Books: Books, Chapters, Reviews
Books: Books, Chapters, Reviews
College Admission Testing in AmericaIn Stead, V. (Ed.), International Perspectives in Higher Education Admission Policy: A reader, New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Forthcoming.
The widening academic achievement gap between the rich and the poor: New evidence and possible explanationsIn R. Murnane & G. Duncan (Eds.), Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality and the Uncertain Life Chances of Low-Income Children, New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2011.
The effects of socioeconomic school integration plans on racial school desegregationIn E. Frankenberg, E. DeBray‐Pelot & G. Orfield (Eds.), Legal and Policy Options for Racially Integrated Education in the South and the Nation, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, Forthcoming.
The challenges of measuring school quality: Implications for educational equityIn D. Allen, & R. Reich (Eds), Education, Justice, and Democracy, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, pp. 22-55. Forthcoming.
Stereotype threat in the real worldIn Schmader, T. & Inzlicht, M. (Eds.), Stereotype threat: Theory, Process, and Application, Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 2011.
The effect of school neighborhoods on teacher retention decisionsIn G. Duncan & R. Murnane (Eds.), Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances, New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press, pp. 377-396. 2011.
Classroom practices and children’s motivation to learnIn E. Zigler, S., W. S. Gilliam, & S. Barnett (Eds.), The pre-K debates: Current controversies & issues, Baltimore, Maryland: Paul H. Brookes Publishing, pp. 98-103. 2011.
Recruiting, evaluating and retaining teachers: The children first strategy to improve New York City's teachersIn J. O'Day, C. Bitter, & L. Gomez (Eds.), Education Reform in New York City: Ambitious Change in the Nation's Most Complex School System, Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, pp. 157-177 . 2011.
Measuring the quality of early childhood math and science curricula and teachingIn M Zaslow, I. Martinez-Beck, K. Tout & T. Halle (Eds.), Quality Measurement in Early Childhood Settings, Baltimore Maryland: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., pp. 77-103. 2011.
School accountabilityIn E. A. Hanushek, S. Machin, & L. Woessmann (Eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Education, Vol. 3, San Diego, CA: North Holland, pp. 383-423. 2011.
Education reformsIn P. Levine & D. Zimmerman (Eds.), Targeting Investments in Children: Fighting Poverty When Resources are Limited. National Bureau of Economic Research, pp. 145-180. 2010.
To be or not to be: Major choices in budding scientistsIn C. Clotfelter (Ed.), American Universities in a Global Market, University of Chicago Press, pp. 69-98. 2010.
Education and civic engagementIn B. McGaw, P. Peterson & E. Baker (Eds.), Economics of Education, edited by D.J. Brewer and P.J. McEwan. International Encyclopedia of Education, 8-Volume Set, 3rd Edition, Elsevier, 2010.
Economic approaches to teacher recruitment and retentionIn B. McGaw, P. Peterson & E. Baker (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education, 8-Volume Set, 3rd Edition, Elsevier, pp. 473-480. 2010.
Instrumental variablesIn B. McGaw, P. Peterson & E. Baker (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education, 8-Volume Set, 3rd Edition, Elsevier, Elsevier Press, pp. 223-228. 2010.
Motivation to learnIn H. Weiss, H. Kreider, M. Lopez & C. Chatman-Nelson (Eds.), Preparing educators to engage families (2nd edition), Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, pp. 2-7. 2010.
Teacher quality and teacher labor marketsIn G. Sykes, B. Schneider & D. N. Plank (Eds.), Handbook of Education Policy Research, pp. 596-612. 2009.
The Political Dynamics of American Education - Fourth Edition. Michael W. Kirst, Frederick M. Wirt. McCutchan Publishing Corporation, 393 pages. 2009.
Suburbanització, fragmentació de districtes escolars i segregació escolarIn Miquel Àngel Alegre, Xavier Rambla, and Òscar Valiente (Eds.), L'Elecció de Centre Escolar a Catalunya. Elements per a un Debat, Barcelona, Spain: Fundació Jaume Bofill, 2009.
Toward a deeper understanding of the educational elephant: Concluding thoughtsIn J. Bransford, D. Stipek, N. Vye, L. Gomez & D. Lam (Eds.), The role of research in educational improvement, Cambridge MA: Harvard Education Press, pp. 209-227. 2009.
