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Research Matters

Research Matters is a publication that summarizes and evaluates recent research for our partners who are working to improve teaching policy in their states and school districts.

Issue No. 13
(October 2004)
  • Peer Review as Distributed Leadership
  • "Generative" Teacher Learning for Improving Math and Science Instruction
Issue No. 12
(August 2004)
  • High-Stakes Accountability in California: A View from the Teacher's Desk
  • Charter Schools Not a Clear Alternative for Struggling Students
Issue No. 11
(May 2004)
  • Why Teachers Leave Teaching
  • Teacher Hiring Practices in Philadelphia
Issue No. 10
(April 2004)
  • Holding Teachers Accountable for Value-Added to Student Test Performance
  • Salary Incentives for Math and Science Education
Issue No. 9
(January 2004)
  • Questions about Valid Uses of Value-Added Assessment
  • What Makes a Teacher Effective?
Issue No. 8
(December 2003)
  • The Impact of High-Stakes Accountability on Teachers' Professional Development: Evidence from the South
Issue No. 7
(September 2003)
  • Public Confused by No Child Left Behind, Supports Teachers
  • New National Data on Inequalities Between Charters and Regular Schools
Issue No. 6
(July 2003)
  • Shortchanging Rural Teachers
  • Teaching Educators to Teach Reading Effectively: How Teacher Education Really Matters
Issue No. 5
(May 2003)
  • Induction and Teacher Turnover
  • Massachusetts Bonus Babies a Bust
  • Preliminary Findings on the Hiring of New Teachers
Issue No. 4
(April 2003)
  • Teacher Quality, Turnover, and Student Achievement in Alabama
  • Emergency Permit Teachers in California
Issue No. 3
(February 2003)
  • Teaching Quality Crisis in Segregated Georgia Schools
  • New Teachers Need Induction Within a Professional School Culture
  • Teaching in Schools on Probation: Kentucky and Maryland Cases
Issue No. 2
(November 2002)
  • Longitudinal Evidence for Quality Professional Development: The Effects of Eisenhower Math and Science Program
  • National Board Certification Process Improves Teaching
  • Communities Colleges Contribute to Preparing Teachers for Urban Schools
Issue No. 1
(October 2002)
  • More Evidence that Teacher Quality Makes a Difference for Student Achievement
  • Inequities in Teaching: Teacher Sorting in New York State
  • Class-size Reduction in California: Effects on Teacher Quality
  • Review of Evidence for Teacher Preparation and Certification