SCOPE researchers in the news
Two recent articles discuss teacher prepartation and teacher reform. The articles, "Prepare teachers well, create the conditions for excellence," (Des Moines Register) and  "Reforming Teaching: Are We Missing the Boat?" (Education Week) can be seen on our news page.

New policy brief on teacher preparation report
Recent findings from a Mathematica study comparing the performance of teachers prepared via alternative and traditional routes have been interpreted to suggest that alternative routes prepare teachers as well as teacher education programs anywhere in the country. However, the study, which examined teachers from a set of hard-to-staff schools in a small number of states that allow such programs, found that alternative route teachers from low-coursework programs actually reduced student achievement, rather than improving it. Traditional route teachers in these schools did only slightly better. This SCOPE research brief reviews the study and shares research from a number of other studies that point to the types of teacher preparation that produce positive outcomes for student learning. Read policy brief.

Kerner Forum
Thank you to all who came to our inaugural forum: "Education and Opportunity: A Forum on the Kerner Commission Forty Year Report." Visit this page for powerpoints from presenters and other materials.

About Us
The Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) was founded in 2008 to address issues of educational opportunity, access, equity, and diversity in the United States and internationally. SCOPE engages faculty from across Stanford and from other universities to work on a shared agenda of research, policy analysis, educational practice, and dissemination of ideas to improve quality and equality of education from early childhood through college.

SCOPE is an affiliate of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) at Stanford. SCOPE's work is concentrated in three areas:

1) Research on the Opportunity Gap
2) Cross-national comparative analysis of educational opportunity
3) The development of policy and practice to expand educational opportunity