Department of Education Reform

Research

"Who Gains, Who Loses? The Fiscal Impact of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program." Costrell, Robert M., January 1, 2009, Education Next.

"The Impact of Performance Pay for Public School Teachers: Theory and Evidence." Winters, Marcus A., Gary W. Ritter, Ryan H. Marsh, Jay P. Greene, and Marc J. Holley, December 17, 2008, Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University, PEPG 08-15.

"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Will President Obama's School Reform Bring the Change Kids Need?" Maranto, Robert, Gary W. Ritter, and Sandra Stotsky, December 1, 2008, Independence Institute.

"Not So Bad," Greene, Jay P., July 24, 2008, Academic Questions.

"Building on the Basics: The Impact of High-Stakes Testing on Student Proficiency in Low- Stakes Subjects," Winters, Marcus A., Jay P. Greene and Julie Trivitt, July 8, 2008, Manhattan Institute.

"The Massachusetts Math Wars," Stotsky, Sandra, June 27, 2008, Prospects.

"Personal Histories," Stotsky, Sandra, June 20, 2008, Prospects.

"Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts after two years." Wolf, Patrick J, Babette Gutmann, Michael Puma, Brian Kisida, Lou Rizzo, Nada Eissa., June 1, 2008, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute for Education Sciences.

"School Voucher Programs: What the Research Says About Parental School Choice." Wolf, Patrick J., June 1, 2008, Brigham Young University Law Review.

"The effects of exemptions to Florida's test-based promotion policy: Who is retained? Who benefits academically?" Greene, Jay P., and Marcus A. Winters, May 16, 2008, Economics of Education Review.

"Licensure Tests for Special Education Teachers: How Well They Assess Knowledge of Reading Instruction and Mathematics." Stotsky, Sandra, November 7, 2008, Education Working Paper Archive.

"Proximity and Power." Greene, Jay P., and Jonathan Butcher, May 8, 2008, The American.

"Evaluating the Impact of Special Education Vouchers on Public Schools." Greene, Jay P., and Marcus A. Winters, April 28, 2008, Manhattan Institute Civic Report No. 52.

"Can Judges Improve Academic Achievement?" Greene, Jay P., and Julie R. Trivitt, April 1, 2008, Peabody Journal of Education, Vol. 83, Issue 2.

"Report of the Task Group on Conceptual Knowledge and Skills." Fennell, Francis, Francis "Skip" Fennell, Larry R. Faulkner, Liping Ma, Wilfried Schmid, Sandra Stotsky, Hung-Hsi Wu, and Tyrrell Flawn, March 13, 2008, National Math Advisory Panel.

"Report of the Task Group on Assessment." Benbow, Camilla P., Susan Embretson, Francis "Skip" Fennell, Bert Fristedt, Tom Loveless, Wilfried Schmid, Sandra Stotsky, Irma Arispe, and Ida Eblinger, March 13, 2008, National Math Advisory Panel.

"The Fiscal Impact of the MPCP in Milwaukee and Wisconsin, 1993-2008." Costrell, Robert M., April 7, 2008, , Education Working Paper Archive.

"The Comprehensive Longitudinal Evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: Summary of Baseline Reports." Wolf, Patrick J., February, 2008, SCDP Milwaukee Evaluation Report.

"The Fiscal Impact of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program in Milwaukee and Wisconsin." Costrell, Robert M., February 1, 2008, SCDP Milwaukee Evaluation Report.

"Year Two Evaluation of the Achievement Challenge Pilot Project in the Little Rock Public School District." Ritter, Gary, and Marc Holley, Nate Jensen, Brent Riffel, Marcus Winters, and Joshua Barnett, January 22, 2008, University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform.

"Adding Up to Failure." Greene, Jay P., and Catherine Shock, January 1, 2008, The City Journal.

"You Can't Choose if You Don't Know: The Failure to Properly Inform Parents About NCLB School Choice." Greene, Jay P., Jonathan Butcher, Laura Israel Jensen, and Catherine Shock, Winter, 2008, Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy.

"Year Two Evaluation of the Achievement Challenge Pilot Project in the Little Rock Public School District." Ritter, Gary W., Marc Holley, Nate Jensen, Brent Riffel, Marcus A. Winters, Joshua Barnett, and Jay P. Greene, January 22, 2008, University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform.

"What Do Cost Functions Tell Us About the Cost of an Adequate Education?" Costrell, Robert M., Eric Hanushek and Susanna Loeb, January 3, 2008, Education Working Paper Archive.

"Peaks, Cliffs, and Valleys." Costrell, Robert M. and Michael Podgursky, Winter, 2008, Education Next.

"Satisfied, Optimistic, Yet Concerned: Parent and Student Voices on the Third Year of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program." Wolf, Patrick J., Thomas Stewart, Stephen Q. Cornman, and Kenann McKenzie-Thompson, December 1, 2007, Report of the School Choice Demonstration Project, Georgetown University, SCDP 07-02.

