Handbook on Education Policy Research

Edited by David N. Plank, Gary Sykes, Barbara Schneider

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• ISBN: 978-0-415-98992-3
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2nd April 2009 (Available for Pre-order)
• Pages: 1304

About the Book

Education is no longer just about what happens in classrooms and schools, but increasingly is about the rules and regulations that drive our education system – from governance and finance to curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment. Virtually all aspects of the education enterprise (at all levels) are now the objects of policy research. Defining the boundaries of this fast growing and wide ranging field is the objective of this comprehensive, AERA sponsored Handbook.

Table of Contents

Part I: Social Science Disciplines and Education Policy Research 1. Historians and Education Policy Research in the United States 2. Policy Research in Education: The Economic View 3. The Economic Value of Education and Cognitive Skills 4. Political Science Perspective on Education Policy Analysis 5. Sociological Contributions to Education Policy Research and Debates 6. Current Approaches to Research in Anthropology and Education 7. Making Education Research More Policy-Analytic 8. Commentary: Disciplined Education Policy Research 9. Commentary: The Disciplinary Foundations of Education Policy Research Part II: Conducting Policy Research: Methodological Pespectives 10. Separate Orbits: The Distinctive Worlds of Educational Research and Policymaking 11. The Use of Randomized Trials to Inform Education Policy 12. Causal Inference in Non-Experimental Educational Policy Research 13. Research Synthesis and Education Policy 14. Complementary Methods for Policy Research 15. Assessment Policy: Making Sense of the Babel 16. Scale Up as a Framework for Intervention, Program, and Policy Evaluation Research 17. Commentary: Conducting Policy Research: Methodological Perspectives 18. Commentary: An Applied Perspective on Research, Method, and Policy Part III: Politics and the Policy Process 19. Education and Domination: Reforming Policy and Practice through Critical Theory 20. Race, Ethnicity, and Education 21. Race(ing), Class(ing), and Gender(ing) Our Work: Critical Race Theory, Critical Race Feminism, Epistemology and New Directions in Educational Policy Research 22. Rhetoric and Symbolic Action in the Policy Process 23. The Role of Law in Education Policy Formation, Implementation, and Research 24. Teacher Collective Bargaining: What We Know and What We Need to Know 25. The Voice of the People in Education Policy 26. Assessment Policy and Politics of Information 27. What Works in Defining "What Works" in Educational Improvement: Lessons from Education Policy Implementation Research, Directions for Future Research 28. Conceptualizing Policy Implementation: Large-Scale Reform in an Era of Complexity 29. Public Choice and the Political Economy of American Education 30. R & D/ Research in the Policy Process31. Commentary One 32. Commentary Two Part IV: Policy Implications of Educational Resources, Management, and Organisation 33. Notes on Reframing the Role of the Organizations in Policy Implementation: Resources for Practice, in Practice 34. What Do We Know About Reducing Class and School Size? 35. Conceptions, Measurement and Application of Educational Adequacy and Equal Educational Opportunity 36. Whether and How Money Matters in K-12 Education 37. School Reconstruction and School Improvement: Theory and Evidence 38. Charter School Policy Issues and Research Questions 39. Vouchers 40. A Market for Knowledge? 41. Market Reforms in Education 42. Commentary: A Call to Studied Action: Lessons from Research on Policies Designed to Improve the Organization and Management of Schooling43. Commentary: Improvement or Reinvention: Two Policy Approaches to School Reform Part V: Teaching and Learning Policy 44. Opportunity to Learn 45. The Reading and Math Wars 46. Language Policy in Education 47. Teacher Quality and Teacher Labor Markets 48. Policy and Research on Teacher Preparation and Teacher Learning: A Changing Landscape 49. School Improvement by Design: Lessons from a Study of Comprehensive School Reform Programs 50. Conceptualization, Measurement, and Improvement of Classroom Processes: Implications for Policy and Accountability Frameworks 51. Closing Achievement Gaps 52. New Technology 53. Education and the Shrinking State 54. Commentary: Research on Teaching and Learning 55. Commentary: Informing Teaching and Learning Policy Part VI: Actors and Institutions in the Policy Process 56. International and Transnational Policy Actors in Education: A Review of the Research 57. New Approaches to Understanding Federal Involvement in Education 58. The Expansion of State Policy Research 59. The District Role in Instructional Improvement 60. Pushing on the Paradigm: Research on Teachers’ Organizations as Policy Actors 61. Local Democracy in Education 62. The Politics of (Im)Prudent State-level Home-Schooling Policies 63. Student Voice and Student Roles in Education Policy and Policy Reform 64. Looking Forward: Toward a New Role in Promoting Educational Equity for Students with Disabilities from Low-income Backgrounds 65. Commentary: Research on Actors and Institutions Involved in Education Policy: Themes, Tensions, and Topics to Explore 66. Commentary: Nested Actors and Institutions: The Need for Better Theory, Data & Methods to Inform Education Policy Part VII: Educational Access and Differentiation 68. Policy and Place—Learning from Decentralized Reforms 69. Early Childhood Education 70. Social Stratification and Educational Opportunity 71. Shadow Education Systems 72. K-16 Transitions and Higher Education Access 73. Permeability and Transparency in the High School-College Transition 74. Governmental Policy and the Organization of Postsecondary Education 75. The Invisible Hand of World Education Culture: Thoughts for Policy Makers 76. Commentary One 77. Commentary Two

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