My work on improving educational attainment emphasizes:
 

• The complexity of the educational process, the futility of simplistic solutions

• The potency and indispensability of systemic approaches

• The importance of evidence in identifying needs and improving performance

• The importance of shared educational objectives, combined with flexibility and creativity in achieving them

• The importance of accountability based not on fear, but on aspirations and self-discipline

• The importance of a practical, mutually respectful division of labor between educators and policy makers

 

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SHEEO Publications
 

Accountability for Better Results  https://sheeo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Accountability-for-Better-Results.pdf

More Student Success:  A Systemic Solution https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED502179.pdf

 

 

Evidence Based Policy and Practice
 

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 “Proof,” Policy, and Practice: Understanding the Role of Evidence in Improving Education. This book is a comprehensive discussion of the use of evidence for improving policy and practice in education. The above link to the publisher’s website will connect you to the table of contents, the introduction, and reviews of the book. The following three blogs flow from the book.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Evidence-Based Policy to Fix Education – Wishful Thinking and Reality
 

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What Really Works in Improving Education – Adaptive, evidence-based practice
 

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How to “Fix” Education: A New Partnership between Evidence-Based Policy and Practice

 

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These two blogs on the site of the Carnegie Foundation for the Improvement of Teaching briefly summarize the implications of “Proof,” Policy, and Practice for policy makers and practitioners.

Better Evidence and Better Research Yield Better Policy

A Partnership between Evidence-Based Policy and Practice-Based Evidence
 

Rebuilding Confidence in Educational Leaders through Evidence-Based Practice and Policy(Change Magazine, 2016)

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Accreditation and State Authorization

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Presentations to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), the Presidents’ Forum, and the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education

 

 

Let's Make Improvement the Centerpiece of Accreditation 

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Testimony to the U.S. Senate HELP Committee

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Accreditation and the States (CHEA, 2007)

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The Federalization of Higher Education? 2011

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The Preparation of Teachers and School Leaders

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Clear Educational Objectives

 

Time to Make Our Academic Standards Clear

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Common Core Standards

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