BUILDING THE CASE: A STRONG RESEARCH FOUNDATION


The student-directed messaging on this site has been developed with representative and ongoing input from employers all over the country and is grounded in significant research from leading national and international organizations.

We are grateful to these top-notch researchers, and their organizations, whose work formed the foundation for the message students need to hear.

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Title Author
Foundations for Success: The Final Report of the
National Mathematics Advisory Panel
 U.S. Department of Education
The Weak Case Against Homework

Jay Matthews
Washington Post
It’s Time to Tell the Kids:
If You Don’t Do Well in High School,
You Won’t Do Well in College (or on the Job).		 James E. Rosenbaum
Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
Research Review:
What Research Says About the Value of Homework		 The Center for Public Education
Key Lessons:
What Research Says About the Value of Homework 		The Center for Public Education
The Impact of Homework on Student Achievement Daniel Henderson
Department of Economics
State University of New York at Binghamton
Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) Education Trust
Closing the Graduation Gap:
Toward High Schools That Prepare All Students
for College, Work, and Citizenship		 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Report on Key Practices and Policies of Consistently Higher Performing High Schools National High School Center
Advanced Placement Report to the Nation-2007 College Board
A Teacher Had A Question Uri Treisman
University of California-Berkeley

America's Perfect Storm-Executive Summary
Three Forces Changing Our Nation's Future

Educational Testing Service (ETS)
America's Perfect Storm-Full Report
Three Forces Changing Our Nation's Future
 Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Tough Choices or Tough Times-The report of the new commission on the skills of the American workforce (Executive Summary) National Center on Education and the Economy.
Answers in the Toolbox
Academic Intensity, Attendance Patterns and
Bachelor’s Degree Attainment 		Clifford Adelman
U.S. Department of Education
High School Preparation is the Best Predictor
of College Graduation		 American Educator
All Good Jobs Don’t Require a College Degree James E. Rosenbaum
Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
The American Diploma Project
Ready or Not
Creating a High School Diploma That Counts		 Achieve, Inc.
Michael Cohen, President
What Jobs Require:
Literacy, Education and Training 1946 - 2006 		Anthony Carnevale
Education Testing Service
Orange Drink or Orange Juice Chrys Doherty, Lynn Mellor and Shuling Jian
National Center for Educational Accountability
Mathematics and Future Opportunities
The Importance of Mathematics for College Entrance		 White Paper
U. S. Department of Education
Standards for What?
The Economic Roots of K-16 Reform		 Anthony P. Carnevale and
Donna M. Desrochers
Education Testing Service