Education & learning publications
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Teacher Demand for Digital Courseware: A Report on the Teacher Wallets Program (Executive Summary)
The Teacher Wallets pilot program allowed teachers to make their own budget and purchasing decisions about instructional technologies.
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Investigating Why Teachers Reported Continued Use and Sharing of an Educational Innovation After the Research Has Ended
This investigation is part of the Scaling-Up SimCalc experimental program, which combines dynamic representational algebra software with integrated curriculum and small professional development workshops focused on how to use the…
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Wayne School of Engineering: Case Study of a Rural Inclusive STEM-Focused High School
We present a descriptive, instrumental case study of an inclusive rural science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school that has successfully dealt with challenges and offers an innovative and productive learning…
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A Review of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Postsecondary Success Portfolio: Lessons from Five Years of Funding Digital Courseware (Full Report)
SRI analyzed the features of 137 different courses from 12 major postsecondary courseware-related projects and performed a quantitative meta-analysis of student outcomes to estimate the impact of digital courseware on…
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Toward a Grand Vision: Early Implementation of California’s Local Control Funding Formula
Education officials from school districts and county offices of education across the state are enthusiastic about California’s new Local Control Funding Formula.
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Evaluation of the Human Resources Pilot: Final Report
SRI Education conducted longitudinal case studies of the three pilot districts, examining changes in policy and practices under key levers and factors shaping variation in implementation, including leadership, labor management…
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Disability Identification and Self-Efficacy among College Students on the Autism Spectrum
This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2 to examine the prevalence and correlates of disability identification and self-efficacy among college students on the autism spectrum.
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A Content Comparison Analysis of the Next Generation Science Standards and the Michigan Science Standards
The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and Wayne Regional Education Service Agency contracted with SRI International’s Center for Technology in Learning to conduct an external, independent content comparison review of…
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A Review of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Postsecondary Success Portfolio: Lessons from Five Years of Funding Digital Courseware (Executive Summary)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Postsecondary Success initiative seeks to understand what is required for technology applications to produce positive student impacts at scale.
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Navigating the Future of Afterschool Science: Afterschool Science Networks Study Recommendations
SRI’s Afterschool Science Networks (ASN) study provides new insights and empirical findings regarding the offering of science learning opportunities at scale.
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PreK– 3 Family Engagement and Literacy
The McKnight Foundation’s Education and Learning (E&L) Program is promoting family engagement as part of a literacy initiative that spans from prekindergarten through third grade (PreK–3).
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PreK– 3 Teacher Instructional Practices
A key component of the McKnight Foundation’s Education and Learning (E&L) Program is supporting PreK–3 teachers to improve their literacy instruction in order to develop proficient readers.