# Project Archive CEPR has a track record of identifying and accelerating breakthroughs. Learn more about the past two decades of CEPR's work. [### Access to Opportunity ](/access-opportunity)Explore how Access to Opportunity's partnership with the College Board led a national effort to close equity gaps in secondary education and promote college readiness among underserved students. ![A student graduating college](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/a20%20thumbnail.jpg?itok=KiOF920e) [### Achievement Network i3 Program Evaluation ](/achievement-network-evaluation)Find out what a multi-state study revealed about The Achievement Network’s role in school improvement. ![People collaborating in front of a computer](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/anet_0.jpg?itok=PdXZVWd6) [### Best Foot Forward Project ](/best-foot-forward-project)See what happens when teachers put their best foot forward—using video to improve classroom feedback. ![Best Foot Forward Toolkit Cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2025-06/toolkit_cover.jpg?itok=A5Drplb6) [### Boston Charter Research Collaborative ](/boston-charter-research-collaborative)Explore how a research-practice partnership advanced social-emotional learning in Boston charter schools. ![Front cover of research report from the BCCS](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2025-06/screen_shot_2019-07-29_at_9.35.01_am.png?itok=9QYLgcNJ) [### Boston Teacher Residency Evaluation ](/boston-teacher-residency-evaluation)Learn how the Boston Teacher Residency program shaped teacher effectiveness, retention, and student outcomes. ![Collaborating](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/061412_institute_124_234669.jpg?itok=vO3wYIEF) [### Developing Common Core Classrooms Through Rubric-Based Coaching ](/developing-common-core-classrooms-through-rubric-based-coaching)Explore how rubric-based coaching transformed math teaching practices and student engagement. ![Common Core](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/081308_summercorps_087_75467.jpg?itok=sgvjsaIj) [### Digital Messaging to Improve College Enrollment & Success ](/digital-messaging-improve-college-enrollment-success)Learn whether low-cost digital messages can help more students apply to and enroll in college. ![DIMES](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/dimes.jpg?itok=oIentU_c) [### DreamBox Learning Achievement Growth ](/dreambox-learning-achievement-growth)Explore how digital math software influenced student learning in Maryland schools. ![DreamBox](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/drambox.jpg?itok=Lo3Cs2Pe) [### Evaluating Newark's Education Reforms ](/evaluating-newark-school-reform)Learn what a major study uncovered about one of the nation’s most ambitious school reform efforts, a $200 million investment in Newark’s schools. ![Newark Report](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2025-06/newark_report_-_front_page.png?itok=U0GS_62w) [### Exploring Methods for Improving Teachers’ Mathematical Quality of Instruction ](/exploring-methods-improving-teachers%E2%80%99-mathematical-quality-instruction)Discover what makes video-based math coaching most effective for teachers. ![Math presentation](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/CEPR%20Website_Hero%20Images%20%282%29.png?itok=Dw1qhvoh) [### Learning by the Book ](/curriculum)Read a multi-state study from CEPR exploring whether textbook choice can lead to improved student achievement. ![learning by the book report cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2025-07/learning%20by%20the%20book%20report.jpg?itok=cqWSNGTU) [### Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Measures: Refreshing the Item Pool ](/mkt-measures-refresh)Learn about improvements to the Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (MKT) instrument, a tool used to assess math teaching knowledge. ![MKT](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2025-06/MKT.jpg?itok=XH2vqIRa) [### MET Project ](/met-project)Learn what 3,000 teachers and a $52 million investment taught us about measuring effective teaching. ![Have we identified effective teachers](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/cepr/files/screenshot_2023-09-18_at_2.06.43_pm.png?itok=bfOD0RW8) [### Middle School Mathematics Teachers and Teaching Survey ](/middle-school-mathematics-teachers-and-teaching-survey)Explore how middle school math teaching has evolved across the United States over the past two decades. ![MTTS Early Findings](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2025-06/mtts-early-findings-09222016_page_1.jpg?itok=OIlTMcR5) [### National Center for Research in Policy and Practice ](/national-center-research-policy-and-practice)Discover results from a national study on how educational leaders use research to guide decisions and improve schools nationwide. ![NCRPP](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/ncrpp.jpg?itok=wFnFDw4m) [### National Center for Teacher Effectiveness ](/ncte)Learn what the National Center for Teacher Effectiveness identified as valid measures to evaluate math instruction. ![NCTE](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/ncte.jpg?itok=cBEvz2kO) [### Remedial Math Goes to High School: An Evaluation of the Tennessee SAILS Program ](/sails)Discover the impact of pre-college remedial math programs on student success in Tennessee. ![TN Sails](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2025-06/tnsai%3Bs.png?itok=Oa_AATPq) [### Social-Emotional Measures for California Office to Reform Education ](/social-emotional-measures-california-office-reform-education)Learn about a California effort to integrate social-emotional learning into school accountability. ![SEL](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/sel.jpg?itok=_JtCs_wa) [### Strengthening the Research Base that Informs STEM Workforce and Curriculum Improvement Efforts ](/strengthening-research-base-informs-stem-workforce-and-curriculum-improvement-efforts)In this synthesis, find out what years of research reveal about what makes for effective STEM education. ![HGSE image 2](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/CEPR%20Website_Hero%20Images%20%284%29.png?itok=qabVWUCd) [### Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation ](/teaching-higher)Learn how educators across the country navigated the shift to Common Core-aligned instruction and assessments. ![Teaching Higher](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/teaching_higher_image.jpg?itok=xiEzR2ze) [### TNTP Program Evaluation ](/tntp-program-evaluation)Find out how a partnership with TNTP aimed to strengthen new teacher effectiveness through better evaluation. description [### Visibly Better ](/visibly-better) Visibly Better is more than a website. It’s a movement with the potential to change education through video. The Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University designed Visibly Better to share the transformative power of video in the... ![Visibly Better](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2025-08/visibly_better_horiz_web.png?itok=YSthhi0k) ## View by Focus Area co\_present [### Teacher Effectiveness ](https://prod-cepr.drupalsites.harvard.edu/view-by-focus-area/teacher-effectiveness) school [### Postsecondary Access & Success ](https://prod-cepr.drupalsites.harvard.edu/view-by-focus-area/postsecondary-access-and-success) auto\_fix\_normal [### School Improvement and Redesign ](https://prod-cepr.drupalsites.harvard.edu/view-by-focus-area/school-improvement-and-redesign)