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Improved Education Decision Making

Stanford’s Center for Research on Education strives to provide education policymakers with reliable, empirical evidence about student achievement at the primary and secondary levels. CREDO accomplishes this goal by means of rigorous research and program evaluation. Educators, lawmakers, and parents use CREDO’s publications to strengthen their focus on the results of innovative programs, charter school legislation, curricula, and accountability practices with an overall goal of providing universal public education which enables every student to succeed.