The following studies address federal and state education policy and the effects education policy has on schools and school districts. Studies are listed with in the order they were published. 

Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Final Results from a Randomized Controlled Study, U.S. Department of Education, 6/2010

Student Characteristics and Achievement in 22 KIPP Middle Schools, Mathematica Policy Research, 6/2010

Building Teacher Quality in Baltimore Public Schools, The National Council on Teacher Quality, 6/2010

Title III Policy: State of the States, American Institutes for Research, 5/2010

Title III Policy: Behind the Numbers, American Institutes for Research, 5/2010

Title III Accountability and District Improvement Efforts: A Closer Look, American Institutes for Research, 5/2010

Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation, White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity, 5/2010

A Cliff Hanger: How America's Public Schools Continue to Feel the Impact of the Economic Downturn, American Association of School Administrators, 4/2010

2009 State Teacher Policy Yearbook, National Council on Teacher Quality, 1/2010

The High Cost of Low Educational Performance: The Long-Run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes, Programme for International Student Assessment, 1/2010

Benchmarking Trends in Education Philanthropy 2009, Grantmakers for Education, 1/2010

The Opportunity Equation: Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for Citizenship and the Global Economy, Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1/2010

Invisible: 1.4 Percent Coverage for Education is Note Enough, The Brookings Institution, 12/2009

Improving Low-Performing Schools: Lessons from Five Years of Studying School Restructuring Under No Child Left Behind, Center on Education Policy, 12/2009

An Early Look at the Economic Stimulus Package and the Public Schools: Perspectives from State Leaders, Center on Education Policy, 12/2009

Better Value, Fewer Taxpayer Dollars: The report of the Commission on Rebalancing Education Cost and Value, Ethan Allen Institute, 12/2009

The Nation's Path to Economic Growth: The Economic Benefits of Reducing the Dropout Rate, Alliance for Excellent Education, 11/2009

Governor's Educator Excellence Grant (GEEG) Program: Year Three Evaluation Report, The National Center on Performance Initiatives, 11/2009

One Year Later: How the Economic Downturn Continues to Impact School Districts, American Association of School Administrators, 10/2009

Teachers at Work: Improving Teacher Quality Through School Design, Education Sector, 10/2009

School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 10/2009

Educational Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Domestic Policy Council Executive Office of the President, 10/2009

Ending Social Promotion Without Leaving Children Behind: The Case of New York City, Rand Education, 10/2009

Estimates of the Costs and Benefits of Expanding the Early Childhood Education Program in Kentucky, University of Kentucky, 10/2009

Potential Consequences of the Maintenance of Effort Requirements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Inspector General, 9/2009

School Improvement by Design: Lessons from a Study of Comprehensive School Reform Programs, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 8/2009

How State Education Agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region Support Data-Driven Decision Making in Districts and Schools, IES Regional Educational Laboratory Program, 5/2009

Parent Involvement Strategies in Urban Middle and High Schools in the Northeast and Islands Region, IES Regional Educational Laboratory Program, 4/2009

How Eight States Education Agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region Identify and Support Low-Performing Schools and Districts, IES Regional Educational Laboratory Program, 3/2009

Piloting a Searchable Database of Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Low-Income Urban School Districts in the Northeast and Islands Region, IES Regional Educational Laboratory Program, 2/2009