The reports listed below include evaluations conducted by the Center's Evaluation Division, as well as evaluations conducted by the Regional Educational Laboratory Program.

• Lessons from the First Statewide Family Engagement Centers: Alignment with Federal Priorities and Factors Influencing Implementation
• Identifying the Nation's Lowest Performing Schools: Shifts Following the Passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
• How a Federal Grant Program Is Training and Supporting Educators of English Learners
• Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools: Exploring Implementation Experiences
• Appropriate Identification of Children with Disabilities for IDEA Services: A Report from Recent National Estimates
• Did the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Grant Program Reach Its Goals? An Implementation Report
• Federal Efforts Towards Investing in Innovation through the i3 Fund: A Summary of Grantmaking and Evidence-Building
• Practical Strategies for Recruiting Districts and Schools for Education Impact Studies
• IDEA State and Local Implementation Study 2019: Compendium of Survey Results
• Investigating the Scope and Implementation of Return to Title IV Funds
• Conducting Implementation Research in Impact Studies of Education Interventions: A Guide for Researchers
• Possible Ways of Increasing College Access Among Adults from Underserved Backgrounds: A Study of College Transition Text-Based Messaging
• Evaluating the Federal Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority: Early Implementation and Progress of State Efforts to Develop New Statewide Academic Assessments
• Federal Support for Attracting, Training, and Retaining Educators: How Districts Receiving Teacher and School Leader Grants Use Their Funds
• Linking Adult Education to Workforce Development in 2018–19: Early Implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act at the Local Level
• The Effects of an Academic Language Program on Student Reading Outcomes
• Study of Training in Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Behavior: Impacts on Elementary School Students Outcomes
• Study of Teacher Coaching Based on Classroom Videos: Impacts on Student Achievement and Teachers' Practices
• The BASIE (BAyeSian Interpretation of Estimates) Framework for Interpreting Findings from Impact Evaluations: A Practical Guide for Education Researchers
• Sharing Study Data: A Guide for Education Researchers
• Enhancing the Generalizability of Impact Studies in Education
• How to Text Message Parents to Reduce Chronic Absence Using an Evidence-Based Approach
• Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound: Impacts on Where and How long Students Attend College
• State and District Strategies to Reduce Dropouts
• Time to lead: An illustrative look at how elementary school principals spend their workweek
• State and District Use of Title II, Part A Funds in 2019–20
• Adult Education Strategies: Identifying and Building Evidence of Effectiveness
• State and District Use of Title II, Part A Funds in 2018–19
• Study of College Transition Messaging in GEAR UP: Impacts on Enrolling and Staying in College
• Drawing across school boundaries: How federally-funded magnet schools recruit and admit students
• The Effects of Expanding Pell Grant Eligibility for Short Occupational Training Programs: Results from the Experimental Sites Initiative
• The Transition to ESSA: State and District Approaches to Implementing Title I and Title II-A in 2017–18
• Can Texting Parents Improve Attendance in Elementary School? A Test of an Adaptive Messaging Strategy
• Characteristics of Preschool Special Education Services and Educators
• How States and Districts Support Evidence Use in School Improvement
• The Effects of a Principal Professional Development Program Focused on Instructional Leadership
• National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Centers Program Final Report
• Evaluation of Support for Using Student Data to Inform Teachers' Instruction
• Teacher Preparation Experiences and Early Teaching Effectiveness
• Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Three Years
• Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (TQRIS) in Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) States
• Presenting School Choice Information to Parents: An Evidence-Based Guide
• Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound: Impacts on Steps Toward College
• The Investing in Innovation Fund: Summary of 67 Evaluations
• Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Two Years
• Promoting Educator Effectiveness: The Effects of Two Key Strategies
• Preparing for Life after High School: The Characteristics and Experiences of Youth in Special Education. Findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012. Volume 3: Comparisons Over Time
• National Evaluation of the State Deaf-Blind Projects
• Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Final Report on Implementation and Impacts of Pay-for-Performance Across Four Years
• The Impact of Providing Performance Feedback to Teachers and Principals: Final Report
• Progress and Challenges in Developing Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (TQRIS) in the Round 1 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) States
• An Exploration of Instructional Practices that Foster Language Development and Comprehension: Evidence from Prekindergarten through Grade 3 in Title I Schools
• Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After One Year
• Preparing for Life after High School: The Characteristics and Experiences of Youth in Special Education. Findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012. Volumes 1 and 2
• Descriptive analysis in education: A guide for researchers
• Implementation of Title I and Title II-A Program Initiatives: Results from 2013-14
• School Improvement Grants: Implementation and Effectiveness
• Upward Bound at 50: Reporting on Implementation Practices Today
• Early Implementation Findings From a Study of Teacher and Principal Performance Measurement and Feedback
• Do Low-Income Students Have Equal Access to Effective Teachers? Evidence from 26 Districts
• Race to the Top: Implementation and Relationship to Student Outcomes
• Can student test scores provide useful measures of school principals' performance?
• Focusing on Mathematical Knowledge: The Impact of Content-Intensive Teacher Professional Development
• Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Implementation and Impacts of Pay-for-Performance After Three Years
• Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Features of Schools in DC
• Case Studies of Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants: Final Report
• Evaluation of Response to Intervention Practices for Elementary School Reading
