This report examines three school organizational reforms – moving from middle schools to K-8 schools, delaying the start time of high school classes and increasing teacher specialization by grade and subject.

This report claims that California charter schools are narrowing the Black-White achievement gap and that charter schools are centers of innovation.

This report claims that the academic performance of high-achieving students is being undermined by a policy focus on lower-achieving students.

This report claims that so-called "middle-class schools" are disadvantaged compared with wealthier and poorer schools.

This report advocates for turning struggling public schools into charter schools.

The Bush presentation claims that six "reforms" caused gains in fourth-grade reading scores in Florida.

This report argues that schools can save money by increasing class sizes without seriously affecting student achievement.

This report summarizes the SCDP's own earlier research on the Milwaukee voucher program.

This report uses a survey of Ohio school superintendents to argue for an increase in district authority instead of increased school resources. The report suggests that academic achievement would improve if superintendents were freed from state mandates and union contracts.

This report argues that charters schools should be expanded rapidly and exponentially and uses the growth of molds, viruses and companies such as Starbucks as models for charter sector growth.

This report asserts that the Connecticut system for public school funding is broken and should be fixed by adopting a very simple weighted student funding formula where the money follows the student to whatever type of school he/she attends.

This report claims that students in nations where teachers are paid on "merit" score higher on an international achievement test.

This report evaluates the D.A.T.E. performance pay system for Texas teachers.

This report presents findings on the effectivenss of New Jersey's Abbott v. Burke court decisions. The report argues that the reforms ordered by the court have failed to increase student achievement despite what it terms dramatic spending increases. Based on this, the report argues for instituting such reforms as charters schools, changes to union contracts and vouchers.

This report summarizes evidence from five studies of student achievement in popular urban charter schools and two studies on charter school revenues and combines it with the authors' judgment and experience to make recommendations regarding the federal role in charter schools.

This study indicates that classroom effectiveness can be reliably estimated by gauging students' progress on standardized tests.

This report compares the performance of high-achieving math students domestically and internationally, using data from the 2005 NAEP and PISA.

The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) released a reply by Jeremy Kilpatrick as part of an exchange with Paul Peterson about Kilpatrick's damning review of U.S. Math Performance in Global Perspective: How Well Does Each State Do at Producing High-Achieving Students?, a report authored by Peterson, Eric Hanushek, and LudgerWoessman.

Read Kilpatrick's Response