education program areas
Teaching quality
SRI Education studies what makes teaching effective and how policies can ensure students have equitable access to high-quality teaching.
We have led more than a dozen rigorous, large-scale, randomized controlled trials of teacher coaching and professional development programs. Our work focuses on teacher preparation, educator professional development and human capital management systems.
Recent work
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Evaluation of the Pathway to Academic Success Project
SRI studied the effectiveness of a promising program focused on secondary students’ academic English skills.
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Podcast: Re-imagining instructional quality and coaching
SRI’s Krystal Thomas discusses efforts to create supportive, equitable, and effective tools for educators.
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Evaluation of the National Center for Teacher Residencies’ Centering Equity Project
SRI is evaluating how the National Center for Teacher Residencies’ Centering Equity project is developing and scaling teacher residencies through a Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant.
Our experts in teaching quality
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Ela Joshi
Senior Education Researcher, SRI Education
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Mary M. Klute
Principal Education Researcher, SRI Education
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Candice Benge
Education Researcher, SRI Education
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Sara Rutherford-Quach
Principal Education Researcher, SRI Education
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Lauren J. Cassidy
Senior Education Researcher, SRI Education
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Haiwen Wang
Senior Principal Education Researcher and Evaluation Methods Lead
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Katrina Woodworth
Director, Center for Education Research and Innovation, SRI Education
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Michelle W. Woodbridge
Exec. Director & Sr. Principal Researcher, Center for Learning & Development, SRI Education
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Erika Gaylor
Principal Senior Researcher and Early Childhood Program Leader, SRI Education
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Rebecca A. Schmidt
Senior Education Researcher, Data Services, SRI Education
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Katrina Laguarda
Senior Researcher, SRI Education
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Maddie Cincebeaux
Research Associate, SRI Education
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Hannah Kelly
Education Research, SRI Education
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Louise Yarnall
Senior Research Social Scientist, SRI Education
Recent reports and publications
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UC Irvine Writing Project’s Pathway to Academic Success Program: An Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Expansion Grant Evaluation
SRI researchers measured student outcomes on the Analytic Writing Continuum for Literary Analysis (AWC-LA). Despite disruptions to program implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the study found positive effects on student writing quality, conventions, and productivity.
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What the California Arts and Music in Schools Act Means for the Arts Teacher Workforce
SRI estimate of the number of new arts teachers required to fulfill the promise of California’s Arts and Music in Schools Act by region and county.
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Building strong teacher residency programs: In support of sustaining a diverse, community-based teacher workforce
In this paper, we explore the characteristics of teacher residency partnerships, examining several examples between one IHE, the Alder Graduate School of Education (Alder), and LEAs in California.