ABOUT CEPR
The Center for Educational Policy Research seeks to help policy makers and policy implementers alike do a better job of using educational policy as a tool to improve schooling and student learning.
CEPR works with federal agencies, state education departments, non-governmental organizations, private foundations, and school districts to support research on a range of issues in the areas of high school-to-college articulation, adequacy funding, large-scale assessment models, and other policy initiatives designed to improve student success.
New Resources Available for Free Download
Funded by a U.S. Dept of Education grant --and now available here for free download-- are resources for high school teachers who want to develop courses for seniors in the academic middle 50%. Senior Seminars and Paired Courses prepare students who don’t want to take traditional college prep courses for what they’ll need to know to succeed in college. (Read more…)

New Report Available to Download
Redefining College Readiness
The purpose of this report is to provide an operational definition of college readiness that differs from current representations of this concept primarily in its scope. The report suggests that, while much has been learned about this phenomenon, particularly during the past 20 years, few systematic attempts have been made to integrate the various aspects or components of college readiness that have been investigated in some depth during this period of time. As a result, college readiness continues to be defined primarily in terms of high school courses taken and grades received, along with scores on national tests, as its primary metrics. March 2007

                                                            
Publications Now Available
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