K–12 Education | MDRC

We study approaches that promote academic success, support social and emotional well-being, and respond to the differing challenges students face—all with the goal of improving the pathway from elementary through secondary school in preparation for postsecondary education and employment.

Methodological Publication

Sample Design for an Evaluation of the Reading First Program

Report

Reading First Impact Study

Interim Report

Report

Project Transition

Testing an Intervention to Help High School Freshmen Succeed

Report

Professional Development for Teachers

What Two Rigorous Studies Tell Us

Brief

Preparing High School Students for Successful Transitions to Postsecondary Education and Employment

Methodological Publication

Performance Trajectories and Performance Gaps as Achievement Effect-Size Benchmarks for Educational Interventions

Working Paper

Out of Their Hands

Patching Together Care for Children When Parents Move from Welfare to Work

Report

New York City’s Changing High School Landscape

High Schools and Their Characteristics, 2002-2008

Methodological Publication

New Empirical Evidence for the Design of Group Randomized Trials in Education

Issue Focus

National High School Center Publishes Briefs for Practitioners by MDRC Experts

Working Paper

My Children Come First

Welfare-Reliant Women's Post-TANF Views of Work-Family Trade-offs and Marriage

Report

Multiple Choices After School

Findings from the Extended-Service Schools Initiative

Report

Two-Year Findings from the Middle School Mathematics Professional Development Impact Study

Report

First-Year Findings from the Middle School Mathematics Professional Development Impact Study

Report

Meeting Five Critical Challenges of High School Reform

Lessons from Research on Three Reform Models