School and district reform
SRI Education partners with key stakeholders to create meaningful and sustainable changes in the education system.
Our work includes rigorous mixed-methods studies of the implementation and impacts of school district reform efforts; charter school replication and expansion; and federal programs designed to serve special populations of students.
Recent work
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Podcast: Leveraging technology to support students with disabilities
SRI’s Adrienne Woods discusses opportunities to reduce barriers and improve outcomes for children.
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Podcast: How students can help drive educational innovation
SRI’s Ela Joshi discusses how product developers, researchers, districts, and schools can leverage student voice.
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Designing Education Innovations for Real-World Contexts
Not all innovations are created the same. Even the most promising educational products and programs can fall short if they don’t address the needs – and the everyday realities –…
Recent reports and publications
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The Pathway to Academic Success Project Leads to Improved Student Writing
SRI study finds that the University of California, Irvine Writing Project’s Pathway to Academic Success project leads to improved students’ academic writing through professional development for secondary English language arts and…
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Deeper Learning and Diffusion of Scaled Impact Evaluation Report and Executive Summary
This report summarizes the findings from SRI’s retrospective evaluation of the Hewlett Foundation’s Deeper Learning + Diffusion of Innovation and Scaled Impact Initiative, an ambitious effort to learn how fundamental shifts…
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Creativity Challenge: Arts Education in San Francisco Bay Area Schools
Like the state as a whole, the vast majority of Bay Area schools are failing to meet state goals for arts education by not providing a sequential, standards-based course of study…
Our experts in school and district reform
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Caroline E. Parker
Senior Principal Researcher, SRI Education
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Ela Joshi
Senior Education Researcher, SRI Education
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Candice Benge
Education Researcher, SRI Education
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Haiwen Wang
Senior Principal Education Researcher and Evaluation Methods Lead
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Katrina Woodworth
Senior Principal Researcher, SRI Education
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Michelle W. Woodbridge
Exec. Director & Sr. Principal Researcher, Center for Learning & Development, SRI Education
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Kyra N. Caspary
Principal Senior Researcher, SRI Education
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Kerry Friedman
Senior Researcher, SRI Education
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Katrina Laguarda
Senior Researcher, SRI Education
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Julie C. Harris
Senior Researcher, SRI Education