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 | Type Sort descending | Date |
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Improving Chicago's Schools Pablo Neruda High School |
Report | Sep 2001 |
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 |
Report | Sep 2000 |
Improving Chicago's Schools Harding School |
Report | Jan 2000 |
Improving Chicago's Schools Millard Fillmore School |
Report | Aug 1997 |
Improving Chicago's Schools John Tyler High School |
Report | Aug 1997 |
Foundations for Young Adult Success A Developmental Framework |
Report | Jun 2015 |
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 | Report | Oct 2017 |
High School Graduation and College Readiness Indicator Systems What We Know, What We Need to Know |
Report | Apr 2018 |