Harvard professor and renowned testing policy expert Daniel Koretz joins CPRE’s Jonathan Supovitz to break down the latest NAEP data, and the potential value and future of the assessment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pedro Noguera: Structural Racism and the Urban Geography of Education
USC Rossier School of Education Dean Pedro Noguera traces the history of structural racism as it relates to urban schooling, and its myriad impacts on students of color in cities like Chicago, New Orleans and Los Angeles.
Racial Attitudes, Teacher Bias and Student Outcomes
A new national study offers some of the first large-scale evidence on the scope of implicit teacher bias in American classrooms, and the relationship between teacher attitudes and student outcomes like academic performance and discipline.
District and Charter Leaders Share Promising Strategies in the Wake of COVID-19
Early results from a nationwide survey of district and charter school network leaders highlight successful approaches used in schools this spring and a number of common concerns for the fall and beyond. American Institutes for Research senior researcher Dia Jackson discusses a new early-look brief on Research Minutes.
Research-Backed Strategies to Address Student Learning Loss
Following a chaotic spring semester and extended school closures, many students will require additional academic support as instruction resumes this fall. A new policy brief, coauthored by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research‘s Elaine Allensworth, offers some research-backed strategies for schools attempting to address student learning loss in the months ahead.
School Reopenings: Lessons from Home and Abroad
A new report by the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy and Chiefs for Change analyzes successful interventions across the globe and offers research-backed recommendations for states, districts and school leaders now planning for the fall and beyond.
Study: Black and Latino Students More Likely to Experience ‘Math Traps’
Researchers find that chronic math tracking can significantly reduce students’ academic mobility, landing many in “math traps” from which escape is nearly impossible.
Study: Disadvantaged Families Less Likely to Apply for Universal Pre-K
Universal pre-k has been expanding in recent years, yet few studies have examined which families do – and which families don’t – apply.
Categorical Inequality: The Persistence of Racial Gaps in Education
A new study examines the gaps between black and white students in areas like discipline, grade-level retention and gifted program enrollment, and how those gaps are linked both within and across school districts in the U.S.
Opportunity for All: A Research-Backed Framework for Quality and Equality in Education
On the 100th episode of Research Minutes, renowned researchers Jennifer O’Day and Marshall “Mike” Smith join CPRE Director Jonathan Supovitz to discuss an ambitious vision of the future of American education.