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The Schools Teachers Leave: Teacher Mobility in Chicago Public Schools
6/2009. Elaine Allensworth, Stephen Ponisciak and Christopher Mazzeo

From High School to the Future: Making Hard Work Pay Off
4/2009.  Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagaoka, Vanessa Coca, and Eliza Moeller

Renaissance Schools Fund-Supported Schools: Early Outcomes, Challenges, and Opportunities
4/2009.

From SRI International: Viki M. Young, Daniel C. Humphrey, Haiwen Wang, Kristin R. Bosetti, Lauren Cassidy, Marjorie E. Wechsler, Elizabeth Rivera, and Samantha Murray

From CCSR: Diane Whitemore Schanzenbach

Consortium on Chicago School Research: A New Model for the Role of Research in Supporting Urban School Reform
2/2009.  Melissa RoderickJohn Q. Easton, and  Penny Bender Sebring

Changing Schools: A Look at Student Mobility Trends in Chicago Public Schools Since 1995
1/2009. Marisa de la Torre and Julia Gwynne

The Work of Chicago Public Schools' Principals
12/2008. Sara Ray Stoelinga, with Holly Hart and Dave Schalliol

Lessons from High Performing Small High Schools in Chicago
11/2008. W. David Stevens, Sue Sporte, Sara Ray Stoelinga, and Alissa Bolz

From High School to the Future: The Pathway to 20
10/2008. John Q. Easton, Stephen Ponisciak, and Stuart Luppescu

Teacher and Principal Leadership in Chicago: Ongoing Analyses of Preparation Programs
6/2008. Holly Hart, Sue Sporte, Stephen M. Ponisciak, W. David Stevens, and Alissa Bolz (credited as Alissa Cambronne)

From High School to the Future: ACT Preparation--Too Much, Too Late
5/2008. Elaine Allensworth, Macarena Correa and Steve Ponisciak

If Small Is Not Enough...?: The Characteristics of Successful Small High Schools in Chicago
4/2008. W. David Stevens

From High School to the Future: Potholes on the Road to College
3/2008. Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagaoka, Vanessa Coca, Eliza Moeller; with Karen Roddie, Jamiliyah Gilliam, and Desmond Patton

CCSR's 2007 AVID Reports for Chicago Public Schools
1/2008. Jenny Nagaoka, Jonah Deutsch, Andy Brake, and Melissa Roderick

CCSR's 2007 Survey Reports for Chicago Public Schools
12/2007. Stuart Luppescu, Holly Hart, Todd Rosenkranz, Nicholas Montgomery, Susan Sporte, Penny Bender Sebring, and Christopher Mazzeo

Trends in Access to Computing Technology and Its Use in Chicago Public Schools, 2001-2005
11/2007. Vanessa Coca and Elaine Allensworth

Educating for Democracy: Lessons from Chicago
8/2007.  Susan E. Sporte and Joseph E. Kahne

What Matters for Staying On-Track and Graduating in Chicago Public Schools
7/2007. Elaine Allensworth and John Q. Easton

2006 ISAT Reading and Math Scores in Chicago and the Rest of the State
6/2007. John Q. Easton, Stuart Luppescu, and Todd Rosenkranz

Keeping New Teachers: A First Look at the Influences of Induction in the Chicago Public Schools
1/2007. Kavita Kapadia and Vanessa Coca; with John Q. Easton

Update to: From High School to the Future: A First Look at Chicago Public School Graduates' College Enrollment, College Preparation, and Graduation from Four-Year Colleges
10/2006. Elaine Allensworth

The Essential Supports for School Improvement
9/2006. Penny Bender Sebring, Elaine Allensworth, Anthony S. Bryk, John Q. Easton, and Stuart Luppescu

Principal and Teacher Leadership in Chicago: Continuing Analysis of Three Initiatives
9/2006. Holly Hart, Steve Ponisciak, Sue Sporte, W. David Stevens

Still Crazy after All These Years: Race in the Chicago School System
9/2006. Charles Payne

Small Schools on a Larger Scale: The First Three Years of the Chicago High School Redesign Initiative
7/2006. Joseph E. Kahne, Sue Sporte, and Marisa de la Torre; with John Q. Easton

Promoting Instructional Improvement: A Strategic Human Resource Management Perspective
7/2006. Mark A. Smylie and Stacy A. Wenzel

Sample Individual School Reports: Results about Postsecondary Preparation
4/2006. Jenny Nagaoka, Ginger Stoker, Vanessa Coca and Melissa Roderick

From High School to the Future: A First Look at Chicago Public School Graduates' College Enrollment, College Preparation, and Graduation from Four-Year Colleges
4/2006. Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagaoka, and Elaine Allensworth; with Vanessa Coca, Macarena Correa, and Ginger Stoker

