This paper summarizes federal legislation passed in response to unemployment after the Great Recession, as well as related research. The paper focuses on the durations of congressionally legislated emergency unemployment benefits that, in conjunction with other unemployment benefits, could total...

This paper summarizes federal legislation passed in response to unemployment after the Great Recession, as well as related research. The paper focuses on the durations of congressionally legislated emergency unemployment benefits that, in conjunction with other unemployment benefits, could total...

Helping students formulate career goals and prepare for successful careers continues to be an important educational objective pursued by many high schools. This report examines the challenges faced by a recent cohort of high school students as they sought to define and achieve their goals, the...

Some educators are concerned that students with test scores at the bottom or top of the test score distribution will negatively affect the value-added estimates of teachers of those students.

Examines work-based learning activities in high school, noting that a diverse mix of students—including both high- and low-achievers—participates in some work-based activity. However, females are more likely to do so than males. Also notes that internships arranged through school...

This article addresses likely error rates for measuring teacher and school performance in the upper elementary grades using value-added models applied to student test score gain data. Using formulas based on ordinary least squares and empirical Bayes estimators, error rates for comparing a...