Center for the Future of Arizona

Suggested Reading

The following research reports, books and book chapters have been included here because we feel they offer a great deal of information and a range of perspectives for those individuals looking to read more on the topics addressed by the GRAD Initiative.   The content of these works are solely the responsibility of their authors and we include links to them here for informational purposes only.   This is not an exhaustive list and we are always interested in finding reports on these topics that we may have missed.   Please feel free to contact us <link> if you have recommendations for other resources or readings that should be included on this list.

Research Reports and Policy Briefs

An Action Agenda for Improving America's High Schools. (2005). A report from the National Governor's Association.
http://www.nga.org/cda/files/0502actionagenda.pdf

An Analysis of Some Unintended and Negative Consequences of High-Stakes Testing. (2002). A report by A.L. Amrein and D.C. Berliner released by the Education Policy Research Unit of the Education Policy Studies Laboratory in the   College of Education, Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Arizona State University.
http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/EPRU/documents/EPSL-0211-125-EPRU.pdf

Assessing Arizona’s Dropout Problem: Why Current Measurement Methods Are Flawed, and How to Fix Them. (2003). A policy brief by T. M. Huerta released by the Education Policy Research Unit of the Education Policy Studies Laboratory in the   College of Education, Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Arizona State University.
http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/EPRU/documents/EPSL-0309-112-EPRU.doc

Closing the College Participation Gap: A National Summary. (2003). A summary report by S. S. Ruppert released by the Education Commission of the States.  
http://www.communitycollegepolicy.org/html/Issues/access/pdf/ECSNationalReportComplete.pdf

Do Graduation Tests Measure Up?: A Closer Look at High School Exit Exams. (2004). A report from Achieve, Inc.'s American Diploma Project.
http://www.achieve.org/dstore.nsf/Lookup/TestGraduation-FinalReport/$file/TestGraduation-FinalReport.pdf

Dropout Rates in the United States: 2001 (NCES 2005-046). A report by P. Kaufman, M.N. Alt, and C. Chapman released by the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.  
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005046.pdf

From Education to Work: Is Arizona Prepared?  The Alignment Project Report.  (February 2006).  A report to Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano’s P-20 Council. http://www.governor.state.az.us/P20/documents/022106_AZAlignmentReportFINAL021406.pdf

The Funding Gap 2005: Low-Income and Minority Students Shortchanged by Most States.  (2005).  A report from the Education Trust. http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/15B22876-20C8-47B8-9AF4-FAB148A225AC/0/PPSCreport.pdf

Gaining Traction, Gaining Ground: How Some High Schools Accelerate Learning for Struggling Students.  (November 2005).   A report from the Education Trust.
http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/6226B581-83C3-4447-9CE7-31C5694B9EF6/0/GainingTractionGainingGround.pdf

The Power to Change: High Schools that Help All Students Achieve.  (November 2005).   A report from the Education Trust.
http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/012DC865-97CA-4C2F-8A04-9924E2F392F0/0/ThePowerToChange.pdf

Primary Progress, Secondary Challenge: A State-by-State Look at Student Achievement Patterns.  A report from the Education Trust. http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/31D276EF-72E1-458A-8C71-E3D262A4C91E/0/FundingGap2005.pdf

 

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