Presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference, Washington, DC.

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...

The growing use of math and reading scores to measure school and student performance, spurred by the No Child Left Behind Act, has heightened an old debate about which competencies public schools should encourage students to develop. A new issue brief looks at how students’ competencies in...

Examines challenges facing low-income parents, employers, and service providers in three high-poverty areas: Camden City, Cumberland County, and Newark. Finds that many low-income parents do not make use of tax credits, child care subsidies, and job placement services for which they are...

Ideally, nonexperimental methods that aim to replicate the results of rigorous randomized experiments focus on the intent to treat (ITT) experimental impact estimate, the most causally rigorous measure. This working paper develops a new replication approach that facilitates testing...

Examines New Jersey’s efforts to identify and provide services to TANF clients with health and behavioral problems. Estimates the prevalence of specific problems, the extent to which line staff identify clients with these problems, and the fraction of clients referred to relevant services....

Integrating academic learning into career and technical education (CTE) classes can be challenging for educators and curriculum developers but can be aided by securing detailed feedback from CTE teachers. Drawing on a recent study, this issue brief identifies challenges developers faced in...

A new longitudinal national study of the practices and effectiveness of charter-school management organizations (CMOs) reveals a wide range of organizational models and educational strategies, with achievement effects that are more often positive than negative but vary substantially among CMOs....