UChicago Consortium on School Research

Consortium Publications

October, 2015

Does Teacher Evaluation Improve School Performance? Experimental Evidence from Chicago's Excellence in Teaching Project

Matthew P. Steinberg and Lauren Sartain

September, 2015

Restructuring Principal Preparation in Illinois: Perspectives on Implementation Successes, Challenges, and Future Outlook

Brenda K. Klostermann, Amber Stitziel Pareja, Holly Hart, Bradford R. White, and Michelle Hanh Huynh

September, 2015

Suspending Chicago's Students: Differences in Discipline Practices Across Schools

Lauren Sartain, Elaine M. Allensworth, and Shanette Porter with Rachel Levenstein, David W. Johnson, Michelle Hanh Huynh, Eleanor Anderson, Nick Mader, and Matthew P. Steinberg

June, 2015

A First Look at the 5Essentials in Illinois Schools

Joshua Klugman, Molly F. Gordon, Penny Bender Sebring, and Susan E. Sporte

June, 2015

Foundations for Young Adult Success: A Developmental Framework

Jenny Nagaoka, Camille A. Farrington, Stacy B. Ehrlich, and Ryan D. Heath; with David W. Johnson, Sarah Dickson, Ashley Cureton Turner, Ashley Mayo, and Kathleen Hayes

March, 2015

Discipline Practices in Chicago Schools: Trends in the Use of Suspensions and Arrests

W. David Stevens, Lauren Sartain, Elaine M. Allensworth, and Rachel Levenstein; with Shannon Guiltinan, Nick Mader, Michelle Hanh Huynh, and Shanette Porter

March, 2015

Teacher Perspectives on Evaluation Reform: Chicago’s REACH Students

Jennie Y. Jiang, Susan E. Sporte, and Stuart Luppescu

January, 2015

School Closings in Chicago: Understanding Families' Choices and Constraints for New School Enrollment

Marisa de la Torre, Molly F. Gordon, Paul Moore, and Jennifer Cowhy; with Sanja Jagešić and Michelle Hanh Huynh

December, 2014

The Educational Attainment of Chicago Public Schools Students: A Focus on Four-Year College Degrees

Kaleen Healey, Jenny Nagaoka, and Valerie Michelman

November, 2014

Does Better Observation Make Better Teachers?: New Evidence from a Teacher Evaluation Pilot in Chicago

Matthew P. Steinberg and Lauren Sartain

November, 2014

Analytic Memo: Evaluation Data from the First Year of REACH

Jennie Y. Jiang, Susan E. Sporte, and Stuart Luppescu

November, 2014

Teacher Evaluation in Practice: Year 2 Teacher and Administrator Perceptions of REACH

Jennie Y. Jiang and Susan E. Sporte

November, 2014

Looking Forward to High School and College: Middle Grade Indicators of Readiness in Chicago Public Schools

Elaine Allensworth, Julia Gwynne, Paul Moore, and Marisa de la Torre

September, 2014

Free to Fail or On-Track to College

W. David Stevens, Elaine M. Allensworth, Amber Stitziel Pareja, Marisa de la Torre, Julia A. Gwynne, Todd Rosenkranz, and James Sebastian

May, 2014

The Influence of School Leadership on Classroom Participation: Examining Configurations of Organizational Supports

James Sebastian, Elaine Allensworth, and W. David Stevens

May, 2014

Preschool Attendance in Chicago Public Schools: Relationships with Learning Outcomes and Reasons for Absences

Stacy B. Ehrlich, Julia A. Gwynne, Amber Stitziel Pareja, and Elaine M. Allensworth; with Paul Moore, Sanja Jagesic, and Elizabeth Sorice

May, 2014

Measuring Up

Holly Hart, Kaleen Healey, and Susan E. Sporte

May, 2014

College Readiness Indicator Systems Resource Series

Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research

April, 2014