Handbook of education policy research

Introduction / Gary Sykes, Barbara Schneider and Timothy G. Ford

Sect. I. Social Science Disciplines and Education Policy Research / Edited by Barbara Schneider and David N. Plank

1. Historians and Educational Policy Research in the United States / Maris A. Vinovskis

2. Policy Research in Education: The Economic View / Martin Carnoy

3. Economic Value of Education and Cognitive Skills / Eric A. Hanushek

4. Political Science Perspective on Education Policy Analysis / Lorraine M. McDonnell

5. Perspectives from the Disciplines: Sociological Contributions to Education Policy Research and Debates / Douglas Lee Lauen and Karolyn Tyson

6. Current Approaches to Research in Anthropology and Education / Maressa L. Dixon, Kathryn M. Borman and Bridget A. Cotner

7. Making Education Research More Policy-Analytic / David L. Weimer

8. Commentary: Disciplined Education Policy Research / Michael J. Feuer

9. Commentary: The Disciplinary Foundations of Education Policy Research / Adam Gamoran

Sect. II. Conducting Policy Research: Methodological Perspectives / Edited by Barbara Schneider and David N. Plank

10. Separate Orbits: The Distinctive Worlds of Educational Research and Policymaking / Martin Orland

11. Use of Randomized Trials to Inform Education Policy / Geoffrey D. Borman

12. Causal Inference in Non-Experimental Educational Policy Research / David Kaplan

13. Research Synthesis and Education Policy / Therese D. Pigott

14. Complementary Methods for Policy Research / Laura M. Desimone

15. Assessment Policy: Making Sense of the Babel / Joan L. Herman and Eva L. Baker

16. Scale-Up as a Framework for Intervention, Program, and Policy Evaluation Research / Sarah-Kathryn McDonald

17. Commentary: Conducting Policy Research: Methodological Perspectives / Spyros Konstantopoulos

18. Commentary: An Applied Perspective on Research, Method, and Policy / Christopher B. Swanson

Sect. III. Politics and the Policy Process / Edited by Jane Clark Lindle

19. Education and Domination: Reforming Policy and Practice through Critical Theory / Carlos Alberto Torres and Richard Van Heertum

20. Race, Ethnicity, and Education / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson

21. Race(ing), Class(ing), and Gender(ing) Our Work: Critical Race Theory, Critical Race Feminism, Epistemology, and New Directions in Educational Policy Research / David O. Stovall

22. Rhetoric and Symbolic Action in the Policy Process / Lisa Rosen

23. Role of Law in Educational Policy Formation, Implementation, and Research / Julie F. Mead

24. Teacher Collective Bargaining: What We Know and What We Need to Know / Julia E. Koppich and Mary Alice Callahan

25. Voice of the People in Education Policy / Rebecca Jacobsen

26. Assessment Policy and Politics of Information / Jane Clark Lindle

27. What Works in Defining "What Works" in Educational Improvement: Lessons from Education Policy Implementation Research, Directions for Future Research / Meredith I. Honig

28. Conceptualizing Policy Implementation: Large-Scale Reform in an Era of Complexity / Amanda Datnow and Vicki Park

29. Public Choice and the Political Economy of American Education / Martin West

30. Research in the Policy Process / Marshall S. Smith and Matthew L. Smith

31. Commentary: Politics and the Policy Process / Jane Hannaway

32. Commentary: Getting "Critically Real'" About the State of Education Politics and Policy Process Research / V. Darleen Opfer

Sect. IV. Policy Implications of Educational Resources, Management, and Organization / Edited by Linda Skrla

33. Notes on Reframing the Role of Organizations in Policy Implementation: Resources for Practice, in Practice / James P. Spillane, Louis M. Gomez and Leigh Mesler

34. What Do We Know About Reducing Class and School Size? / June Ahn and Dominic J. Brewer

35. Conceptions, Measurement, and Application of Educational Adequacy and Equal Educational Opportunity / Bruce D. Baker and Preston C. Green, III