Professional Communities and Instructional Improvement Practices: A Study of Small High Schools in Chicago
1/2006. W. David Stevens, with Joseph E. Kahne

Understanding the Prairie State Achievement Exam: A Descriptive Report with Analysis of Student Performance
9/2005. Steve Ponisciak

Improving Chicago's Schools: Sample Elementary Summary 2005
9/2005. Stuart Luppescu, Holly Hart, Sandra Jennings, and Lura Forcum

Improving Chicago's Schools: Sample Elementary Details 2005
9/2005. Stuart Luppescu and Holly Hart

Improving Chicago's Schools: Sample High School Summary 2005
9/2005. Stuart Luppescu and Holly Hart

Improving Chicago's Schools: Sample High School Details 2005
9/2005. Stuart Luppescu and Holly Hart

The On-Track Indicator as a Predictor of High School Graduation
6/2005. Elaine Allensworth and John Q. Easton

Graduation and Dropout Trends in Chicago: A Look at Cohorts of Students from 1991 to 2004
1/2005. Elaine Allensworth

Notes from the Ground: Teachers, Principals, and Students' Perspectives on the Chicago High School Redesign Initiative, Year Two
9/2004. Sue Sporte, Macarena Correa, and Joseph E. Kahne

Selected Indicators from the U.S. Census and Chicago Public Schools Records Related to the Lives and Schooling of Children
5/2004. Macarena Correa, John Q. Easton, Odis Johnson, Steve Ponisciak, and Todd Rosenkranz

Ending Social Promotion: The Effects of Retention
4/2004. Jenny Nagaoka and Melissa Roderick

Ending Social Promotion: Dropout Rates in Chicago after Implementation of the Eighth-Grade Promotion Gate
4/2004. Elaine Allensworth

Working for School Improvement: Reflections of Chicago Annenberg External Partners
3/2004. Karen Sconzert, Mark A. Smylie, and Stacy A. Wenzel

Principal and Teacher Leadership in Chicago: Early Evidence on Two Initiatives
3/2004. Penny Bender Sebring, Sue Sporte, Steve Ponisciak, and Elaine Allensworth

Ending Social Promotion: The Response of Teachers and Students
2/2004. Robin Tepper Jacob, Susan Stone, and Melissa Roderick

Teacher and Principal Responses to the Grow Network: A Preliminary Evaluation of Use in Chicago Public Elementary Schools
1/2004. John Q. Easton and Stuart Luppescu

Key Measures of School Development
1/2004. Sue Sporte, with Stuart Luppescu and Kumail Nanjiani

Improving Chicago's Schools: Torvalds
9/2003. Stuart Luppescu, Holly Hart, Sandra Jennings, and Melissa Dean

Research Agenda 2004–2008
9/2003. Penny Bender Sebring

Chicago High School Redesign Initiative: A Snapshot of the First Year of Implementation
8/2003. Sue Sporte, Macarena Correa, Joseph E. Kahne, and John Q. Easton

The Chicago Annenberg Challenge: Successes, Failures, and Lessons for the Future
8/2003. Mark Smylie, Stacy Wenzel, Elaine Allensworth, Carol Fendt, Sara Ray Stoelinga (credited as Sara Hallman), Stuart Luppescu, and Jenny Nagaoka

External Support to Schools on Probation: Getting a Leg Up?
7/2003. Kara Finnigan and Jennifer O’Day with the assistance of David Wakelyn

Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for School Reform
3/2003. Anthony S. Bryk and Barbara Schneider

Ending Social Promotion: Results from Summer Bridge
2/2003. Melissa Roderick, Mimi Engel, Jenny Nagaoka with Brian A. Jacob, Sophie Degener, Alex Orfei, Susan Stone, and Jen Bacon

How Do They Compare? ITBS and ISAT Reading and Mathematics in the Chicago Public Schools, 1999 to 2002
2/2003. John Q. Easton, Macarena Correa, Stuart Luppescu, Hye-Sook Park, Steve Ponisciak, Todd Rosenkranz, and Sue Sporte

How Well Do Vivaldi Students Succeed after Elementary School?
1/2003. Shazia Rafiullah Miller, Stuart Luppescu and Macarena Correa

Reforming Chicago's High Schools: Research Perspectives on School and System Level Change
11/2002. Valerie E. Lee, Editor

Educational Technology: Its Availability and Use in Chicago's Public Schools
9/2002. Holly Hart, Elaine Allensworth, Doug Lauen, and Robert M. Gladden

