Marc Stein

There is a growing body of empirical research into the efficacy of career and technical education (CTE) participation in high school in the United States. However, little of that work can be identified as truly causal, nor has much of this prior work empirically explored the theoretical mechanisms of change linked with CTE participation. This project used a unique selection process into CTE centers within a large school district, linked with longitudinal state data, to provide strong evidenc...

Across the U.S., many students have opportunities to attend schools other than their own traditional neighborhood public schools. These opportunities are commonly referred to as “school choice” and include such practices as open enrollment (both intra- and inter-district), magnet schools, charter schools including virtual schools, and public financial supports for attending private schools (e.g., vouchers, tax credit funded scholarships, education savings accounts, personal tax credits a...

The ExpERT predoctoral training program aimed to train education scientists to conduct randomized field experiments of theory-based interventions and approaches to enhance student learning in educational settings.