Handbook of Education Policy Research
by Sykes, Gary; Schneider, Barbara; Plank, David N.Pub. Date: 2009-04-02
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Summary
Educational policy continues to be of major concern. Defining the theoretical boundaries and methodological approaches of education policy research are the two primary themes of this comprehensive, AERA-sponsored Handbook .
Table of Contents
| Foreword | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| Social Science Disciplines and Education Policy Research Section Editors | |
| Historians and Educational Policy Research in the United States | |
| Policy Research in Education: The Economic View | |
| The Economic Value of Education and Cognitive Skills | |
| A Political Science Perspective on Education Policy Analysis | |
| Perspectives from the Disciplines: Sociological Contributions to Education Policy Research and Debates | |
| Current Approaches to Research in Anthropology and Education | |
| Making Education Research More Policy-Analytic | |
| Commentary: Disciplined Education Policy Research | |
| Commentary: The Disciplinary Foundations of Education Policy Research | |
| Conducting Policy Research: Methodological Perspectives Section Editors | |
| Separate Orbits: The Distinctive Worlds of Educational Research and Policymaking | |
| The Use of Randomized Trials to Inform Education Policy | |
| Causal Inference in Non-Experimental Educational Policy Research | |
| Research Synthesis and Education Policy | |
| Complementary Methods for Policy Research | |
| Assessment Policy: Making Sense of the Babel | |
| Scale-Up as a Framework for Intervention, Program, and Policy Evaluation Research | |
| Commentary: Conducting Policy Research: Methodological Perspectives | |
| Commentary: An Applied Perspective on Research, Method, and Policy | |
| Politics and the Policy Process Section Editor | |
| Education and Domination: Reforming Policy and Practice through Critical Theory | |
| Race, Ethnicity, and Education | |
| Race(ing), Class(ing), and Gender(ing) Our Work: Critical Race Theory, Critical Race Feminism, Epistemology, and New Directions in Educational Policy Research | |
| Rhetoric and Symbolic Action in the Policy Process | |
| The Role of Law in Educational Policy Formation, Implementation, and Research | |
| Teacher Collective Bargaining: What We Know and What We Need to Know | |
| The Voice of the People in Education Policy | |
| Assessment Policy and Politics of Information | |
| What Works in Defining "What Works" in Educational Improvement: Lessons from Education Policy Implementation Research, Directions for Future Research | |
| Conceptualizing Policy Implementation: Large-Scale Reform in an Era of Complexity | |
| Public Choice and the Political Economy of American Education | |
| Research in the Policy Process | |
| Commentary: Politics and the Policy Process | |
| Commentary: Getting "Critically Real" About the State of Education Politics and Policy Process Research | |
| Policy Implications of Educational Resources, Management, and Organization Section Editor | |
| Notes on Reframing the Role of the Organizations in Policy Implementation: Resources for Practice, in Practice | |
| What Do We Know About Reducing Class and School Size? | |
| Conceptions, Measurement and Application of Educational Adequacy and Equal Educational Opportunity | |
| Whether and How Money Matters in K-12 Education | |
| School Reconstitution and School Improvement: Theory and Evidence | |
| Charter School Policy Issues and Research Questions | |
| Vouchers | |
| A Market for Knowledge? | |
| Market Reforms in Education | |
| Commentary: A Call to Studied Action: Lessons from Research on Policies Designed to Improve the Organization and Management of Schooling | |
| Commentary: Improvement or Reinvention: Two Policy Approaches to School Reform | |
| Teaching and Learning Policy Section Editor | |
| Opportunity to Learn | |
| The Reading and Math Wars | |
| Language Policy in Education | |
| Teacher Quality and Teacher Labor Markets | |
| Teacher Preparation and Teacher Learning: A Changing Policy Landscape | |
| School Improvement by Design: Lessons from a Study of Comprehensive School Reform Programs | |
| Measurement and Improvement of Teacher-Child Interactions: Implications for Policy and Accountability Frameworks of Standardized Observation | |
| Closing Achievement Gaps | |
| New Technology | |
| Education and the Shrinking State | |
| Commentary: Research on Teaching and Learning | |
| Commentary: Informing Teaching and Learning Policy | |
| Actors and Institutions in the Policy Process Section Editor | |
| International and Transnational Policy Actors in Education: A Review of the Research | |
| New Approaches to Understanding Federal Involvement in Education | |
| The Expansion of State Policy Research | |
| The District Role in Instructional Improvement | |
| Pushing on the Paradigm: Research on Teachers" Organizations as Policy Actors | |
| Local Democracy in Education | |
| The Politics of (Im)Prudent State-Level Homeschooling Policies | |
| Student Voice and Student Roles in Education Policy and Policy Reform | |
| Looking Forward: Toward a New Role in Promoting Educational Equity for Students with Disabilities from Low-Income Backgrounds | |
| Commentary: Research on Actors and Institutions Involved in Education Policy: Themes, Tensions, and Topics to Explore | |
| Commentary: Nested Actors and Institutions: The Need for Better Theory, Data and Methods to Inform Education Policy | |
| Educational Access and Differentiation Section Editor | |
| Policy and Place—Learning from Decentralized Reforms | |
| Early Childhood Education | |
| Social Stratification and Educational Opportunity | |
| Shadow Education Systems | |
| K-16 Transitions and Higher Education Access | |
| Permeability and Transparency in the High School-College Transition | |
| Governmental Policy and the Organization of Postsecondary Education | |
| The Invisible Hand of World Education Culture: Thoughts for Policy Makers | |
| Commentary: Access and Differentiation | |
| Commentary: Access and Differentiation: Structuring Equality and Inequality in Education Policy | |
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