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Changes in Rigor, Relevance, and Student Learning in Redesigned High Schools
American Institutes for Research and SRI International
April 2007
(633 KB PDF)
The National School District and Network Grants Program: Year 4 Evaluation Report
American Institutes for Research and SRI International
August 2006
(3 MB PDF)
The National School District and Network Grants Program: Year 3 Evaluation Report
American Institutes for Research and SRI International
November 2005
Executive Summary (2.5 MB PDF)
Creating Cultures for Learning (3.6 MB PDF)
Rigor, Relevance, and Results (4.8 MB PDF)
Getting to Results (10 MB PDF)
The National School District and Network Grants Program: Year 2 Evaluation Report
American Institutes for Research and SRI International
April 2004
(2.5 MB PDF)
High Time for High School Reform: Early Findings from the Evaluation of the National School District and Network Grants Program
American Institutes for Research and SRI International
(1.2 MB PDF)
April 2003
Mapping the Terrain: Year 1 of the Evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s
National School District and Network Grants Program
Linda Shear, SRI International
Becky Smerdon, American Institutes for Research
(263 KB PDF)
April 2003
Charting a Course: Evaluation Design of the National School District and Network Grants Program
Becky Smerdon, Mike Garet, Jennifer O'Day, and Luke Miller, American Institutes for Research
Barbara Means and Karen Mitchell, SRI International
April 2003
(134 KB PDF)
Targeted Literature Review of Major Constructs and Their Components: Evaluating the National School District and Network Grants Program
American Institutes for Research and SRI International
October 2001
(619 KB PDF)
Evaluating the Gates Foundation National School District and Network Grants Program: Foundation Theory of Change
American Institutes for Research and SRI International
July 2001
(116 KB PPT)
The following reports are studies of our school grantees. The studies are not part of our overall evaluation efforts and were not commissioned by the foundation.
Notes from the Ground: Teachers, Principals, and Students’ Perspectives on the Chicago High School Redesign Initiative, Year Two
Susan E. Sporte, Macarena Correa, and Joe Kahne, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago
September 2004
One-to-One Laptops in a High School Environment: Piscataquis Community High School Study
Great Maine Schools Project, Senator George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute
February 2004
(376 KB PDF)
Three Years Down the Road: Small School Reform at the Manual Educational Complex
Patrick J. McQuillan, Lynch School of Education, Boston College, Colorado Small Schools Initiative
August 2004
(494 KB Word Doc)
Chicago High School Redesign Initiative: A Snapshot of the First Year of Implementation
Susan E. Sporte, Macarena Correa, Joe Kahne, and John Q. Easton , Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago
August 2003
Updated October 2007