular diploma last school year.
College & Workforce Readiness
Reports
Cities in Crisis 2008
Approximately half of the students served by the principal school systems in the nation's 50 largest cities are graduating from high school.
Education
Reports
Influence: A Study of the Factors Shaping Education Policy
New studies have identified the most influential people, organizations, information sources, and research studies in education policy.
College & Workforce Readiness
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Cities in Crisis 2009: Closing the Graduation Gap
This new report finds that barely one-half of students complete high school with a diploma, but the study discovers signs of improvement
English Learners
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Perspectives on a Population: English Language Learners in American Schools
This report offers the most comprehensive, data-driven examination to date of ELL students and youths in the United States.
Standards & Accountability
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Making the Connection: A Decade of Standards-Based Reform and Achievement
Quality Counts 2006 finds that over the past decade states have increasingly adopted core policies related to standards-based education.
Science
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Evolution in State Science Education Standards
The EPE Research Center performed a systematic and objective analysis of state academic standards in science education.