36. Whether and How Money Matters in K-12 Education / Margaret L. Plecki and Tino A. Castaneda

37. School Reconstitution and School Improvement: Theory and Evidence / Betty Malen and Jennifer King Rice

38. Charter School Policy Issues and Research Questions / Sandra Vergari

39. Vouchers / John F. Witte

40. Market for Knowledge? / Frederick M. Hess

41. Market Reforms in Education / Clive R. Belfield and Henry M. Levin

42. Commentary: A Call to Studied Action: Lessons from Research on Policies Designed to Improve the Organization and Management of Schooling / Steve Cantrell

43. Commentary: Improvement or Reinvention: Two Policy Approaches to School Reform / Rodney T. Ogawa

Sect. V. Teaching and Learning Policy / Edited by Gary Sykes

44. Opportunity to Learn / William H. Schmidt and Adam Maier

45. Reading and Math Wars / Alan H. Schoenfeld and P. David Pearson

46. Language Policy in Education / Patricia Gandara and M. Cecilia Gomez

47. Teacher Quality and Teacher Labor Markets / Tara Beteille and Susanna Loeb

48. Teacher Preparation and Teacher Learning: A Changing Policy Landscape / Linda Darling-Hammond, Ruth Chung Wei and Christy Marie Johnson

49. School Improvement by Design: Lessons from a Study of Comprehensive School Reform Programs / Brian P. Rowan, Richard J. Correnti, Robert J. Miller and Eric M. Camburn

50. Measurement and Improvement of Teacher-Child Interactions: Implications for Policy and Accountability Frameworks of Standardized Observation / Robert C. Pianta and Bridget K. Hamre

51. Closing Achievement Gaps / George Farkas

52. New Technology / Yong Zhao and Jing Lei

53. Education and the Shrinking State / David N. Plank and Venessa Keesler

54. Commentary: Research on Teaching and Learning / Barbara R. Foorman

55. Commentary: Informing Teaching and Learning Policy / Robert E. Floden

Sect. VI. Actors and Institutions in the Policy Process / Edited by Carolyn Herrington

56. International and Transnational Policy Actors in Education: A Review of the Research / Karen Mundy and Mona Ghali

57. New Approaches to Understanding Federal Involvement in Education / Lora Cohen-Vogel and Michael K. McLendon

58. Expansion of State Policy Research / Kathryn A. McDermott

59. District Role in Instructional Improvement / Gary Sykes, Jennifer O'Day and Timothy G. Ford

60. Pushing on the Paradigm: Research on Teachers' Organizations as Policy Actors / Nina Bascia

61. Local Democracy in Education / Michael Mintrom

62. Politics of (Im)Prudent State-Level Homeschooling Policies / Catherine A. Lugg and Andrea K. Rorrer

63. Student Voice and Student Roles in Education Policy and Policy Reform / Dana L. Mitra

64. Looking Forward: Toward a New Role in Promoting Educational Equity for Students with Disabilities from Low-Income Backgrounds / Thomas Hehir

65. Commentary: Research on Actors and Institutions Involved in Education Policy: Themes, Tensions, and Topics to Explore / Martha McCarthy

66. Commentary: Nested Actors and Institutions: The Need for Better Theory, Data, and Methods to Inform Education Policy / Mark Berends

Sect. VII. Educational Access and Differentiation / Edited by Barbara Schneider

67. Policy and Place - Learning from Decentralized Reforms / Bruce Fuller

68. Early Childhood Education / Lawrence J. Schweinhart and Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

69. Social Stratification and Educational Opportunity / Nathan D. Jones and Barbara Schneider

70. Shadow Education Systems / Chong-Jae Lee, Hyun-Jeong Park and Heesook Lee

71. K-16 Transitions and Higher Education Access / Frankie Keels Williams

72. Permeability and Transparency in the High School-College Transition / Jennifer L. Stephan and James E. Rosenbaum

73. Governmental Policy and the Organization of Postsecondary Education / James C. Hearn and T. Austin Lacy

74. Invisible Hand of World Education Culture: Thoughts for Policy Makers / David P. Baker

75. Commentary: Access and Differentiation / C. Kent McGuire

76. Commentary: Access and Differentiation: Structuring Equality and Inequality in Education Policy / Jeannie Oakes.