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Using Multimodal Classroom Data to Measure Student Competencies for Upward Mobility

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Led by a leading scholar of classroom interaction and mathematics education and supported by established partnerships with districts and education technology firms, the project is positioned to produce scalable tools that help teachers identify and...

Overdeck Family Foundation Awards $17.2 Million in Grants in Q4 2025

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$975,000 over two years to the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University to conduct three large-scale studies under the States Leading States initiative: one evaluating Alabama’s statewide summer reading and math camps and another...

Nine States Join Inaugural Cohort of States Leading States Initiative to Discover and Share What Works in Education

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Cambridge, MA [October 23, 2025] — Amid shifting federal priorities and continued declines in student achievement over the past decade, the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University today announced the inaugural cohort of the...

South Bend Community School Corporation to receive 2025 Strategic Data Excellence Award from Harvard’s Strategic Data Project

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BOSTON, May 8, 2025—The Strategic Data Project (SDP) at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University announced South Bend Community School Corporation (SBCSC) as the winner of the 2025 Strategic Data Excellence Award. The award...

Report Finds That Practice-Based Teacher Evaluations Can Be Valuable Tool in Assessing Teacher Effectiveness

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The Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University today releases a new report examining how reliably a portfolio system can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of early-career teachers. The report, “Are Practice-Based Teacher...

Strategic Data Project Provides New Findings on Teacher Placement and Retention Patterns

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(Cambridge, MA) – According to findings released today by researchers at the Strategic Data Project (SDP), first-year teachers tend to be assigned to students who are academically behind their peers, potentially perpetuating achievement gaps by putting...

Empower Schools and the Center for Education Policy Research Partner to Advance Research on the Enabling Policies and Impact of Rural Collaboratives

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Empower Schools and the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University are pleased to announce a partnership to research on the effectiveness of Rural Collaboratives in improving postsecondary success for underserved rural students...

Governor Healey Appoints New Member to Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

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EVERETT — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced the swearing-in of Dr. Christina Grant as the newest member of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Dr. Grant is the Executive Director of the Center for Education...

Although No State Improved in Both Math and Reading on the NAEP, the Education Recovery Scorecard Highlights the Work of Over 100 Districts Performing Above Pre-Pandemic Levels in Both Math and Reading

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In its third year, the Education Recovery Scorecard provides a high resolution picture of academic recovery in 8,719 school districts with either math or reading achievement data across 43 states. Building on the recent NAEP release, the Education...

New States Leading States (SLS) Initiative Launches to Share Proven Strategies for State Policy Innovation

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A $10 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation will support this effort to spread the adoption of evidence-based state policies. (Cambridge, MA) The Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University is launching a new initiative...