Consortium on Chicago School Research

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

Publications in 1992

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

Publications in 1991

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

Publications in 2000

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

Publications in 2003

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

Publications in 2009

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Consortium on Chicago School Research: A New Model for the Role of Research in Supporting Urban School Reform (February, 2009)
Melissa Roderick, John Q. Easton, and Penny Bender Sebring

Publications in 2002

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Declining High School Enrollment: An Exploration of Causes (May, 2002)
Elaine Allensworth and Shazia Rafiullah Miller

Publications in 2001

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Development of Chicago Annenberg Schools: 1996-1999 (July, 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

Publications in 2002

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

Publications in 2007

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Educating for Democracy: Lessons from Chicago (August, 2007)
Susan E. Sporte and Joseph E. Kahne

Publications in 2002

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

Publications in 2004

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Ending Social Promotion: Dropout Rates in Chicago after Implementation of the Eighth-Grade Promotion Gate (April, 2004)
Elaine Allensworth

Publications in 2003

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

Publications in 1999

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

Publications in 2004

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Ending Social Promotion: The Effects of Retention (April, 2004)
Jenny Nagaoka and Melissa Roderick

Ending Social Promotion: The Response of Teachers and Students (February, 2004)
Robin Tepper Jacob, Susan Stone, and Melissa Roderick

Publications in 2003

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External Support to Schools on Probation: Getting a Leg Up? (July, 2003)
Kara Finnigan and Jennifer O’Day with the assistance of David Wakelyn

Publications in 2006

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

Publications in 2008

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From High School to the Future: ACT Preparation--Too Much, Too Late (May, 2008)
Elaine Allensworth, Macarena Correa and Steve Ponisciak

Publications in 2009

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From High School to the Future: Making Hard Work Pay Off (April, 2009)
Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagaoka, Vanessa Coca, and Eliza Moeller

Publications in 2008

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

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

Publications in 1998

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

Publications in 2005

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Graduation and Dropout Trends in Chicago: A Look at Cohorts of Students from 1991 to 2004 (January, 2005)
Elaine Allensworth

Publications in 1997

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

Publications in 1999

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

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

Publications in 2003

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How Do They Compare? ITBS and ISAT Reading and Mathematics in the Chicago Public Schools, 1999 to 2002 (February, 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? (January, 2003)
Shazia Rafiullah Miller, Stuart Luppescu and Macarena Correa

Publications in 2008

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If Small Is Not Enough...?: The Characteristics of Successful Small High Schools in Chicago (April, 2008)
W. David Stevens

Publications in 2000

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

Publications in 1997

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

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

Publications in 2001

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

Publications in 2005

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Improving Chicago's Schools: Sample Elementary Details 2005 (September, 2005)
Stuart Luppescu and Holly Hart

Improving Chicago's Schools: Sample Elementary Summary 2005 (September, 2005)
Stuart Luppescu, Holly Hart, Sandra Jennings, and Lura Forcum

Improving Chicago's Schools: Sample High School Details 2005 (September, 2005)
Stuart Luppescu and Holly Hart

Improving Chicago's Schools: Sample High School Summary 2005 (September, 2005)
Stuart Luppescu and Holly Hart

Publications in 2003

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Improving Chicago's Schools: Torvalds (September, 2003)
Stuart Luppescu, Holly Hart, Sandra Jennings, and Melissa Dean

Publications in 2001

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Instruction and Achievement in Chicago Elementary Schools (January, 2001)
Julia B. Smith, Valerie E. Lee, and Fred M. Newmann

Publications in 1998

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It's About Time: Opportunities to Learn (December, 1998)
BetsAnn Smith

Publications in 2007

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

Publications in 2004

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Key Measures of School Development (January, 2004)
Sue Sporte, with Stuart Luppescu and Kumail Nanjiani

Publications in 2008

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

Publications in 2004

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

Publications in 2006

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

Publications in 2004

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Principal and Teacher Leadership in Chicago: Early Evidence on Two Initiatives (March, 2004)
Penny Bender Sebring, Sue Sporte, Steve Ponisciak, and Elaine Allensworth

Publications in 2006

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

Promoting Instructional Improvement: A Strategic Human Resource Management Perspective (July, 2006)
Mark A. Smylie and Stacy A. Wenzel

Publications in 2002

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

Publications in 2003

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Research Agenda 2004–2008 (September, 2003)
Penny Bender Sebring

Publications in 2002

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Research and Evaluation in the Chicago Public Schools: A Plan for the Future (August, 2002)
Laurence Stanton and John Q. Easton

Publications in 2006

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Sample Individual School Reports: Results about Postsecondary Preparation (April, 2006)
Jenny Nagaoka, Ginger Stoker, Vanessa Coca and Melissa Roderick

Publications in 2000

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School Improvement with External Partners (June, 2000)
Fred M. Newmann, and Karin Sconzert

Publications in 2001

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

Publications in 2000

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School Leadership and the Bottom Line in Chicago (February, 2000)
Penny Bender Sebring and Anthony S. Bryk

Publications in 1995

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

Publications in 2004

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

Publications in 1998

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

Publications in 2006

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

Publications in 1999

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

Publications in 1996

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Social Trust: A Moral Resource for School Improvement (January, 1996)
Anthony S. Bryk , and Barbara Schneider

Publications in 2006

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Still Crazy after All These Years: Race in the Chicago School System (September, 2006)
Charles Payne

Publications in 2002

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Student Performance: Course Taking, Test Scores, and Outcomes (May, 2002)
Shazia Rafiullah Miller, Elaine Allensworth and Julie Reed Kochanek

Publications in 2001

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Summary of Presentations on Research on High School Reform Efforts in Chicago (March, 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

Publications in 2008

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

Publications in 2004

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

Publications in 2001

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

Publications in 2000

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Testing and Assessment in Illinois School Districts (November, 2000)
John Q. Easton

Publications in 2003

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

Publications in 1999

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The Chicago Annenberg Challenge: The First Three Years (March, 1999)
Dorothy Shipps, Karin Sconzert, and Holly Swyers

Publications in 2006

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

Publications in 2005

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The On-Track Indicator as a Predictor of High School Graduation (June, 2005)
Elaine Allensworth and John Q. Easton

Publications in 1998

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

Publications in 2009

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The Schools Teachers Leave: Teacher Mobility in Chicago Public Schools (June, 2009)
Elaine Allensworth, Stephen Ponisciak and Christopher Mazzeo

Publications in 2008

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The Work of Chicago Public Schools' Principals (December, 2008)
Sara Ray Stoelinga, with Holly Hart and Dave Schalliol

Publications in 2007

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Trends in Access to Computing Technology and Its Use in Chicago Public Schools, 2001-2005 (November, 2007)
Vanessa Coca and Elaine Allensworth

Publications in 2002

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Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for Improvement (August, 2002)
Anthony S. Bryk, and Barbara Schneider

Publications in 2003

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Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for School Reform (March, 2003)
Anthony S. Bryk and Barbara Schneider

Publications in 2005

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Understanding the Prairie State Achievement Exam: A Descriptive Report with Analysis of Student Performance (September, 2005)
Steve Ponisciak

Publications in 2000

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

Publications in 2007

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What Matters for Staying On-Track and Graduating in Chicago Public Schools (July, 2007)
Elaine Allensworth and John Q. Easton

Publications in 2009

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When Schools Close: Effects on Displaced Students in Chicago Public Schools (October, 2009)
Julia Gwynne and Marisa de la Torre

Publications in 2004

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