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20-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Study: Teacher Perceptions of Chronically Absent Young Students May Add to the Challenges of Missing School
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

A new study finds that early elementary school teachers report feeling less close to chronically absent students and view them less positively, even when those students do not cause trouble in the classroom.

Newswise: Dr. Felice J. Levine to Step Down as AERA Executive Director in June 2025
Released: 18-Jun-2024 2:30 PM EDT
Dr. Felice J. Levine to Step Down as AERA Executive Director in June 2025
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

AERA President Janelle T. Scott and Executive Director Felice J. Levine issued the following joint letter on June 18, 2024.

Released: 22-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
New AERA Book Compares Global Educational Inequality
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

A new book from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) compares how well city school systems around the world are preparing young people, particularly poor and minority students, with the skills, dispositions, and behaviors they need for further study, work, and life overall.

Released: 12-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Report Finds Significant Gender and Racial Inequities in the Educational Measurement Profession
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Gender and racially based employment disparities, differences in perceptions of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and workplace discrimination remain significant issues in the field of educational measurement, according to a new report supported by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), and Women in Measurement (WIM).

Released: 8-Apr-2024 9:30 AM EDT
AERA Announces 2024 Award Winners in Education Research
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced the winners of its 2024 awards for excellence in education research.

11-Mar-2024 3:00 PM EDT
Research Finds a College Degree Remains a Sound Investment Despite Rising Tuition
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

A new analysis of 5.8 million Americans finds that earning a college degree is still a sound investment, although the rate of economic return varies across college majors and student demographics.

5-Mar-2024 10:30 AM EST
Study: Black Boys Are Less Likely to Be Identified for Special Education When Matched with Black Teachers
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Black male elementary school students matched to Black teachers are less likely to be identified for special education services, according to new research published today.

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Released: 1-Mar-2024 9:30 AM EST
Maisha T. Winn Voted AERA President-Elect; Key Members Elected to AERA Council
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Maisha T. Winn, the Chancellor’s Leadership Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Davis, has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Released: 15-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
AERA Announces 2024 Fellows
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced the selection of 24 exemplary scholars as 2024 AERA Fellows.

12-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Study: Digital Leisure Reading Does Little to Improve Reading Comprehension for Students
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

For years, research showed that print reading, whether for leisure or school, improved developing readers’ ability to comprehend text. However, the explosive use of digital reading devices, constant access to these devices, and new types of reading materials have introduced new reading habits. Now, a new comprehensive review of research on digital leisure reading habits finds a virtually nonexistent relationship between digital reading and improvement in reading comprehension among students.

5-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
Study: Diverse College Classrooms Linked to Better STEM Learning Outcomes for All Students
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Students achieve better grades in college science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses when those classrooms have higher numbers of underrepresented racial-minority and first-generation college students, according to new research released today.

23-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Study: School Debate Programs Linked to Improvements in Academic Achievement, Graduation Rates, and College Enrollment
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Participating in policy debate programs in middle and high school is associated with improvements in English language arts (ELA) achievement and increases in the likelihood that students graduate from high school and enroll in postsecondary education, according to new research.

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11-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Study: Struggling Students Who Repeat Third Grade See Improved Achievement
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Third-grade retention can increase the reading and math scores of struggling students, with positive effects lasting into middle school, according to new research released today.

15-Sep-2023 4:40 PM EDT
Study: Admissions Policies that Consider Grades and Test Scores in Context of Available Opportunities Are Linked to College Success
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Indicators of high school grades and standardized test scores that take into account the levels of school, neighborhood, and family resources available to students are strongly associated with those students’ success in college, according to new research published today.

12-Sep-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Study Finds That State-Mandated Civics Test Policy Does Not Improve Youth Voter Turnout
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

New research finds that a commonly used state-mandated civics test policy—the Civics Education Initiative (CEI)—does not improve youth voter turnout, at least in the short term.

14-Jun-2023 9:55 AM EDT
Study Finds That a Small Number of Teachers Effectively Double the Racial Gaps Among Students Referred for Disciplinary Action
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

The top 5 percent of teachers most likely to refer students to the principal’s office for disciplinary action do so at such an outsized rate that they effectively double the racial gaps in such referrals, according to new research released today.

7-Jun-2023 9:55 AM EDT
Giving Parents Better School Quality Data Encourages Them to Consider Less Affluent, Less White Schools—To a Point
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

In a study published today in AERA Open, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association, researchers David M. Houston of George Mason University and Jeffrey R. Henig of Teachers College, Columbia University, found that providing parents with achievement growth data encourages them to consider schools with greater economic and racial diversity, but only up to a point.

Released: 15-Apr-2023 9:05 AM EDT
AERA23 Study Snapshots for April 15
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

The following selected research papers will be presented at the place-based component of the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Chicago, Ill, on April 15.

Released: 14-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Study Snapshot: Following the Letter of the Law: 2020–2021 Retention Outcomes Under Michigan’s Read by Grade Three Law
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

This study will be presented at the place-based component of the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

Released: 6-Apr-2023 11:05 AM EDT
AERA Announces 2023 Award Winners in Education Research
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced the winners of its 2023 awards for excellence in education research.



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