• Summary of Research Generated by Striving Readers on the Effectiveness of Interventions for Struggling Adolescent Readers
• State, District, and School Implementation of Reforms Promoted Under the Recovery Act: 2009–10 through 2011–12
• Usage of Policies and Practices Promoted by Race to the Top and School Improvement Grants
• Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Implementation and Impacts of Pay-for-Performance After Two Years
• Evaluation of the Regional Educational Laboratories: Final Report
• School Practices and Accountability for Students With Disabilities
• Teaching Residency Programs: A Multisite Look at a New Model to Prepare Teachers for High-Need Schools
• Are Low-Performing Schools Adopting Practices Promoted by School Improvement Grants?
• Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: An Early Look at Applicants and Participating Schools Under the SOAR Act
• Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Implementation and Early Impacts of Pay-for-Performance After One Year
• Case Studies of Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants: Findings After the First Year of Implementation
• State Implementation of Reforms Promoted Under the Recovery Act
• Evaluation of the Personnel Development Program to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities
• Access to Effective Teaching for Disadvantaged Students
• Transfer Incentives for High-Performing Teachers: Final Results from a Multisite Randomized Experiment
• The Inclusion of Students With Disabilities in School Accountability Systems: An Update
• National Evaluation of the IDEA Technical Assistance & Dissemination Program
• Evaluation of the Regional Educational Laboratories: Interim Report
• The Effectiveness of Secondary Math Teachers from Teach For America and the Teaching Fellows Programs
• Improving Post-High School Outcomes for Transition-Age Students with Disabilities: An Evidence Review
• School Improvement Grants: Analyses of State Applications and Eligible and Awarded Schools
• State and District Receipt of Recovery Act Funds: A Report from Charting the Progress of Education Reform—An Evaluation of the Recovery Act's Role
• The Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in School Accountability Systems
• Impacts of Title I Supplemental Educational Services on Student Achievement
• Moving Teachers: Implementation of Transfer Incentives in Seven Districts
• National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Technical Assistance Centers
• National Assessment of IDEA Overview
  IDEA National Assessment Implementation Study Executive Summary and Report
• Middle School Mathematics Professional Development Impact Study: Findings After the Second Year of Implementation
• Impacts of a Violence Prevention Program for Middle Schools: Findings After 3 Years of Implementation
• Baseline Analyses of SIG Applications and SIG-Eligible and SIG-Awarded Schools
• Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Impact on Elementary School Mathematics in the Central Region: Final Report
• Impact of the Thinking Reader Software Program on Grade 6 Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, Strategies, and Motivation
• The Impact of a Reading Intervention for Low-Literate Adult ESL Learners
• The Effectiveness of a Program to Accelerate Vocabulary Development in Kindergarten
• Achievement Effects of Four Early Elementary Math Curricula: Findings for First and Second Graders
• Study of Teacher Preparation in Early Reading Instruction
• The Enhanced Reading Opportunities Final Report: The Impact of Supplemental Literacy Courses for Struggling Ninth Graders
• Effects of Problem Based Economics on High School Economics Instruction
• National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Technical Assistance Centers: Interim Report
• The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing
• The Evaluation of Charter School Impacts: Final Report
• Accommodations for English Language Learner Students: The Effect of Linguistic Modification of Math Test Item Sets
• Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Final Results from a Randomized Controlled Study
• Evaluation of the Impact of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Final Report
• Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Findings from Two Student Cohorts
• Compendium of Student, Teacher, and Classroom Measures Used in NCEE Evaluations of Educational Interventions
• Impacts of a Violence Prevention Program for Middle Schools: Findings From the First Year of Implementation
• Middle School Mathematics Professional Development Impact Study: Findings After the First Year of Implementation
• Patterns in the Identification of and Outcomes for Children and Youth With Disabilities
• A Multisite Cluster Randomized Trial of the Effects of Compass Learning Odyssey Math on the Math Achievement of Selected Grade 4 Students in the Mid-Atlantic Region
• The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Final Report
• Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Results from the Second Year of a Randomized Controlled Study
• Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Impacts on a First Cohort of Fifth-Grade Students
• Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Three Years
• Impact Evaluation of the U. S. Department of Education's Student Mentoring Program
• Achievement Effects of Four Early Elementary School Math Curricula: Findings from First Graders in 39 Schools
• Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from Two Student Cohorts
• An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification
• Enhanced Reading Opportunities: Findings from the Second Year of Implementation
• Reading First Impact Study Final Report
• Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Results from the First Year of a Randomized Controlled Study
• A Study of Classroom Literacy Interventions and Outcomes in Even Start
• The Impact of Two Professional Development Interventions on Early Reading Instruction and Achievement
• Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Two Years
• The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Findings After the First Year of Implementation
• Reading First Impact Study: Interim Report
• The Enhanced Reading Opportunities Study: Early Impact and Implementation Findings
• National Assessment of Title I: Final Report
• Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After One Year
• National Evaluation of Early Reading First
• Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Second Year Report on Participation
• National Assessment of Title I: Interim Report to Congress
• Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: First Year Report on Participation
• Third National Even Start Evaluation: Follow-Up Findings From the Experimental Design Study
• When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program New Findings

