Publications
How High-Achieving Countries Develop Great Teachers
In this research brief, Linda Darling-Hammond and colleagues look at how high-achieving countries organize professional learning for teachers to draw a set of policy lessons for the United States.
Professional Development in the United States: Trends and Challenges
Linda Darling-Hammond et al. conduct a state-by-state analysis of progress on teacher professional development in the United States using data from the Schools and Staffing Survey.
How Does the World Assess Student Learning?
In this presentation, Carol Campbell reviews how other nations assess students and explores how U.S. assessment systems could become internationally comparable.
Cultural Flexibility Among Students in Different Racial and Ethnic School Contexts
An article by Prudence Carter on the impact of school desegregation on intergroup relations from Teachers College Record.
Restoring Our Schools
Linda Darling-Hammond discusses the need to move beyond a collection of disparate and shifting reform initiatives in the U.S. to a thoughtful, well-organized and well-supported set of policies.
Standards, Assessments, and Accountability
In this presentation, Lorrie Shepard addresses the history of standards-based reform and its theory of action; research on teaching-the-test effects; the importance of curricular coherence, and more.
Student Performance Assessment Series: Benchmarking Learning Systems: Student Performance Assessment in International Context
Linda Darling-Hammond and Laura Wentworth illustrate how other nations integrate curriculum, instruction, and assessment to improve teaching and learning.
Student Performance Assessment Series: Performance Assessment in an Era of Standards-Based Educational Accountability
This report by Brian Stecher offers a historical overview that provides alternative perspectives on student testing.
Student Performance Assessment Series: Beyond Basic Skills: The Role of Performance Assessment in Achieving 21st Century Standards of Learning
Linda Darling-Hammond and Frank Adamson examine experiences with large-scale performance assessment in the United States and abroad.
Student Performance Assessment Series: Performance Assessment: The State of the Art
Suzanne Lane discusses the use of assessments in other educational systems, their impact on student reasoning skills, and evidence that supports their use.
Student Performance Assessment Series: The Cost of New Higher Quality Assessments
Barry Topol et al. address the costs to states of high-quality assessment systems in comparison to the amount currently being spent, and analyze cost-reduction strategies.
Student Performance Assessment Series: Through a Looking Glass: Lessons Learned and Future Directions for Performance Assessment
Raymond Pecheone and Stuart Kahl describe efforts by states to use performance assessment in large-scale state accountability systems and highlight promising practices.
Student Performance Assessment Series: Performance Assessments for English Language Learners
Jamal Abedi discusses how performance assessments can be efficiently used to instruct English language learners.
Beyond Basic Skills: The Role of Performance Assessment in Achieving 21st Century Standards of Learning
Linda Darling-Hammond and Frank Adamson examine experiences with large-scale performance assessment in the United States and abroad.
Student Performance Assessment Series: A New Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Costs of Performance Assessment
Lawrence Picus et al. address the economic costs and benefits of student performance assessments.
Distributive Leadership in District Reform: A Model for Taking Linked Learning to Scale
This brief describes distributive leadership, shares an example of a California district using this practice to implement reform, surfaces potential challenges, and offers questions to consider.
Using Student Achievement Test Scores as Evidence of External Validity for Indicators of Teacher Quality
Mark Wilson et al. examine the effectiveness of two teacher assessment systems: Connecticut's BEST program and ETS' Praxis series.
A Quality Teacher in Every Classroom: An Evaluation System that Works for California
In this report, Sandra Dean and colleagues examine teacher evaluation practices in California and offer seven recommendations for improving the system.
The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future
Linda Darling-Hammond's new book develops a clear and coherent set of policies that can be used to create high-quality and equitable schools.
How Do California School Districts Get Ready for Multiple Pathways? A Synthesis of Planning Challenges
This brief SRN report focuses on a reform effort taking place in ten school districts in California that are planning a comprehensive system of multiple pathways in high schools.
