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School district administrators are responsible for making important decisions about instructional policy, such as the evaluation of teacher performance, designing professional development for...

Numerous federal initiatives are increasing the incentives and pressures for state and local education agencies to adopt policies and practices that are grounded in research, yet little is known...

What factors contribute to gender differences in adolescent health risk behaviors (e.g., cigarette, alcohol, and drug use, sexual activity, birth control use)? How can this information be used in...

Although research on effective child and adolescent mental health interventions has grown significantly over the past two decades, public mental health care systems have been slow to draw on this...

The common standards movement, which seeks to establish similar academic standards across multiple states, is rapidly gaining traction—the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief...

The over-representation of African-American youth among those disciplined with out-of-school suspension and expulsion is a major issue in educational equity.

Developed by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time at the Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College, the Afterschool Program Practices Tool (APT) is an instrument designed to examine...

How do students’ changing relationships with parents, teachers, and peers influence their math/science achievement and course taking? How do these influences shift over time and within contexts...

How are healthy children’s development, education, and employment outcomes affected by a sibling’s chronic or severe health problems?

This study is adding a youth component to the investigators' Moving to Opportunity (MTO) housing mobility experiment analysis to determine what setting changes and social processes might account for...

Can reducing class size during the early grades lead to improved educational outcomes, higher incomes, and better health in adulthood?

Do daily diaries effectively measure family interactions among mothers, fathers, and adolescent children? Which family environments support healthy child well-being and parent engagement?

Started in 1938 as the first William T. Grant Foundation-funded research project, The Study of Adult Development is one of the longest and richest longitudinal studies of human development ever...

Does an intensive, academically-oriented after-school and summer program for low-income, urban youth have positive long-term outcomes on academic engagement, performance, and the selection of and...

For the past 15 years, MDRC has been conducting a random-assignment evaluation of Career Academies, a secondary education model in which schools structure their curricula and student opportunities...

What is the impact of self-Assessment and quality advisor support on afterschool program quality?

How do the physical and social features of the home setting affect the sleep, health, and behavior of disadvantaged, urban boys and girls who have been exposed to community and family violence? How...

How do conditional cash transfers (CCTs) to low-income families affect youth time use, family interactions, youth academic expectations and motivations, and youth mental health and behavior problems?

How do school boards understand, weigh, and incorporate various types of research evidence in their policy deliberations and decision-making?

Most English-language learners (ELLs) are taught in all-English language classrooms, and we know very little about what features of those classrooms are associated with higher levels of ELL...