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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Ending Social Promotion: Results from the First Two Years Ending Social Promotion

Results from the First Two Years

Report Oct 1999
Access to Magnet Schools in Chicago Access to Magnet Schools in Chicago Report Aug 2000
School Instructional Program Coherence: Benefits and Challenges School Instructional Program Coherence

Benefits and Challenges

Report Jan 2001
Summary of Presentations on Research on High School Reform Efforts in Chicago Summary of Presentations on Research on High School Reform Efforts in Chicago Report Mar 2001
Teacher Professional Development in Chicago: Supporting Effective Practice Teacher Professional Development in Chicago

Supporting Effective Practice

Report Apr 2001
Calculating a Cohort Dropout Rate for the Chicago Public Schools Calculating a Cohort Dropout Rate for the Chicago Public Schools Report Jun 2001
Development of Chicago Annenberg Schools: 1996-1999 Development of Chicago Annenberg Schools

1996-1999

Report Jul 2001
Declining High School Enrollment: An Exploration of Causes Declining High School Enrollment

An Exploration of Causes

Report May 2002
Student Performance: Course Taking, Test Scores, and Outcomes Student Performance

Course Taking, Test Scores, and Outcomes

Report May 2002
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
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