2011 National Board for Education Sciences Annual Report
Appendix C: Table C-2: NCEE Evaluation Reports, Technical Reports, and Issues and Answers Documents

No.	Release Date	Policy Area	Title
Evaluation Reports (Evaluation Division and Regional Education Labs)
1	July 2010	English Language Learners	Accommodations for English Language Learner Students: The Effect of Linguistic Modification of Math Test Item Setsa
2	September 2010	Literacy	Enhanced Reading Opportunities Final Report: The Impact of Supplemental Literacy Courses for Struggling Ninth Graders
3	September 2010	Literacy	Study of Teacher Preparation in Early Reading Instruction
4	November 2010	Literacy	The Effectiveness of a Program to Accelerate Vocabulary Development in Kindergartena
5	December 2010	Literacy	The Impact of a Reading Intervention for Low-Literate Adult ESL Learners
6	April 2011	Literacy	An Experimental Study of the Project CRISS Reading Program on Grade 9 Reading Achievement in Rural High Schoolsa
7	April 2011	Literacy	Impact of the Thinking Reader Software Program on Grade 6 Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, Strategies, and Motivation: Final Reporta
8	May 2011	Low-Performing Schools	Baseline Analyses of SIG Applications and SIG-Eligible and SIG-Awarded Schools
9	November 2010	Mathematics	Achievement Effects of Four Early Elementary Math Curricula: Findings for First and Second Graders
10	April 2011	Mathematics	Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Impact on Elementary School Mathematics in the Central Region: Final Report
11	May 2011	Mathematics	Middle School Mathematics Professional Development Impact Study
12	August 2010	Other	Effects of Problem Based Economics on High School Economics Instructiona
13	July 2010	Social and Behavioral	The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing
14	May 2011	Social and Behavioral	Impact of a Violence Prevention Program for Middle Schools
15	July 2010	Technical Assistance	National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Technical Assistance Centers: Interim Report
Reference and Methods Reports
1	July 2010	Assessment	Error Rates in Measuring Teacher and School Performance Based on Student Test Score Gains
2	October 2010	Assessment	Precision Gains from Publically Available School Proficiency Measures Compared to Study-Collected Test Scores in Education Cluster-Randomized Trials
Evaluation Briefs
1	April 2011	Teacher Quality	Do Low-Income Students have Equal Access to the Highest-Performing Teachers?
Issues and Answers and Technical Briefs (Regional Educational Laboratory Reports)a
1	February 2011	Assessment	How Student and School Characteristics are Associated with Performance on the Maine High School Assessment
2	June 2011*	Assessment	A descriptive analysis of two state-supported formative assessment initiatives in the Northeast and Islands Region
3	April 2011	Career Readiness	Characteristics of Career Academies in 12 Florida School Districts
4	June 2011*	Career Readiness	Aligning career and technical education with high-wage and high-demand occupations in Tennessee
5	August 2010	College Access	Are Texas' English Language Arts and Reading Standards College Ready?
6	December 2010	College Access	How Prepared are Students for College-Level Reading? Applying a Lexile-Based Approach
7	February 2011	College Access	Estimating College Enrollment Rates for 2008 Virginia Public High School Graduates
8	June 2011*	College Access	How prepared are subgroups of Texas public high school students for college-level reading? Applying a Lexile-based approach
9	January 2011	Dropout Prevention	Replication of a Career Academy Model: The Georgia Central Educational Center and Four Replication Sites
10	February 2011	Dropout Prevention	Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Mid-Atlantic Region School Districts: Additions to a Dropout Prevention Database
11	June 2011*	Early Childhood Education	Participation in the first four years of Tennessee's Voluntary Prekindergarten Program
12	August 2010	English Language Learners	Where Do English Language Learner Students Go to School? Student Distribution by Language Proficiency in Arizona
13	October 2010	English Language Learners	Patterns of Student Mobility Among English Language Learner Students in Arizona Public Schools
14	March 2011	English Language Learners	The Relationship Between English Proficiency and Content Knowledge for English Language Learner Students in Grades 10 and 11 in Utah
15	March 2011	English Language Learners	The Impact of Collaborative Strategic Reading on the Reading Comprehension of Grade 5 Students in Linguistically Diverse Schools
16	April 2011	English Language Learners	Title III Accountability Policies and Outcomes For K–12: Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives for English Language Learner Students in Southeast Region States
17	January 2011	Low-Performing Schools	What are the Characteristics, Qualifications, Roles, and Functions of School Support Teams? An Examination of Survey Results for Four Northwest Region States
18	April 2011	Low-Performing Schools	Parent Involvement and Extended Learning Activities in School Improvement Plans in the Midwest Region
19	January 2011	Other	What English Language Arts, Math, and Science Instructional Materials have Districts in the Mid Atlantic Region States Adopted?
20	March 2011	Other	Projected School Administrator Needs through 2017/2018 in California: The Effects of Projected Retirement and Projected Changes in Student Enrollment over Two-Year Increments
21	June 2011*	Other	Nutrition and physical education policy and practice in Pacific Region secondary schools
22	June 2011*	Other	A descriptive analysis of superintendent turnover in Kentucky
23	January 2011	Rural Education	Do Schools in Rural and Nonrural Districts Allocate Resources Differently? An Analysis of Spending and Staffing Patterns in the West Region States
24	August 2010	Social and Behavioral	What Characteristics of Bullying, Bullying Victims, and Schools are Associated with Increased Reporting of Bullying to School Officials?
25	January 2011	Social and Behavioral	Measuring Student Engagement in Upper Elementary through High School: A Description of 21 Instruments
26	April 2011	Social and Behavioral	Student-Reported Overt and Relational Aggression and Victimization in Grades 3–8
27	August 2010	Students with Disabilities	Do States Have Certification Requirements for Preparing General Education Teachers to Teach Students with Disabilities? Experience in the Northeast and Islands Region
28	June 2011*	Students with Disabilities	A descriptive study of enrollment in supplemental educational services in the four Appalachia Region states
29	December 2010	Teacher Quality	How Well Prepared and Supported are New Teachers? Results for the Northwest Region from the 2003/04 Schools and Staffing Survey

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^a Completed by the Regional Educational Laboratories.
*Projected to be released