Featured Presentations

The Political Landscape and Governance of the Common Core

In his 2013 CPRE Retreat presentation, Patrick McGuinn (Drew University) describes the political landscape of the Common Core, including opposition from anti-testing advocates, proponents of states' rights, and myriad groups concerned about financial burden, lack of capacity, and accountability implications.  As the Common Core is becoming a symbol of Big Government, McGuinn notes that future governance questions surrounding the standards remain unresolved.


Leading & Managing Instruction in Education Organizations and Systems: A Distributed Perspective

CPRE's James P. Spillane delivered the keynote address at the international conference of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) this month in Barcelona. The OECD provides a forum for governments to work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems.

Featured Publications
Report | A Research Agenda for the Common Core Standards

The Center on Education Policy (CEP) convened two meetings in 2013 to focus on the need for a more relevant and coordinated research agenda on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The theory of action behind the proposal was that the research agenda for the CCSS and aligned assessments should be informed not only by the interest areas of leading researchers, but also by the needs of policymakers and practitioners. These meetings were meant to begin a dialogue among key stakeholders about how to work together to support a robust and timely research agenda for the CCSS that informs both policy and practice.  Read A Research Agenda for the Common Core State Standards

 

Meeting attendees included several CPRE researchers: Cynthia Coburn, David Cohen, Michael Kirst, Jim Spillane, Jonathan Supovitz, and Priscilla Wohlstetter.


The National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE) has released a new yearbook examining design-based implementation research.  The yearbook features Situated Research Design and Methodological Choices in Formative Program Evaluation by Jonathan Supovitz, as well as 
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Common Core Research Conference
CPRE's Jonathan Supovitz (Penn) and James Spillane (Northwestern) have been awarded an AERA Education Research Conference grant with which to host a two-part conference entitled "Policy and Politics of the Common Core".  The first conference session will be held in Philadelphia this February and will bring together experts from diverse fields to develop research surrounding the Common Core State Standards.  The following conference in November will give these experts the opportunity to present findings from the resulting research.  Follow CPRE Insights for future updates.
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