The role of research in educational improvement. John D. Bransford, Deborah Stipek, Nancy J. Vye, Louis M. Gomez, Diana Lam. Cambridge MA: Harvard Education Press, 2009.
Equity, excellence, elephants, and evidenceIn J Bransford, D. Stipek, N. Vye, L. Gomez & D. Lam (Eds.), The role of research in educational improvement, Cambridge MA: Harvard Education Press, pp. 1-17. 2009.
Teacher labor markets and teacher labor market researchIn G. Duncan & J. Spillane (Eds.), Teacher Quality: Broadening and Deepening the Debate, Northwestern University, 2008.
Assessing the effectiveness of teachers from different pathways: Issues and resultsIn P. Grossman & S. Loeb (Eds.), Alternative Routes to Teaching: Mapping the New Landscape of Teacher Education, Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, pp. 157-186. 2008.
Who goes into early-entry programs?In P. Grossman & S. Loeb (Eds.), Alternative Routes to Teaching: Mapping the New Landscape of teacher education, Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, pp. 31-64. 2008.
Alternative Routes to Teaching: Mapping the New Landscape of teacher education. Pamela Grossman, Susanna Loeb. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 256 pages. 2008.
Assessing accomplished teaching: Advanced-level certification programsIn M. D. Hakel, J. A. Koenig & S. W. Elliott (Eds.), The National Academies Press, 2008.
Assessing the college contribution to civic engagementIn M.S. McPherson & M.O. Schapiro (Eds.), Succeeding in College: What It Means and How to Make it Happen, College Board, New York, 2008.
Patterns and trends in racial/ethnic and socioeconomic academic achievement gapsIn H. A. Ladd & E. B. Fiske (Eds.), Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy, Lawrence Erlbaum, 2007.
Do High School Exit Exams Influence Educational Attainment or Labor Market Performance?In A. Gamoran (Ed), Standards-Based Reform and Children in Poverty: Lessons for "No Child Left Behind", Brookings Institution Press, 2007.
Early childhood and the achievement gapIn H.F. Ladd & E.B. Fiske (Eds.), Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy, Routledge Press, pp. 517-534. 2007.
Institutional responses to reduce inequalities in college outcomes: Remedial and developmental courses in Higher EducationIn S. Dickert-Conlin & R. Rubenstein (Eds.), Economic Inequality in Higher Education: Access, Persistence, and Success, New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2007.
Excellence in the classroom. Susanna Loeb, Cecilia Rouse, Anthony Shorris. The Future of Children, 17(1), 2007.
Getting beyond the rhetoric: Surveying the evidence of Vouchers and Tax CreditsIn H. Ladd & E. Fiske (Eds.), Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy, New York, NY: RoutledgeFalmer, pp. 447-466. 2007.
Race, SES and achievement gapsSection Editor In H.F. Ladd & E.B. Fiske (Eds.), Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy, Routledge Press, pp. 499-518. 2007.
An economic approach to education policy implementationIn M. Honig (Ed.), Defining the Field of Education Policy Implementation, State University of New York Press, 2006.
A conceptual framework for measuring segregation and its association with population outcomesIn J. Michael Oakes & Jay S. Kaufman (Eds.), Methods in Social Epidemiology, pp. 169‐192. 2006.
Evaluating educational interventions in developing countriesIn J. E. Cohen, D. E. Bloom & M. B. Malin (Eds.), Educating All Children: A Global Agenda, MIT Press, pp. 355-386. 2006.
The increasing use of Adjunct Instructors at public institutions: Are we hurting students?In R.Ehrenberg (Ed.), Assessing Public Higher Education at the Start of the 21st Century, 2006.
The effects of educational vouchers on student over-confidenceIn G. Harrison (Ed.), Field Experiments in Economics, Elsevier Press, 2005.
Children as unwitting agents in their developmental pathwaysIn Cooper, C., Garcia Coll, C., Bartko, W., Davis, H., & Chatman, C. (Eds.), Developmental Pathways through Middle Childhood: Rethinking Context and Diversity as Resources, Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, pp. 99-120. 2005.
Patterns of multiracial private school segregationIn J. Scott (Ed.), School Choice and Student Diversity: What the Evidence Says, New York, NY: Teachers College Press , 2005.
