Center for Education Outcomes

Improving education decision making through guidance in program evaluation and policy analysis

"There is no requirement to look at program performance."
~State Superintendent for Curriculum

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May, 2005
In May 2005 CREDO Director Macke Raymond was invited by the Employment and Manpower Bureau of Hong Kong SAR to present recent work on the effectiveness of accountability policies. Future work will explore parallel research activities.

March, 2005
CREDO participated in the Global Education Research Conference in Prague from March 2005. The Conference was organized under the auspices of the Global Development Network, with assistance from the World Bank.

January, 2005
CREDO and Apple Computer delivered a joint presentation on their collaboration to the California Charter School Association Annual Meeting.

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California Failing Schools

California adopted in 1998 an accountability plan designed to stimulate improvement in public schools across the state. This study examines the subsequent performance of nearly 1100 schools. The findings show a surprising responsiveness in improvement for the majority of schools, suggesting that accountability policies are a viable way to achieve broad scale gains in achievement for students.
Download the study here.

U.S. Department of Education

CREDO completed a study for the U.S. Department of Education measuring states' program activities and evaluation methods in light of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Download the study here.

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