Special education

Alumni

Anna Shapiro

Associate Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation

Anna Shapiro is an associate policy researcher at RAND with a focus on early childhood education and special education. Her research interests include strengthening early care and education systems, increasing access to high-quality public early…

Other reports

Historic Crisis, Historic Opportunity: Using Evidence to Mitigate the Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Young Children and Early Care and Education Programs

June 1, 2021

Christina Weiland, Erica Greenberg, Daphna Bassok, Anna Markowitz, Paola Guerrero Rosada, Grace Luetmer, Rachel Abenavoli, Celia Gomez, Anna Johnson, Brenda Jones-Harden, Michelle Maier, Meghan McCormick, Pamela Morris, Milagros Nores, Deborah Phillips, Catherine Snow

The COVID-19 crisis has brought unprecedented challenges to the high-quality early care and education (ECE) experiences that are essential for young children to thrive. Throughout the pandemic, early childhood policymakers had to quickly make...

EPI Working papers

Who Benefits from KIPP?

February 1, 2010

Susan Dynarski, Joshua Angrist, Thomas Kane, Parag Pathak, Christopher Walters

Charter schools affiliated with the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) are emblematic of the No Excuses approach to public education. These schools feature a long school day, an extended school year, selective teacher hiring, strict behavior norms...

EPI Working papers

Accountability, Incentives, and Behavior: The Impact of High-Stakes Testing in the Chicago Public Schools

June 1, 2002

Brian Jacob

The recent federal education bill, No Child Left Behind, requires states to test students in grades three to eight each year, and to judge school performance on the basis of these test scores. While intended to maximize student learning, there is...