The What Works Clearinghouse promotes informed education decision making though a database of interventions linked to WWC reviews of evidence, and a variety of user-friendly, high quality reports that include:

• Using Bayesian Meta-Analysis to Explore the Components of Early Literacy Interventions
• Practice Guides
• Quick Reviews
• Intervention and Topic Reports

REL reports include two ongoing web-based series—Issues & Answers and REL Technical Briefs. The overall intent for both series of reports is to provide educators and policymakers with credible scientifically based research on a regular basis. All Issues & Answers and REL Technical Briefs are required to undergo external peer review to ensure that these reports meet the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) standards for scientifically valid research before being published online.

• Regional Educational Laboratory researcher-practitioner partnerships: Documenting the research alliance experience
• The Regional Educational Laboratory Program (REL): Reports
• What does it mean when a study finds no effects?

NCEE promotes methodological advancement in the field of education evaluation through investigations involving analyses using existing data sets and explorations of applications of new technical methods, including cost-effectiveness of alternative evaluation strategies. The results of these methodological investigations are published as commissioned, peer reviewed papers, under the series title, Technical Methods Reports. The reports are designed for use by researchers, methodologists, and evaluation specialists.

• Technical Methods Report: Statistical Theory for the RCT-YES Software: Design-Based Causal Inference for RCTs
• Technical Methods Report: Understanding Variation in Treatment Effects in Education Impact Evaluations: An Overview of Quantitative Methods
• Technical Methods Report: Using an Experimental Evaluation of Charter Schools to Test Whether Nonexperimental Comparison Group Methods Can Replicate Experimental Impact Estimates
• Technical Methods Report: Replicating Experimental Impact Estimates Using a Regression Discontinuity Approach
• Technical Methods Report: Whether and How to Use State Tests to Measure Student Achievement in a Multi-State Randomized Experiment: An Empirical Assessment Based on Four Recent Evaluations
• Technical Methods Report: Estimating the Impacts of Educational Interventions Using State Tests or Study-Administered Tests
• Technical Methods Report: Variability in Pretest-Posttest Correlation Coefficients by Student Achievement Level
• Technical Methods Report: Precision Gains from Publically Available School Proficiency Measures Compared to Study-Collected Test Scores in Education Cluster-Randomized Trials
• Technical Methods Report: Error Rates in Measuring Teacher and School Performance Based on Student Test Score Gains
• Technical Methods Report: Survey of Outcomes Measurement in Research on Character Education Programs
• Technical Methods Report: Using State Tests in Education Experiments: A Discussion of the Issues
• Technical Methods Report: Do Typical RCTs of Education Interventions Have Sufficient Statistical Power for Linking Impacts on Teacher Practice and Student Achievement Outcomes?
• Technical Methods Report: What to Do When Data Are Missing in Group Randomized Controlled Trials
• Technical Methods Report: The Estimation of Average Treatment Effects for Clustered RCTs of Education Interventions
• Technical Methods Report: Estimation and Identification of the Complier Average Causal Effect Parameter in Education RCTs
• Technical Methods Report: The Late Pretest Problem in Randomized Control Trials of Education Interventions
• Technical Methods Report: Guidelines for Multiple Testing in Impact Evaluations
• Technical Methods Report: Statistical Power for Regression Discontinuity Designs in Education Evaluations

NCEE offers a variety of resources for education researchers, evaluation specialists, practitioners, policymakers and the general public.

• Implementation of Key Federal Education Policies in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic: State and District Actions During the 2020–21 School Year
• The Implementation of Title I and Title II-A Program Initiatives: Compendium of Survey Results From 2021–22
• Conducting Implementation Research in Impact Studies of Education Interventions: A Guide for Researchers
