Jenny Nagaoka

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.

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Improving Chicago's Schools: Pablo Neruda High School Improving Chicago's Schools

Pablo Neruda High School

Report Sep 2001
Authentic Intellectual Work and Standardized Tests: Conflict or Coexistence? Authentic Intellectual Work and Standardized Tests

Conflict or Coexistence?

Report Jan 2001
Update: Ending Social Promotion - Passing, Retention, and Achievement Trends Among Promoted and Retained Students Update

Ending Social Promotion - Passing, Retention, and Achievement Trends Among Promoted and Retained Students

Report Sep 2000
Improving Chicago's Schools: Harding School Improving Chicago's Schools

Harding School

Report Jan 2000
Improving Chicago's Schools: Millard Fillmore School Improving Chicago's Schools

Millard Fillmore School

Report Aug 1997
Improving Chicago's Schools: John Tyler High School Improving Chicago's Schools

John Tyler High School

Report Aug 1997
Foundations for Young Adult Success: A Developmental Framework Foundations for Young Adult Success

A Developmental Framework

Report Jun 2015
The Educational Attainment of Chicago Public Schools Students: 2016 The Educational Attainment of Chicago Public Schools Students

2016

Report Oct 2017
Patterns of Two-Year and Four-Year College Enrollment Among Chicago Public Schools Graduates Patterns of Two-Year and Four-Year College Enrollment Among Chicago Public Schools Graduates Report Oct 2017
High School Graduation and College Readiness Indicator Systems: What We Know, What We Need to Know High School Graduation and College Readiness Indicator Systems

What We Know, What We Need to Know

Report Apr 2018
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