Integrating neighborhoods, segregating schools: The retreat from school desegregation in the South, 1990-2000In J. Boger & G. Orfield (Eds.), School Resegregation: Must the South Turn Back?, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2005.
Buying Ohioans loyalty? How state financial aid affects brain drainIn S. Shane (Ed.), Creating Enterprise: University-Government Partnerships to Promote Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005.
Is the finish line in sight? Financial Aid's impact on retention and graduationIn C. M. Hoxby (Ed.), College Choices: The Economics of Where to Go, When to Go, and How to Pay For It, Chicago University Press and NBER, 2004.
Does external accountability affect student outcomes? A cross-state analysisIn R. Elmore & S. Fuhrman (Eds.), Redesigning Accountability Systems, New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 2004.
The preparation and recruitment of teachers: A labor-market frameworkIn F. M. Hess, A. J. Rotherham & K. Walsh (Eds.), Procedings of the American Enterprise Institute Conference, A Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom: Appraising Old Answers and New Ideas, Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, pp. 149-172. 2004.
School finance reform in Michigan: Evaluating Proposal AIn J. Yinger & W. Duncombe (Eds.), Helping Children Left Behind: State Aid and the Pursuit of Educational Equity, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 215-250. 2004.
From high school to college: Improving opportunities for success in postsecondary education. Michael W. Kirst, Andrea Venezia. Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, pp. 448. 2004.
Comment on "Peer Effects in Higher Education" by G. Winston and D. ZimmermannIn C. Hoxby (Ed), College Decisions: How Students Make Them and How They Could, University of Chicago Press, pp. 421-423. 2004.
Engaging schools: Fostering high school students’ motivation to learn. Deborah Stipek. Washington DC: National Academies Press, 2004.
Comments on, "Public school finance and urban school policy: General versus partial equilibrium analysis"In W. G. Gale & J. R. Pack (Eds.), Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, pp. 176-180. 2003.
The impact of accountability policies in Texas high schoolsIn M. Carnoy, R. Elmore & L. S. Siskin (Eds.), The New Accountability: High Schools and High-Stakes Testing, New York, NY: RoutledgeFalmer, pp. 142-167. 2003.
K-12 education in MichiganIn C. Ballard, P. N. Courant, D. C. Drake, R. Fischer & E. R. Gerber (Eds.), Michigan at the Millennium: A Benchmark and Analysis of its Fiscal and Economic Structure, 2003.
Understanding teacher labor markets: Implications for educational equityIn D. Monk & M. Plecki (Eds.), School Finance and Teacher Quality: Exploring the Connections, AEFA 2003 Yearbook, 2003.
The 'First Wave' of AccountabilityIn P. Petersen & M. West (Eds), No Child Left Behind? The Politics and Practice of Accountability, Brookings Institution Press, 2003.
Private school racial enrollments and segregationIn R. D. Kahlenberg (Ed.), Public School Choice vs. Private School Vouchers, New York: Century Foundation Press, 2003.
Where does new money go? Evidence from litigation and a lotteryIn W. Fowler (Ed), Developments in School Finance, 1999-2000, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, 2002.
Good instruction is motivatingIn A. Wigfield & J. Eccles (Eds.), Development of achievement motivation, San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 309-332. 2002.
Motivating students by teaching for understandingIn J. Sowder & B. Schappelle (Eds.), Lessons learned from research, Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, pp. 17-22. 2002.
Motivation to learn: From theory to practice (4th edition). Deborah Stipek. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 272 pages. 2002.
Local revenue options for K-12 educationIn J. Sonstelie & P. Richardson (Eds.), School Finance and California's Master Plan for Education, pp. 125-154. 2001.
Teacher quality: Its enhancement and potential for improving pupil achievementIn D. H. Monk, H. J. Walberg & M. C. Wang (Eds.), Improving Educational Productivity, Greenich, CT: Information Age Publishing Inc, pp. 99-114. 2001.
Classroom context effects on young children’s motivationIn F. Salili, C. Chiu, & Y. Hong (Eds.), Student motivation: The culture and context of learning, pp. 273-292. 2001.
The property tax and education finance: CommentaryIn W. E. Oates (Ed.), Property Taxation and Local Government Finance: Essays in Honor of C. Lowell Harriss, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy: Cambridge MA, pp. 236-241. 2001.
Motivated minds: Raising children who love learning. Deborah Stipek, Kathy Seal. New York: Henry Holt, 2001.
