Jenny Nagaoka is the Deputy Director of the UChicago Consortium, where she has conducted research for nearly 20 years. Her research interests focus on policy and practice in urban education reform, particularly using data to connect research and practice and examining the school environments and instructional practices that promote college readiness and success. She has co-authored numerous journal articles and reports, including studies of college readiness, noncognitive factors, the transition from high school to post-secondary education, and authentic intellectual instruction. She is the lead researcher on the To&Through Project, a project that provides educators, policymakers, and families with research, data, and training on the milestones that matter most for college success. She is the lead author of Foundations for Young Adult Success: A Developmental Framework which draws on research and practice evidence to build a coherent framework of the foundational factors for young adult success, and investigates their development from early childhood through young adulthood and how they can be supported through developmental experiences and relationships.
Featured Publications
- April 2018Report
What We Know, What We Need to Know
- March 2008Report
Potholes on the Road to College
All Publications
Title Sort descending | Type | Date |
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College Readiness for All The Challenge for Urban High Schools |
Article | Apr 2009 |
College Readiness Indicator Systems Framework | Article | Nov 2013 |
Documentation of the 1996-2002 Chicago Annenberg Research Project on Authentic Intellectual Demand Exhibited in Assignments and Student Work A Technical Manual |
Report | Aug 2002 |
Early Warning Indicators in Education Innovations, Uses, and Optimal Conditions for Effectiveness |
Article | Nov 2020 |
Ending Social Promotion Results from Summer Bridge |
Report | Feb 2003 |
Ending Social Promotion The Effects of Retention |
Report | Apr 2004 |
Foundations for Success Young People Learn Best Through Active and Reflective Experiences |
Article | Dec 2016 |
Foundations for Young Adult Success A Developmental Framework |
Report | Jun 2015 |
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 |
From High School to the Future Making Hard Work Pay Off |
Report | Apr 2009 |