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Methodology

Conducting Classroom Observations in First Things First Schools

July, 2004

Relying on 427 classroom observations conducted over a three-year period, this study traces changes in teachers’ instructional practices in the First Things First schools.

Report

The Talent Development High School Model

Context, Components, and Initial Impacts on Ninth-Grade Students’ Engagement and Performance

June, 2004

An examination of the implementation and early impacts of Talent Development, a whole-school reform initiative, found that the model produced substantial gains in ninth-grade students’ course completion and promotion rates.

Testimony

Testimony of David Butler, Vice President, MDRC Before the Senate Committee on Finance

On Temporary Assistance for Needy Families And the Hard-to-Employ

April, 2004
Report

Career Academies: Impacts on Work and Educational Attainment

March, 2004

Career Academies produced substantial and sustained improvements in earnings of young men after high school, without limiting opportunities to attend college.

Using Rigorous Evidence to Improve Policy and Practice

High School Reform Conference Series

January, 2004

How can evidence-based research help improve low-performing high schools? This report summarizes the first in a series of conferences designed to bring together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to address that question.