Identity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human
behavior, revealing how our identities—and not just economic incentives—influence our …

This new edition of the popular textbook digs into the research behind different aspects of
teaching in order to give students an informed understanding of what underpins high quality …

The issue of “scale” is a key challenge for school reform, yet it remains undertheorized in the
literature. Definitions of scale have traditionally restricted its scope, focusing on the …

Handbook of Reading Research, Volume IV Page 1 24 Reading Policy in the Era of
Accountability Cynthia E. Coburn, P. David Pearson, and Sarah Woulfin University of California …

This book brings together the current thinking and research of two major investigators in the
field of educational effectiveness. After defining educational effectiveness, the authors …

This meta-analysis reviews research on the achievement effects of comprehensive school
reform (CSR) and summarizes the specific effects of 29 widely implemented models. There …

In an effort to improve student achievement, thousands of US schools have adopted school
reform models devised externally by universities and other organizations. Such models have …

The authors conducted a quasi-experimental investigation of effects on achievement by
grade-level teams focused on improving learning. For 2 years (Phase 1), principals-only …

This paper features a case study of one US K-8 school district pioneering the use of “lesson
study,” a teacher professional development approach adapted from Japan. The case …

This book explores an approach to school improvement that merges the traditions of
educational effectiveness research and school improvement efforts. It displays how the …