We conducted a midstream assessment of the $46 million investment in comparative effectiveness research (CER) training programs funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The 43 ARRA-supported CER training programs enhanced workforce capacity by developing curricula and...

This article uses data from Ohio, a state that allows a wide range of organizations to authorize charter schools, to examine the relationship between type of authorizer and charter-school effectiveness.

This paper uses individual student-level data from Ohio–which permits a wide range of organizations to authorize charter schools—to examine the relationship between type of authorizer and charter-school effectiveness, as measured by students’ achievement trajectories.