Department of Education Reform

faculty:

jay p. greene
department head,
endowed chair
in education reform

robert m. costrell
endowed chair
in accountability

reed greenwood
professor

robert maranto
endowed chair
in leadership

gary w. ritter
endowed chair
in education policy

sandra stotsky
endowed chair
in teacher quality

patrick j. wolf
endowed chair
in school choice

Research

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Joshua H. Barnett	Robert M. Costrell
Jay P. Greene	Gary W. Ritter
Sandra Stotsky	Patrick J. Wolf

Joshua H. Barnett

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

Robert M. Costrell

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

"Massachusetts' Hancock Case and the Adequacy Doctrine." 2006. Costrell, Robert M. 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), August 15.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jay P. Greene

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gary W. Ritter

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

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

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

Sandra Stotsky

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

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

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

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

Patrick J. Wolf

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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