Policy Notes Publications

These publications provide perspectives related to advancing equity and improving education policy. Click on one of the titles to read an abstract and to access the full publication PDF.

• Taxing the African-American Student: The Impact and Mitigation of Structural Stigma on Test Performance and School Success
  Vol. 27, No. 1 (Spring 2020)
• Focused on the Future: Innovation and Investment at HBCUs
  Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring 2019)
• Springboard for Success: How Social and Emotional Learning Helps Students in Getting to, Through and Beyond College
  Vol. 25, No. 2 (Fall 2018)
• Abbott Preschool at 20: Building on Success
  Vol. 25, No. 1 (Summer 2018)
• A Focus on Educational Assessment: Advancing African-American Educational Excellence
  Vol. 24, No. 2 (Spring 2018)
• Bringing Students Together: The Obstacles & Opportunities of School District Consolidation
  Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring 2017)
• Success Starts Young: Closing Achievement Gaps Where They Begin
  Vol. 23, No. 1 (Spring 2016)
• Students at the Margins and the Institutions That Serve Them: A Global Perspective
  A Special Policy Notes (Spring 2015)
• Advancing Success for Black Men in College
  Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring 2015)
• Black Male Teens: Moving to Success in the High School Years
  Vol. 21, No. 3 (Winter 2013)
• Taking Action: Navigating the Common Core State Standards and Assessments
  Vol. 21, No. 2 (Fall 2013)
• Optimizing Talent — Closing Educational and Social Mobility Gaps Worldwide: Higher Education and Lifelong Learning
  Vol. 21, No. 1 (Spring 2013)
• Middle School Matters: Improving the Life Course of Black Boys
  Vol. 20, No. 4 (Winter 2012)
• A Salzburg Global Seminar: "Optimizing Talent: Closing Education and Social Mobility Gaps Worldwide": Basic Education up to Age 18
  Vol. 20, No. 3 (Fall 2012)
• Advancing Equality: Removing Roadblocks to Achieving High Academic Success
  Vol. 20, No. 2 (Summer 2012)
• Positioning Young Black Boys for Educational Success
  Vol. 19, No. 3 (Fall 2011) 
• Optimizing Talent: Closing Educational and Social Mobility Gaps Worldwide
  Vol. 19, No. 2 (Spring 2011)
• The Family: America's Smallest School
  Vol. 19, No. 1 (Winter 2011) 
• A Look Inside the Fourth-Grade Reading Classroom
  Vol. 18, No. 3 (Fall 2010)
• Advancing Learning for Our Diverse Adult Population
  Vol. 18, No. 2 (Spring 2010)
• After the Bell Rings: Learning Outside of the Classroom and Its Relationship to Student Academic Achievement
  Vol. 18, No. 1 (Winter 2010)
• Preschool Education: New Jersey and the Nation
  Vol. 17, No. 2 (Summer 2009)
• Addressing Achievement Gaps: Educational Testing in America: State Assessments, Achievement Gaps, National Policy and Innovations
  Vol. 17, No. 1 (Winter 2009)
• School Finance and the Achievement Gap: Funding Programs That Work
  Vol. 16, No. 3 (Fall 2008)
• The Language Acquisition and Educational Achievement of English-Language Learners
  Vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer 2008)
• Adult Education in America
  Vol. 16, No. 1 (Winter 2008)
• Students With Learning Disabilities Transitioning From High School to College
  Vol. 15, No. 2 (Fall 2007)
• Improving Quality and Equity in Education: Inspiring a New Century of Excellence in Teaching and Assessment
  Vol. 15, No. 1 (Winter 2007)
• Latino Achievement in the Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  Vol. 14, No. 2 (Summer 2006)
• Addressing Achievement Gaps: Leading the Challenge of Developing High-Potential Youth
  Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring 2006)
• Addressing Achievement Gaps: The Progress and Challenges of Women and Girls in Education and Work
  Vol. 13, No. 2 (Fall 2005)
• Addressing Achievement Gaps: Progress and Prospects for Minority and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students and English-Language Learners
  Vol. 13, No. 1 (Winter 2005)
• Highlights from the ETS African American Education Seminar
  Vol. 12, No. 2 (Spring 2004)
• The Chronic Underrepresentation of African Americans in Medicine
  Vol. 12, No. 1 (Winter 2004)
• Reading and Literacy in America
  Vol. 11, No. 2 (Spring 2003)
• A Deeper Look at NAEP Science Results
  Vol. 11, No. 1 (Fall 2002)
• School Segregation: A Focus on Hispanic/Latino Children
  Vol. 10, No. 1 (Spring 2001)
• Learn More, Earn More?
  Vol. 9, No. 2 (Summer 1999)
• Opportunity Offered — Opportunity Taken: Course-Taking in American High Schools
  Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring 1999)
• Improving Latino Education
  Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter 1997)
• Employers and Student Achievement
  Vol. 7, No. 2 (Winter 1996)
• International Adult Literacy
  Vol. 7, No. 1 (Summer 1996)
• Teaching for Diversity: Increasing the Supply of Minority Teachers
  Vol. 6, No. 2 (Spring 1995)
• The Class of 2000
  Vol. 6, No. 1 (Fall 1994)
• Angles on Math Achievement
  Vol. 5, No. 3 (Summer 1993)
• Minorities in Graduate Education
  Vol. 5, No. 2 (Winter 1992)
• The Literacy of Job Seekers
  Vol. 5, No. 1 (Summer 1992)
• School Readiness
  Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 1992)
• Tracking
  Vol. 4, No. 1 (Fall 1991)
• Teaching
  Vol. 3, No. 2 (Spring 1991)
• Community Colleges and Transfer
  Vol. 3, No. 1 (Winter 1990)
• Testing
  Vol. 2, No. 3 (August 1990)
• Public School Choice
  Vol. 2, No. 2 (March 1990)
• The Gender Gap
  Vol. 2, No. 1 (October 1989)
• Science
  Vol. 1, No. 3 (June 1989)
• From High School to College
  Vol. 1, No. 2 (March 1989)
• Recent Developments in Educational Research
  Vol. 1, No. 1 (July 1988)