"Fixing Special Education." Greene, Jay P., November, 2007, Peabody Journal of Education, Vol. 82, No. 4.

"Introduction to the Special Issue on the Single Best Idea for Improving K-12 Education." Greene, Jay P., November, 2007, Peabody Journal of Education. Vol. 82, No. 4.

"Academic Improvement Through Regular Assessment." Wolf, Patrick J., November, 2007, Peabody Journal of Education, Vol. 82, No. 4: 690-702.

"Teacher Licensure Tests: Their Relationship to Mathematics Teachers Academic Competence and Student Achievement in Mathematics." Stotsky, Sandra, September 5, 2007, Education Working Paper Archive.

"An Evaluation of the Effect of DC's Voucher Program on Public School Achievement and Racial Integration After One Year." Greene, Jay P. and Marcus A. Winters, , 2007, Catholic Education, Vol. 11, No. 1.

"The Odd Couple." Greene, Jay P., Fall, 2007, Education Next.

"Revisiting Grade Retention: An Evaluation of Florida's Test-Based Promotion Policy." Greene, Jay P. and Marcus A. Winters, , 2007, Education Finance and Policy, Vol. 2, No. 4: 319-340.

"Parent and Student Voices on the First Year of the Opportunity Scholarship Program." Stewart, Thomas, Patrick J. Wolf and Stephen Q. Cornman, May, 2007, Peabody Journal of Education 82:2-3.

"Second Year Evaluation of the Systemic Effects of the DC Voucher Program." Greene, Jay P. and Marcus A. Winters, July 19, 2007, The School Choice Demonstration Project.

"What's in a Name? The Decline in the Civic Mission of School Names." Greene, Jay P., Brian Kisida, and Jonathan Butcher, July, 2007, Manhattan Institute Civic Report No. 51.

"Fourscore and seven manatees ago." Greene, Jay P., Brian Kisida and Jonathan Butcher, July, 2007, City Journal, Vol. 17 No. 2.

"You Can't Choose if You Don't Know: The Failure to Properly Inform Parents about NCLB School Choice." Greene, Jay P., Jonathan Butcher, Laura Israel Jensen, and Catherine Shock, June 4, 2007, Education Working Paper Archive.

"Parent and Student Voices on the First Year of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program ." Wolf, Patrick J., et al., June 1, 2007, Peabody Journal of Education, Vol. 82, Issue 2 and 3.

"Golden Peaks and Perilous Cliffs: Rethinking Ohio's Teacher Pension System." Costrell, Robert M. and Michael J. Podgursky, June 1, 2007, Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

"Civics Exam: Schools of Choice Boost Civic Values." Wolf, Patrick J., Summer, 2007, Education Next 7:3 (66-72).

"Efficiency and Equity in the Time Pattern of Teacher Pension Benefits: An Analysis of Four State Systems." Costrell, Robert M. and Michael J. Podgursky, , 2007, The Urban Institute: Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), Working Paper #6.

"Civics Exam: Schools of Choice Boost Civic Values." Wolf, Patrick J., May, 2007, Report of the Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, PEPG/07-05.

"New Education Consumers: Parent and Student Voices on the Second Year of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program." Corman, Stephen Q., Thomas Stewart, and Patrick J. Wolf, May, 2007, Report of the School Choice Demonstration Project, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, SCDP 07-01.

"Out-in-Left-Field Trips." Greene, Jay P., Matthew Carr, and Marc Holley, Spring, 2007, City Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2.

"Debunking a special education myth." Greene, Jay P. and Marcus A. Winters, Spring, 2007, Education Next.

"How Much Are Public School Teachers Paid?" Greene, Jay P. and Marcus A. Winters, February, 2007, Manhattan Institute Civic Report No. 50.

"An Evaluation of Teacher Performance Pay in Arkansas." Winters, Marcus A., Gary W. Ritter, Joshua H. Barnett, and Jay P. Greene, January, 2007, Department of Education Reform.

"Evaluation of Year One of the Achievement Challenge Pilot Project in the Little Rock Public School District." Barnett, Joshua H., Gary W. Ritter, Marcus A. Winters, and Jay P. Greene, January 16, 2007, Department of Education Reform.

"The Winning Defense in Massachusetts." Costrell, Robert, January 1, 2007, refereed chapter in School Money Trials: The Legal Pursuit of Educational Adequacy.

"Do Funding Systems Create a Perverse Incentive to Place Students in Special Education? Yes." Greene, Jay P., December, 2006, In Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Special Education, 3rd edition, ed. Mary Ann Byrnes.

"Milton Friedman, Vouchers, and Civic Values." Greene, Jay P., , 2006, In Liberty and Learning: Milton Friedman's Voucher Idea at Fifty, ed. Robert C. Enlow and Lenore T. Ealy, Washington, DC: The Cato Institute.

