Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 159-184, March 2025.
Despite a growing body of research on the outcomes of holistic admissions and eliminating standardized test score requirements throughout education, few have documented how organizations transition to holistic review. Implementation, however, may help ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 135-158, March 2025.
We conduct an impact analysis on a unique technology certificate and apprenticeship program offered by LaunchCode. We merge administrative data containing entrance exam scores with survey data for individuals that were (a) not accepted, (b) accepted but ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 65-88, March 2025.
We evaluate the effects of grade retention on students’ academic, attendance, and disciplinary outcomes in Indiana. Using a regression discontinuity design, we show that third-grade retention increases achievement in English Language Arts (ELA) and math ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 3-28, March 2025.
This study examines whether the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE-IT grant program identifies and funds institutions that improve faculty gender equity. By using matching procedures and a two-way fixed-effect event study, we find that when ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 237-262, March 2025.
We estimate the effects of Race to the Top (RTTT) on teacher qualifications, work environments, and job attitudes. Drawing on the Schools and Staffing Survey and the National Teacher and Principal Survey, we create a nationally representative data set of ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 108-134, March 2025.
Few interventions reduce inequality in reading achievement, let alone higher-order thinking skills, among adolescents. We study policy debate—an extracurricular activity focused on improving middle and high schoolers’ critical thinking, argumentation, and ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 185-207, March 2025.
I examine whether the impact of the Great Recession on school district spending, the allocation of resources, and student achievement varied depending on the strength of state’s teachers’ unions. Employing a diff-in-diff-in-diff identification strategy, I ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 29-64, March 2025.
Aggregated data meta-analyses indicate a correlation between instructional leadership and student achievement. However, it is unclear to what extent this relationship can be generalized across cultural contexts, as most primary studies stem from ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 263-291, March 2025.
Professional development (PD) for teachers is a ubiquitous feature of the American educational landscape. Yet we know little about how districts navigate the variation in teacher learning needs when designing and implementing district-wide PD programs. In ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 89-107, March 2025.
Frames shape public opinion on policy issues, with implications for policy adoption and agenda-setting. What impact do common issue frames for racial equity in education have on voters’ support for racially equitable education policy? Across survey ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 208-236, March 2025.
Despite evidence that informational interventions can influence K–12 school choices, we know little about the mechanisms through which they work and the factors that produce heterogeneity in student responses. Through a school-level randomized controlled ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 292-305, March 2025.
Districts with expansive school choice must decide how to match students and schools. Increasingly, districts are centralizing applications on one-stop portals that feature information about schooling options, admission requirements, and a single ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Ahead of Print.
The number of English learners (ELs) enrolled in public schools has grown substantially in the United States over the past two decades. The growth is especially large in states in the South and Midwest that have not been traditional destinations for ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Ahead of Print.
This paper examines how relationships among government and “outside” organizations influenced policy implementation of new dropout prediction data systems. Using comparative historical and network analyses of three cities, I suggest the concept of ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Ahead of Print.
This paper examines the relationship between subject specialization in high school and university undergraduate degree program choices. Focusing on a reform in England that encouraged students to opt for studying mathematics in the last 2 years of high ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Ahead of Print.
We present the 2-year experimental mixed-methods findings of a two-generation English as a second language (ESL) program. This program combines a high-dosage, child-oriented curriculum for parents with Head Start for children in addition to family-based ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Ahead of Print.
Recent research has shown the ways in which immigration enforcement actions can affect educational outcomes for all students, regardless of their immigrant status. One consequence of particular concern is student absenteeism, a non-academic indicator used ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Ahead of Print.
Many school districts consider family preferences in allocating students to schools. In theory, this approach provides disadvantaged families greater access to high-quality schools by weakening the link between residential location and school assignment. ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Ahead of Print.
A growing body of scholarship foregrounds research–practice partnerships (RPPs) as venues for advancing equity in education. However, few studies focus on partnerships with state education agency leaders, despite their influential roles connecting policy ...

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Ahead of Print.
Many schools across the United States use the Early Warning System (EWS) to identify chronically absent students on time and intervene. The prediction power of the EWS is well examined but more evidence is needed about their effectiveness at reducing ...