Education & learning publications
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Taking Stock of the California Linked Learning District Initiative: Fourth-Year Evaluation Report Executive Summary
These results, as well as lessons learned based on a multi-year evaluation conducted by SRI International, are available in this new research report.
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Teaching and Assessing Foundational Data Literacy
Our paper describes two NSF-funded research and development projects, Thinking with Data and Foundational Tools in Data Literacy, which have studied how school cultures, course content, and instructional methods can…
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Evaluating the Impact of Professional Development to Meet Challenging Writing Standards in High-Need Elementary Schools
The adoption of the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts (CCSS-ELA) has brought a new prominence to writing instruction. Additionally, the CCSS-ELA increase the focus on argument and…
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Homeostasis, Complexity, and Educational Policy Informatics: Exploring Unanticipated Consequences and Unrealized Opportunities of Policy Decisions
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Evaluating the Impact of Professional Development to Meet Challenging Writing Standards in High-Need Elementary Schools: Executive Summary
SRI conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial to estimate the effects of the SEED professional development on teachers’ writing instruction and student argument writing, while documenting the implementation of the…
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Taking Stock of the California Linked Learning District Initiative: Technical Supplement to the Fourth-Year Evaluation Report
Technical supplement to SRI International’s fourth annual evaluation report on the California Linked Learning District Initiative. This document provides information and data supporting the analysis of student engagement and achievement…
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Opening the “black box”: Organizational differences between charter schools and traditional public schools
Using survey data collected from teachers in Texas, this study explores differences in school organization that contribute to the experiences of charter school and traditional public school teachers.
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Designing Geospatial Exploration Activities To Build Hydrology Understanding In Middle School Students
We designed activities that gave students map-based data relevant to the water cycle processes of evaporation, condensation, runoff, and infiltration.
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Research Brief: Early Implementation of the Massachusetts Educator Evaluation Framework
SRI International and its research partners Abt Associates, Nancy Brigham Associates, and J. Koppich and Associates are evaluating the implementation of the new Massachusetts Educator Evaluation Framework.
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Building evidence and building practice in Computer Science education
We recommend research in areas involving the early portion of the pathway to computer science as a profession: K-12 education. We propose the following as critical research topics to advance…
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Longitudinal Effects of ADHD in Children with Learning Disabilities or Emotional Disturbances
We estimated the longitudinal academic, social, and behavioral outcomes in children with LD or ED comorbid with or without ADHD in a nationally representative sample of students receiving special education.
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Does First Step to Success Have Long-term Impacts on Student Behavior? An Analysis of Efficacy Trial Data
The purposes of this study were to assess whether effects in student behavior and academics were maintained at follow-up and to examine the relationship of implementation fidelity to outcomes.