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Our mission is to bridge research and practice by framing important issues, producing and disseminating new research and distilling the implications for action by decision makers. The AGI promotes excellence with equity as the defining goal. Not only should there be group proportional equality-where group-level characteristics such as race or socioeconomic status have no bearing on an individual's educational achievement-there should also be excellence

"Teaching students that intelligence can grow and blossom with effort - rather than being a fixed trait they're just born with - is gaining traction in progressive education circles. And new research from Stanford is helping to build the case that nurturing a "growth mindset" can help many kids understand their true potential."

"The report, Accountability for College and Career Readiness: Developing a New Paradigm, draws on research, actual practice of states and nations, and input from leading policymakers, researchers, administrators, and practitioners (see list of advisors, below) to develop a vision of this new accountability, which is portrayed in an imagined "51st state." The report was released jointly by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education at Stanford University and the National Center for Innovation in Education (NCIE) at the University of Kentucky. It was authored by Darling-Hammond, NCIE Executive Director Gene Wilhoit, and NCIE staff member, Linda Pittenger."

"Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature "

"A study to be released this morning at the American Educational Research Association convention here in New Orleans presents an even earlier warning sign: A student who can't read on grade level by 3rd grade is four times less likely to graduate by age 19 than a child who does read proficiently by that time. Add poverty to the mix, and a student is 13 times less likely to graduate on time than his or her proficient, wealthier peer."

"2015 - Low income students are now a majority of the schoolchildren attending the nation's public schools, according to this research bulletin. The latest data collected from the states by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), show that 51 percent of the students across the nation's public schools were low income in 2013."

"Bridging Research and Practice by framing issues, producing and disseminating research and distilling implications for decision makers in an emergent movement for excellence with equity."

"A brand-new study on the academic effects of homework offers not only some intriguing results but also a lesson on how to read a study - and a reminder of the importance of doing just that:  reading studies (carefully) rather than relying on summaries by journalists or even by the researchers themselves."

"Graham's review of the research doesn't resolve the age-old debate of whether students learn writing best naturally -  just by doing it - or through explicit writing instruction. But there are effective practices where the research is unequivocal. Distressingly, many teachers aren't using them. "We have confirmation of things we know that work, but are not applied in the classroom," said Graham."

"I was excited to read two recent reports from researcher John Hattie: What Doesn't Work in Education: The Politics of Distraction andWhat Works Best in Education: The Politics of Collaborative Expertise.Hattie, whose seminal research is on the educational practices most likely to lead to student gains, examines those findings to determine how we increase those practices within schools. It is no surprise to many of us that he has landed on the power of collaborative learning."

Allan Oden - The Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) Group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has produced a series of papers that addresses the compensation aspect of the strategic management of human capital in public education.

"Search SWIFT Shelf to find research articles, issue briefs, papers, reports, assessment tools, and more about current issues in equity-based inclusive education."

"Research a topic with an interactive map Customize it with facts, links, and videos Share it to show what you've learned"

"PowerUp WHAT WORKS provides free evidence-based resources to elevate your professional learning. We invite you to choose your path and explore our team and research, evidence-based strategies, and tested resources."

"Serendip-o-matic connects your sources to digital materials located in libraries, museums, and archives around the world. By first examining your research interests, and then identifying related content in locations such as the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Europeana, and Flickr Commons, our serendipity engine helps you discover photographs, documents, maps and other primary sources. Whether you begin with text from an article, a Wikipedia page, or a full Zotero collection, Serendip-o-matic's special algorithm extracts key terms and returns a surprising reflection of your interests. Because the tool is designed mostly for inspiration, search results aren't meant to be exhaustive, but rather suggestive, pointing you to materials you might not have discovered. At the very least, the magical input-output process helps you step back and look at your work from a new perspective. Give it a whirl. Your sources may surprise you."

"Research has shown that in addition to academic knowledge, a variety of noncognitive skills are essential to students' post-secondary success.  This article is adapted from Teaching Adolescents to Become Learners:  The Role of Noncognitive Factors in Shaping School Performance: A Critical Literature Review."

An important step toward supporting teachers and ensuring that all students have access to high quality instruction is to develop fairer and more useful measures of teacher effectiveness. This is the goal of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project, which will support independent education researchers-in partnership with school districts, principals, teachers, and unions-to develop objective and reliable measures of effective teaching. Rather than relying solely on how well a teacher's students do on assessments, the Measures of Effective Teaching project seeks to uncover and develop a set of measures that work together to form a more complete indicator of a teacher's impact on student achievement.

There is significant research available on the benefits of audiobooks for young people. Below is a lengthy annotated bibliography of articles and other resources lauding the effects of audiobooks on children.

"In the course of conducting public opinion surveys and demographic analyses, the Pew Research Center found a wide range of data milestones, breakthroughs, peaks and valleys in 2013, including record support for same-sex marriage and the legalization of marijuana; record levels of distrust of the federal government; record numbers of mothers who were the primary breadwinners for their families; and record numbers of Millennials living with their parents. Here is a look at the highs and lows Americans reached this year, according to our data."