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Curriculum and Instruction

School curriculum and instructional programs determines the content of what students learn and the methods that their educators use to teach, ranging from general educational requirements to specific programs for special education, English learners, and other specific types of students. CEPA researchers examine the effectiveness of instructional techniques in promoting student learning, how curriculum requirements impacts students and teachers, and the policy implications of these outcomes.

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Ethnic studies increases longer-run academic engagement and attainment

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Emily K. Penner

2021

Online education platforms scale college STEM instruction with equivalent learning outcomes at lower cost

Igor Chirikov

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Tatiana Semenova

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Natalia Maloshonok

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René F. Kizilcec

2020

Did a "Traumatic" Test Question Create Racial Bias?

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Benjamin W. Domingue

2019

Download 08/2019

The effects of incentives to exercise on student performance in college

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Michael Lechner

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Andreas Steinmayr

2018

Exposure to Academic Fields and College Major Choice

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Jeffrey Grogger

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Andreas Steinmayr

2018

How a data-driven course planning tool affects college students' GPA: Evidence from two field experiments

Sorathan Chaturapruek

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Ramesh Johari

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René F. Kizilcec

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Mitchell L. Stevens

2018

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The Causal Effects of Cultural Relevance: Evidence from an Ethnic Studies Curriculum

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2017

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Does Shadow Education Help Students Prepare for College? Evidence from Russia

Prashant Loyalka

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Andrey Zakharov

2016

When inputs are outputs: The case of graduate student instructors

Eric P. Bettinger

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Bridget Terry Long

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Eric S. Taylor

2016

Effectiveness of four instructional programs designed to serve English language learners: Variation by ethnicity and initial English proficiency

Rachel A. Valentino

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Sean F. Reardon

2015

More than Content: The Persistent Cross-Subject Effects of English Language Arts Teachers' Instruction

Benjamin Master

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James Wyckoff

2015

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The Promise of Bilingual and Dual Immersion Education

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Rachel Valentino

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Sean F. Reardon

2015

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Persistence Patterns in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

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2015

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Early Childhood Memory and Attention as Predictors of Academic Growth Trajectories

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Rachel A. Valentino

2014

Spending More of the School Day in Math Class: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity in Middle School

2014

Reclassification Patterns among Latino English Learner Students in Bilingual, Dual Immersion, and English Immersion Classrooms

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Sean F. Reardon

2014

Implementing the Foundations of Learning Project: Considerations for Preschool Intervention Research

Chrishana M. Lloyda

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Pamela A. Morrisba

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Ximena A. Portilla

2014

Which Teaching Practices Improve Student Performance on High-Stakes Exams? Evidence from Russia

Andrey Zakharov

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Martin Carnoy

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Prashant Loyalka

2014

Measure for measure: The relationship between measures of instructional practice in middle school English language arts and teachers' value-added

Pamela Grossman

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Julia Cohen

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James Wyckoff

2013

Setting Aside the Course Reader: The Legal, Economic, and Pedagogical Reasons

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John Willinsky

2013

The effects of NCLB on school resources and practices

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Brian A. Jacob

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Nathaniel Schwartz

2013

The Common Core Meets State Policy: This Changes Almost Everything

Michael W. Kirst

2013

Math Matters: Children’s Mathematical Journeys Start Early

Alan Schoenfeld

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2012

Math matters: Even for little kids

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Alan Schoenfeld

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Deanna Gomby

2012

Rational ignorance in education: A field experiment in student plagiarism

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Brian A. Jacob

2012

The Non-cognitive Returns to Class Size

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Martin R. West

2011

Learning-related behaviors and literacy achievement in elementary school-aged children

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Stephen Newton

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Amita Chudgar

2010

Identifying effective classroom practices using student achievement data

Thomas J. Kane

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John H. Tyler

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Amy L. Wooten

2010

Using student performance data to identify effective classroom practices

John H. Tyler

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Thomas J. Kane

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Amy L. Wooten

2010

Addressing the needs of under-prepared students in Higher Education: Does college remediation work?

Eric P. Bettinger

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Bridget Long

2009

Institutional responses to reduce inequalities in college outcomes: Remedial and developmental courses in Higher Education

Eric P. Bettinger

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Bridget Long

2007

How much is too much? The effects of duration and intensity of child care experiences on children’s social and cognitive development

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Margaret Bridges

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Daphna Bassok

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Bruce Fuller

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Russ Rumberger

2007

Relationships matter

2006

No child left behind comes to preschool

2006

Accountability comes to preschool: Can we make it work for young children?

2006

Remediation at the Community College: Student participation and outcomes

Eric P. Bettinger

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Bridget Long

2005

Teaching practices in kindergarten and first grade: Different strokes for different folks

2004

The early childhood classroom observation measure

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Patricia Byler

2004

When teachers’ and parents’ values differ: Teachers’ ratings of academic competence in children from low-income families

Penny Hauser-Cram

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Selcuk Sirin

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2003

Good instruction is motivating

2002

Motivation to learn: From theory to practice (4th edition)

2002

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