Elaine Allensworth

Elaine Allensworth is the Lewis-Sebring Director of the UChicago Consortium, where she has conducted research on educational policy and practice for the last 20 years. She works with policymakers and practitioners to bridge research and practice, providing advice to researchers across the country about conducting research-practice partnerships, and serving on panels, policy commissions, and working groups at the local, state and national level. She is recognized as an expert in the areas of students’ educational attainment, school leadership, and school improvement. Her research on the factors that predict whether students will drop out of high school has shifted the conversation from factors that schools cannot control to factors that schools can influence; school districts across the country have adopted early warning indicator systems based on her Freshman OnTrack research. She is one of the authors of the book, Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago, which documents the ways in which organizational structures in schools influence improvements in student achievement. Elaine has been the principal investigator on research grants from funders such as the Institute of Education Sciences, the National Science Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She has received a number of awards from the American Educational Research Association, including the Palmer O. Johnson award Division H awards outstanding publications. She was once a high school Spanish and science teacher.

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

Trends in the Use of Suspensions and Arrests

Report Mar 2015
Dropout Prevention

A Previously Intractable Problem Addressed Through Systems for Monitoring and Supporting Students

Book Nov 2015
Educational Technology: Its Availability and Use in Chicago's Public Schools Educational Technology

Its Availability and Use in Chicago's Public Schools

Report Sep 2002
Ending Social Promotion: Dropout Rates in Chicago after Implementation of the Eighth-Grade Promotion Gate Ending Social Promotion

Dropout Rates in Chicago after Implementation of the Eighth-Grade Promotion Gate

Report Apr 2004
Ending Social Promotion: Results from the First Two Years Ending Social Promotion

Results from the First Two Years

Report Oct 1999
English Learners in Chicago Public Schools English Learners in Chicago Public Schools

A New Perspective

Report Dec 2019
Examining Integrated Leadership Systems in High Schools

Connecting Principal and Teacher Leadership to Organizational Processes and Student Outcomes

Article Apr 2017
Findings from an Investigation into the Culture of Calm Initiative Findings from an Investigation into the Culture of Calm Initiative Report Oct 2011
Free to Fail or On-Track to College Free to Fail or On-Track to College Brief Sep 2014
From High School to the Future: A First Look at Chicago Public School Graduates' College Enrollment, College Preparation, and Graduation from Four-Year Colleges From High School to the Future

A First Look at Chicago Public School Graduates' College Enrollment, College Preparation, and Graduation from Four-Year Colleges

Report Apr 2006
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