Research Portfolio Index

Accountability and Assessment

• Gender Gaps in Assessment Outcomes in Vermont and the United States
• Measuring How Benchmark Assessments Affect Student Achievement
• A Second Follow-up Year for Measuring How Benchmark Assessments Affect Student Achievement
• New Measures of English Language Proficiency and Their Relationship to Performance on Large-Scale Content Assessments
• How State Education Agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region Support Data-Driven Decision-Making Initiatives in Districts and School
• A Descriptive Analysis of State-Supported Formative Assessment Initiatives in New York and Vermont
• How Student and School Characteristics Are Associated with Performance on the Maine High School Assessment

Educational Equity and Special Populations

• A Description of Foundation Skills Interventions for Struggling Middle-Grade Readers in Four Urban Northeast and Islands Region School Districts
• Piloting a Searchable Database of Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Low-Income Urban School Districts in the Northeast and Islands Region
• Gender Gaps in Assessment Outcomes in Vermont and the United States
• Performance Patterns for Students with Disabilities in Grade 4 Mathematics Education in New York State
• Performance Patterns for Students with Disabilities in Grade 4 Mathematics Education in Massachusetts
• Math Education Practices for Students with Disabilities and Other Struggling Learners: Case Studies of Six Schools in Two Northeast and Islands Region States
• New Measures of English Language Proficiency and Their Relationship to Performance on Large-Scale Content Assessments
• Parent Involvement Strategies in Urban Middle and High Schools in the Northeast and Islands Region
• Analyzing Performance by Grade 10 Hispanic High School Students on the Massachusetts State Assessment
• Processes and Challenges in Identifying Learning Disabilities Among Students Who Are English Language Learners in Three New York State Districts
• Features of State Response to Intervention (RTI) Initiatives in Northeast and Islands Region States
• Achievement Gap Patterns of Grade 8 American Indian and Alaska Native Students in Reading and Mathematics
• What Characteristics of Bullying, Bullying Victims, and Schools are Associated with Increased Reporting of Bullying to School Officials?

Low-Performing Schools and School Improvement

• How Eight State Education Agencies (SEAs) in the Northeast and Islands Region Identify and Support Low-Performing Schools and Districts
• How State Education Agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region Support Data-Driven Decision-Making in Districts and Schools
• Features of State Response to Intervention (RTI) Initiatives in Northeast and Islands Region States

Teacher and Leader Effectiveness

• An Analysis of State Data on the Distribution of Teaching Assignments Filled by Highly Qualified Teachers in New York Schools
• Compendium of Strategies to Reduce Teacher Turnover in the Northeast and Islands Region
• Do States Have Certification Requirements for Preparing General Education Teachers to Teach Students with Disabilities? Experience in the Northeast and Islands Region

DATA SYSTEMS

• How State Education Agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region Support Data-Driven Decision-Making in Districts and Schools

Core Subject Areas

• A Description of Foundation Skills Interventions for Struggling Middle-Grade Readers in Four Urban Northeast and Islands Region School Districts
• Performance Patterns for Students with Disabilities in Grade 4 Mathematics Education in New York State
• Performance Patterns for Students with Disabilities in Grade 4 Mathematics Education in Massachusetts
• Math Education Practices for Students with Disabilities and Other Struggling Learners: Case Studies of Six Schools in Two Northeast and Islands Region States
• Five States’ Efforts to Improve Adolescent Literacy

Multiyear Studies

• Access to Algebra I: The Effects of Online Mathematics for Grade 8 Students
• Impact of the Thinking Reader™ Software Program on Grade 6 Literacy