"Getting Farther Ahead by Staying Behind: A Second-Year Evaluation of Florida's Policy to End Social Promotion." Greene, Jay P. and Marcus A. Winters, September 14, 2006, Education Working Paper Archive.

"Massachusetts' Hancock Case and the Adequacy Doctrine." Costrell, Robert M, August 15, 2006, Education Working Paper Archive (also published as Costrell, Robert M. 2007. "The Winning Defense in Massachusetts," in School Money Trials: The Legal Pursuit of Education Adequacy, eds. Martin R. West and Paul E. Peterson, pgs. 278-304. Washington, DC: Brookings Institute Press).

"Fixing Special Education." Greene, Jay P., , 2006, In Promoting the General Welfare: New Perspective on Government Performance, eds. Alan S. Gerber and Eric M. Patashnik. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press..

"The Impact of Vouchers on Student Performance." Howell, William G., Patrick J. Wolf, Paul E. Peterson, and David E. Campbell, , 2006, In Choice and Competition in American Education, ed. Paul E. Peterson. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, Inc..

"Education Myths." Greene, Jay P., July/August, 2006, The American Enterprise.

"Leaving Boys Behind: Public High School Graduation Rates." Greene, Jay P. and Marcus A. Winters, June 5, 2006, Education Working Paper Archive.

"Getting Ahead by Staying Behind: An Evaluation of Florida's Program to End Social Promotion." Greene, Jay P. and Marcus A. Winters, Spring, 2006, Education Next.

"Leaving Boys Behind: Public High School Graduation Rates." Greene, Jay P. and Marcus A. Winters, April, 2006, Manhattan Institute, Civic Report No. 48.

’s Voucher Program on Public School Achievement and Racial Integration After One Year." Greene, Jay P. and Marcus A. Winters, January, 2006, Manhattan Institute Education Working Paper 10.

"School Performance Index in Arkansas." Greene, Jay P., Joshua H. Barnett, Gary W. Ritter, and Marcus A. Winters, January, 2006, University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform Working Paper.

"A 'Comprehensive' Problem." Greene, Jay P., Winter, 2006, Education Next.

"The Effect of Residential School Choice on Public High School Graduation Rates." Greene, Jay P., , 2006, Peabody Journal of Education, Vol. 81, Issue 1.

"The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools (Revised Edition)." Howell, William G. and Paul E. Peterson, with Patrick J. Wolf and David E. Campbell, 2006, 2006, Washington, DC: Brookings.

"Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Second Year Report on Participation." Wolf, Patrick J., Babette Gutmann, Michael Puma, and Marsha Silverberg, April 1, 2006, U.S. Department of Education, Institute for Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office..

"Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After One Year." Wolf, Patrick J., Babette Gutmann, Michael Puma, Lou Rizzo, Nada O. Eissa, and Marsha Silverberg, June 1, 2007, U.S. Department of Education, Institute for Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office..

"Helping Kids, Saving Money: How to Reform New York's Special Education System." Greene, Jay P., Marcus A. Winters, and Greg Forster, August, 2005, Empire Center Report.

"Choosing Integration." Greene, Jay P., , 2005, In School Choice and Diversity: What the Evidence Says, ed. Janelle T. Scott, Teachers College Press.

"Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: First Year Report on Participation." Wolf, Patrick J., Babette Gutmann, Nada Eissa, Michael Puma, and Marsha Silverberg, April 1, 2005, U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.

"Buckets Into the Sea: Why Philanthropy Isn't Changing Schools, and How it Could." Greene, Jay P., , 2005, In With the Best of Intentions, ed. Frederick M. Hess. Harvard Education Press.

"Education Reform in Arkansas: Past and Present." Ritter, Gary W., , 2005, In Reforming Education in Arkansas, Recommendations from the Koret Task Force.

"Peaks, Cliffs and Valleys: The Peculiar Incentives in Teacher Retirement Systems and their Consequences for School Staffing." Costrell, Robert M., and Michael J. Podgursky, November 19, 2007, Education Working Paper Archive.

"Teacher Licensure Tests: Their Relationship to Mathematics Teachers' Academic Competence and Student Achievement in Mathematics." Sandra Stotsky, September 5, 2007, Education Working Paper Archive.

"School Governance and Information: Does Choice Lead to Better-Informed Parents?" Kisida, Brian, and Patrick J. Wolf, July 24, 2007, Education Working Paper Archive.

"Massachusetts' Hancock Case and the Adequacy Doctrine." Robert Costrell, August 15, 2006, Education Working Paper Archive.

"Who Chooses, Who Uses? Initial Evidence from the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program." Wolf, Patrick, Nada Eissa, and Babette Gutmann, July 7, 2006, Education Working Paper Archive.

"Apples to Apples: An Evaluation of Charter Schools Serving General Populations." Greene, Jay P., Greg Forster, and Marcus A. Winters, April 4, 2006, Education Working Paper Archive.