Documentation of the 1996-2002 Chicago Annenberg Research Project on Authentic Intellectual Demand Exhibited in Assignments and Student Work: A Technical Manual
8/2002. Stacy Wenzel, Jenny Nagaoka, Loretta Morris, Sabrina Billings, and Carol Fendt

Research and Evaluation in the Chicago Public Schools: A Plan for the Future
8/2002. Laurence Stanton and John Q. Easton

Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for Improvement
8/2002. Anthony S. Bryk, and Barbara Schneider

Changing Special Education Enrollments: Causes and Distribution Among Schools
6/2002. Shazia Rafiullah Miller and Robert M. Gladden

2001 CPS Trend Review: Iowa Tests of Basic Skills
6/2002. Todd Rosenkranz

Declining High School Enrollment: An Exploration of Causes
5/2002. Elaine Allensworth and Shazia Rafiullah Miller

Student Performance: Course Taking, Test Scores, and Outcomes
5/2002. Shazia Rafiullah Miller, Elaine Allensworth and Julie Reed Kochanek

Improving Chicago's Schools: Pablo Neruda High School
9/2001. Stuart Luppescu, Holly Hart, Jenny Nagaoka, John Q. Easton, and Rose E. Sweeney

Development of Chicago Annenberg Schools: 1996-1999
7/2001. Stacy A. Wenzel, Mark A. Smylie, Penny Bender Sebring, Elaine Allensworth, Tania Gutierrez, Sara Ray Stoelinga (credited as Sara Hallman), Stuart Luppescu, and Shazia Rafiullah Miller

Calculating a Cohort Dropout Rate for the Chicago Public Schools
6/2001. Elaine Allensworth and John Q. Easton

Teacher Professional Development in Chicago: Supporting Effective Practice
4/2001. Mark A. Smylie, Elaine Allensworth, Rebecca C. Greenberg, Rodney Harris, and Stuart Luppescu

Summary of Presentations on Research on High School Reform Efforts in Chicago
3/2001. G. Alfred Hess, Jr., Soloman Cytrnbaum, Shazia Rafiullah Miller, Elaine Allensworth, Nicole E. Holland, Steven Tozer, Connie Yowell, Richard G. Gelb, Joseph E. Kahne, Connie A Bridge, James O'Brien, Carol D. Lee, Rochelle Guitérrez, and Hector Morales

Instruction and Achievement in Chicago Elementary Schools
1/2001. Julia B. Smith, Valerie E. Lee, and Fred M. Newmann

Authentic Intellectual Work and Standardized Tests: Conflict or Coexistence?
1/2001. Fred M. Newmann, Anthony S. Bryk, and Jenny Nagaoka

School Instructional Program Coherence: Benefits and Challenges
1/2001. Fred M. Newmann, BetsAnn Smith, Elaine Allensworth, and Anthony S. Bryk

Annual CPS Trend Review, 2000
1/2001. John Q. Easton, Todd Rosenkranz, and Anthony S. Bryk

Testing and Assessment in Illinois School Districts
11/2000. John Q. Easton

Chicago Classroom Demands for Authentic Intellectual Work: Trends from 1997-1999
10/2000. Anthony S. Bryk,  Jenny Nagaoka, and Fred M. Newmann

Update: Ending Social Promotion - Passing, Retention, and Achievement Trends Among Promoted and Retained Students
9/2000. Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagaoka, Jen Bacon, and John Q. Easton

Access to Magnet Schools in Chicago
8/2000. Elaine Allensworth and Todd Rosenkranz

School Improvement with External Partners
6/2000. Fred M. Newmann, and Karin Sconzert

Annual CPS Test Trend Review, 1999
5/2000. John Q. Easton, Todd Rosenkranz, Anthony S. Bryk, Brian A. Jacob, Stuart Luppescu, and Melissa Roderick

School Leadership and the Bottom Line in Chicago
2/2000. Penny Bender Sebring and Anthony S. Bryk

Improving Chicago's Schools: Harding School
1/2000. Stuart Luppescu, Anthony S. Bryk, Jenny Nagaoka, John Q. Easton, Shazia Rafiullah Miller, and Lara L. Cohen

Social Support, Academic Press, and Student Achievement: A View from the Middle Grades in Chicago
10/1999. Valerie E. Lee, Julia B. Smith, Tamara E. Perry, and Mark A. Smylie

Ending Social Promotion: Results from the First Two Years
10/1999. Melissa Roderick, Anthony S. Bryk, Brian A. Jacob, John Q. Easton, and Elaine Allensworth

How Do Barton Graduates Perform in CPS High Schools?
8/1999. Shazia Rafiullah Miller, Stuart Luppescu, Robert M. Gladden, and John Q. Easton

