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  • Making Statistics More Meaningful for Policy Research and Program Evaluation

    Henry May

    Making Statistics More Meaningful for Policy Research and Program Evaluation This article focuses on the use of statistics in policy and evaluation research and the …

  • Using State Tests in Education Experiments: A Discussion of the Issues

    Henry May, Irma Perez-Johnson, Joshua Haimson, Samina Sattar, Phil Gleason

    Using State Tests in Education Experiments: A Discussion of the Issues This paper outlines the issues that researchers should consider when making decisions about whether …

  • Mixing methods in randomized controlled trials (RCTs): Validation, contextualization, triangulation, and control

    James P. Spillane, Amber Stitziel Pareja, Lisa Dorner, Carol Barnes, Henry May, Jason Huff, Eric Camburn

    Mixing Methods in Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTS): Validation, Contextualization, Triangulation, and Control This paper describes the mixed research approaches in a Randomized Control Trial of …

  • How Principals and Peers Influence Teaching and Learning

    Jonathan Supovitz, Philip Sirinides, Henry May

    How Principals and Peers Influence Teaching and Learning This paper examines the effects of principal leadership and peer teacher influence on teachers’ instructional practice and …

  • The Scope of Principal Efforts to Improve Instruction

    Henry May, Jonathan Supovitz

    The Scope of Principal Efforts to Improve Instruction In this study, the authors take a different approach by examining the scope of principal efforts to …

  • A Longitudinal Study of Principals’ Activities and Student Performance

    Henry May, Jason Huff, Ellen Goldring

    A Longitudinal Study of Principals’ Activities and Student Performance This article presents results from a 3-year longitudinal study of principal activities and student performance.

  • Year One Results from the Multi-Site Randomized Evaluation of the i3 Scale-Up of Reading Recovery

    Henry May, Abigail Gray, Philip Sirinides, Heather Goldsworthy, Michael Armijo, Cecile Sam, Jessica N. Gillespie, Namrata Tognatta

    Year One Results from the Multi-Site Randomized Evaluation of the 13 Scale-Up of Reading Recovery This article presents the year one results of the short-term, …

  • Reading Recovery: An Evaluation of the Four-Year i3 Scale-Up

    Henry May, Philip Sirinides, Abigail Gray, Heather Goldsworthy

    Reading Recovery: An Evaluation of the Four Year i3 Scale-Up This study included an in-depth analysis of the Reading Recovery literacy intervention program implementation, a …

  • Research Use in School District Central Office Decision Making: A Case Study

    Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple

    Research Use in School District Central Office Decision Making: A Case Study This case study of Hamilton School District and three central office decisions examines …