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Do Charter Middle Schools Improve Students' College Outcomes?
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Preparing for Life after High School: The Characteristics and Experiences of Youth in Special Education. A Summary of Key Findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Promoting Educator Effectiveness: The Effects of Two Key Strategies
• Asymdystopia: The threat of small biases in evaluations of education interventions that need to be powered to detect small impacts
• Multi-armed RCTs: A design-based framework
• Comparing Impact Findings from Design-Based and Model-Based Methods: An Empirical Investigation
• What is Design-Based Causal Inference for RCTs and Why Should I Use It?
• The Critical Importance of Costs for Education Decisions
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Does Content-Focused Teacher Professional Development Work? Findings from Three Institute of Education Sciences Studies
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Applying to the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: How Do Parents Rate Their Children's Current Schools at Time of Application and What Do They Want in New Schools?
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: New Findings on the Retention of Novice Teachers From Teaching Residency Programs
• A Guide to Using State Longitudinal Data for Applied Research
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: State Capacity to Support School Turnaround
• Building Teacher Capacity to Support English Language Learners in Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants
• Forming a Team to Ensure High-Quality Measurement in Education Studies
• Reporting What Readers Need to Know about Education Research Measures: A Guide
• Going public: Writing About Research in Everyday Language
• Making the Most of Opportunities to Learn What Works: A School District's Guide
• Recognizing and Conducting Opportunistic Experiments in Education: A Guide for Policymakers and Researchers
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: State Requirements for Teacher Evaluation Policies Promoted by Race to the Top
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: A Focused Look At Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants That Have High Percentages of English Language Learner Students
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: A Focused Look At Rural Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Do Disadvantaged Students Get Less Effective Teaching?
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Operational Authority, Support, and Monitoring of School Turnaround
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Instructional Practices and Student Math Achievement: Correlations from a Study of Math Curricula
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: After Two Years, Three Elementary Math Curricula Outperform a Fourth
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Addressing Teacher Shortages in Disadvantaged Schools: Lessons From Two Institute of Education Sciences Studies
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: What are Districts' Written Policies Regarding Student Substance-Related Incidents?
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Do Low-Income Students have Equal Access to the Highest-Performing Teachers?
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: The Effect of Supplemental Reading Comprehension Curricula on Grade 5 Students
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Relative Achievement Effects of Four Early Elementary School Math Curricula
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Impact of the Federal School-based Student Mentoring Program
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: The Effects of Teachers Trained through Different Routes to Certification
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Comprehensive Teacher Induction
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: After-School Math
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Reading First's Impact
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: After School Reading
• NCEE Evaluation Brief: Professional Development for Early Reading Teachers
• Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported By Rigorous Evidence: A User Friendly Guide
• Random Assignment in Program Evaluation and Intervention Research: Questions and Answers