How Do Kenwood Graduates Perform?
8/1999. Shazia Rafiullah Miller, Stuart Luppescu, Robert M. Gladden, and John Q. Easton

The Chicago Annenberg Challenge: The First Three Years
3/1999. Dorothy Shipps, Karin Sconzert, and Holly Swyers

It's About Time: Opportunities to Learn
12/1998. BetsAnn Smith

Adjusting Citywide ITBS Scores for Student Retention in Grades Three, Six, and Eight
12/1998. John Q. Easton, Brian Jacob, Stuart Luppescu, and Melissa Roderick

Setting the Pace: Opportunities to Learn in Chicago Public Elementary Schools
11/1998. Julia B. Smith, BetsAnn Smith, and Anthony S. Bryk

The Quality of Intellectual Work in Chicago Schools: A Baseline Report
10/1998. Fred M. Newmann, Gudelia Lopez, and Anthony S. Bryk

Changing Standards, Changing Relationships: Building Family-School Relationships to Promote Achievement in High Schools
8/1998. Melissa Roderick, Susan Stone, Michael Arney, James Chiong, Kneia DaCosta, and Elaine Waxman

Charting Chicago School Reform: Democratic Localism as a Lever for Change
8/1998. Anthony S. Bryk, Penny Bender Sebring, David Kerbow, Sharon Rollow, and John Q. Easton

Getting Started: A First Look at Annenberg Schools and Networks
6/1998. Mark A. Smylie, Diane King Bilcer, Julie Kochanek, Karen Sconzert, Dorothy Shipps, and Holly Swyers

Academic Productivity of Chicago Public Elementary Schools
3/1998. Anthony S. Bryk, Yeow Meng Thum, John Q. Easton, and Stuart Luppescu

Charting Reform: LSCs—Local Leadership at Work
12/1997. Susan Ryan, Anthony S. Bryk, Gudelia Lopez, Kimberly P. Williams, Kathleen Hall, Stuart Luppescu

Improving Chicago's Schools: Millard Fillmore School
8/1997. Anthony S. Bryk , Stuart Luppescu, Diane King Bilcer, Gudelia Lopez, Jenny Nagaoka, and  John Q. Easton

Improving Chicago's Schools: John Tyler High School
8/1997. Anthony S. Bryk , Stuart Luppescu, Diane King Bilcer, Gudelia Lopez, Jenny Nagaoka, and  John Q. Easton

Habits Hard to Break: A New Look at Truancy in Chicago's Public High Schools
7/1997. Melissa Roderick, Michael Arney, Michael Axelman, Kneia DaCosta, Cheryl Stelger, Susan Stone, Leticia Villarreal-Sosa, and Elaine Waxman

Charting Reform in Chicago: The Students Speak
7/1996. Penny Bender Sebring, Anthony S. Bryk, Melissa Roderick, Eric Camburn, Stuart Luppescu, Yeow Meng Thum, BetsAnn Smith, and Joseph E. Kahne

Social Trust: A Moral Resource for School Improvement
1/1996. Anthony S. Bryk , and Barbara Schneider

Charting Reform: Chicago Teachers Take Stock
8/1995. Penny Bender Sebring, Anthony S. Bryk, John Q. Easton, Stuart Luppescu, Yeow Meng Thum, Winifred A. Lopez, and BetsAnn Smith

School Reform, Retention Policy, and Student Achievement Gains
4/1995. Stuart Luppescu, Anthony S. Bryk, Paul Deabster, John Q. Easton, and Yeow M. Thum

Charting Reform in Asbury School: Results of Student and Teacher Surveys
2/1995. Penny Bender Sebring, Anthony S. Bryk, Stuart Luppescu, and Yeow Meng Thum

Charting Reform in Prairie School: Results of Student and Teacher Surveys
1/1995. Penny Bender Sebring, Anthony S. Bryk, Stuart Luppescu, and Yeow Meng Thum

A View from the Elementary Schools: The State of Reform in Chicago
7/1993. Anthony S. Bryk, John Q. Easton, David Kerbow, Sharon G. Rollow, and Penny Bender Sebring

Charting Reform: The Principals' Perspective
12/1992. Albert L. Bennett, Anthony S. Bryk, John Q. Easton, David Kerbow, Stuart Luppescu, and Penny Bender Sebring

Charting Reform: The Teachers' Turn
1/1991. John Q. Easton, Anthony S. Bryk, Mary E. Driscoll, John G. Kotsakis, Penny Bender Sebring, and Arie J. van der Ploeg

Achieving School Reform in Chicago: What We Need to Know
1/1991. Anthony S. Bryk, Penny Bender Sebring