How teachers' choices affect what a dollar can buy: Wages and quality in K-12 schoolingThe Teacher Workforce: Symposium Proceedings from the Education Finance Research Consortium, 2001.
Achievement motivation in early childhood: Cause for concern or celebration?In S. Golbeck (Ed.), Psychological perspectives on early childhood education: Reframing dilemmas in research and practice, Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Associates, pp. 64-91. 2001.
What have we learned?In A. Bohart & D. Stipek (Eds.), Constructive and destructive behavior: Implications for family, school, and society, Washington DC: American Psychological Association, pp. 367-397. 2001.
Constructive and destructive behavior: Implications for family, school, and society. Arthur Bohart, Deborah Stipek. Washington DC: American Psychological Association, 2001.
Pathways to constructive behavior: Importance of academic achievement in the early elementary gradesIn A. Bohart & D. Stipek (Eds.), Constructive and destructive behavior: Implications for family, school, and society, Washington DC: American Psychological Association, pp. 291-315. 2001.
Teens and traffic safetyIn J.Gruber (Ed), An Economic Analysis of Risky Behavior Among Youths, University of Chicago Press, 2001.
The logic and meaning of declining perceptions of academic competenceIn F. Weinert & W. Schneider (Eds), Individual development from 3 to 12: Findings from a longitudinal study, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 222-226. 1999.
Motivation to learn: From theory to practice (3rd edition). Deborah Stipek. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1998.
Success in school--for a Head Start in lifeIn S. Luthar, J. Burack, D. Cicchetti, & J. Weisz (Eds.), Developmental psychopathology: Perspectives on risk and disorder, New York: Cambridge University Press., pp. 75-92. 1997.
Coding geographic areas across census years: Creating consistent definitions of metropolitan areasNBER Working Paper No. 6772, 1997.
Motivation and instructionIn D. Berliner & R. Calfee (Eds.), Handbook of educational psychology, Macmillan: New York, pp. 85-113. 1996.
Access to excellence through new forms of student assessmentIn D.P. Wolf & J.B. Baron (Eds.), Performance‐based student assessment: Challenges and possibilities. Ninety‐fifth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part I, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Race, poverty, and inequalityIn S. M. Liss & W. L. Taylor (Eds.), New Opportunities: Civil Rights at a Crossroads, Washington: Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights, 1994.
Is child-centered early childhood education really better?In S. Reifel (Ed.), Advances in early education and day care, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 5, pp. 29-32. 1993.
Motivation to learn: From theory to practice (2nd edition). Deborah Stipek. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 292 pages. 1993.
The child at schoolIn M. Bornstein & M. Lamb (Eds.), Developmental psychology: An advanced textbook (3rd edition), Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1992.
Characterizing early childhood education programsIn L. Rescorla, M. Hyson, & K. Hirsh-Pasek (Eds.), Academic instruction in early childhood: Challenge or pressure? New Directions for Child Development, 53, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991.
Motivation to learn: From theory to practice. Deborah Stipek. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 160 pages. 1988.
Research on early childhood and elementary school programsIn M. Wittrock (Ed.), Handbook of research on teaching - 3rd ed, American Educational Research Association, pp. 727-753. 1986.
Children's motivation to learnIn T. Tomlinson & H. Walberg (Eds.), Academic work and educational excellence, Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, pp. 197-221. 1986.
The development of achievement motivationIn R. Ames & C. Ames (Eds.), Research on motivation in education (Vol. I): Student motivation, New York: Academic Press, pp. 145-174. 1984.
Young children's performance expectations: Logical analysis or wishful thinking?In J. Nicholls (Ed.), Advances in motivation and achievement (Vol. 3): The development of achievement motivation, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, pp. 33-56. 1984.
Individual differences in the classroom: A psychological perspectiveIn G. Fenstermacher & J. Goodlad (Eds.), N.S.S.E. Yearbook: Individual differences and the common curriculum, Chicago: National Society for the Study of Education, pp. 9-43. 1984.
Project head start: A critique of theory and practiceIn E. Zigler & J. Valentine (Eds.), Project Head Start: A legacy of the war on poverty, New York: Free Press, 1979.
Head start: The first decadeIn E. Zigler & J. Valentine (Eds.), Project Head Start: A legacy of the war on poverty, New York: Free Press, 1979.




