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Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America’s Schools
by David C. Berliner and Sharon L. Nichols

 
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Policy Briefs on Education Issues

The Center funds policy briefs on important education issues. Policy briefs are written by recognized academic experts in each topic and include a summary of existing research available as well as policy recommendations. Briefs published in 2007 include:

  • ‘Restoring Value’ To the High School Diploma: The Rhetoric and Practice Of Higher Standards
    W. Norton Grubb, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Jeannie Oakes, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
    Executive Summary
    Policy Brief
  • Supplemental Education Services under NCLB: Emerging Evidence and Policy Issues
    Patricia Burch, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Abstract
    Policy Brief
  • The Promises and Pitfalls of Alternative Teacher Compensation Approaches
    Debbi C. Harris - Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Executive Summary
    Policy Brief

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Date: October 1, 2007
Authors: W. Norton Grubb, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Jeannie Oakes, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
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Date: May 1, 2007
Author: Patricia Burch, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Date: April 23, 2007
Author: Debbi C. Harris - Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Policy Briefs on Education Issues

The Center funds policy briefs on important education issues. Policy briefs are written by recognized academic experts in each topic and include a summary of existing research available as well as policy recommendations. Briefs published in 2006 include:

  • Assessment, High Stakes, and Alternative Visions: Appropriate Use of the Right Tools to Leverage Improvement -
    Dan Laitsch, Simon Frasier University, Vancouver, BC
    Executive Summary
    Policy Brief
  • Separate But Superior? A Review Of Issues And Data Bearing On Single-Sex Education -
    Gerald Bracey, Independent Researcher
    Executive Summary
    Policy Brief
  • The Accuracy and Effectiveness of Adequate Yearly Progress, NCLB's School Evaluation System -
    William Mathis, University of Vermont
    Executive Summary
    Policy Brief
  • A Policy Maker’s Guide to “The 65% Solution” Proposals -
    Gerald Bracey, Independent Researcher
    Policy Brief
  • Ending the Blame Game on Educational Inequity: A Study of “High Flying” Schools and NCLB
    Doug Harris, Florida State University
    Executive Summary
    Policy Brief

Last Updated: November 27, 2006

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Date: November, 2006
Author: Dan Laitsch, Simon Frasier University, Vancouver, BC
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Date: November 13, 2006
Author: Gerald Bracey, Independent Researcher
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Date: September 25, 2006
Author: William J. Mathis, University of Vermont
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Date: April 10, 2006
Author: Gerald Bracey, Independent Researcher
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Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Douglas N. Harris, Florida State University
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