Evidence in Action - RI

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About Evidence in Action - Rhode Island

Evidence in Action - RI drives system level improvement in education in Rhode Island through a dual approach of evidence-based implementation and rigorous policy research. We work with RI educators at the state, district and school levels in long-term research-practice partnerships to tackle key questions - from stabilizing the teacher workforce and reforming the school funding system to improving math instruction, and student mental health.

Zack Scott

“The Brown/Annenberg team have been great partners in research on a variety of topics around the district. I have particularly appreciated their support in the research around Human Capital. The team always does a great job of 1) working closely with us to ensure the topics are relevant and important to the work of the district and 2) ensuring that the findings from the research are actionable and allow us to make data-based decisions regarding district strategy and actions.”

ZACK SCOTT - Deputy Superintendent of Operations, Providence Public Schools

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Dr. Angela Holt

“We all have heard the phrase 'it takes a village to raise a child' and the same is true for creating effective extended learning programs for all students. The learning and knowledge district leadership gained from participating in work with Annenberg allowed for the district to quickly and effectively partner with a wide array of community-based organizations to create a summer learning program that was innovative and engaging.”

DR. ANGELA HOLT - Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Woonsocket Education Department

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Race and Education Research Initiative

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About the Race and Education Research Initiative

The Race and Education Research Initiative at the Annenberg Institute provides a  space to rethink how we interrogate race and education, and generates rigorous scholarship on the relationship among race, educational policy, and organizational practices. Through community engagement research and innovative, practice-based efforts, this initiative studies racial inequity in education and provides research-based approaches to expanding educational opportunity.

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Brown has developed an official land acknowledgment as part of a set of commitments to build a better understanding of the relationship between the University, the Indigenous peoples of this region, and the land on which Brown is situated.

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Educational Opportunity in Massachusetts

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About EdOpportunity

Educational Opportunity in Massachusetts is a long-standing research-practice partnership between Annenberg researchers and the Massachusetts Departments of Elementary and Secondary Education and Higher Education. Our work analyzes how students progress to and through the state's K-16 education system and into the workforce, with a specific focus on providing evidence to inform policy and practice in the Commonwealth.

The Project

Educational Opportunity in Massachusetts is a research-practice partnership between researchers at the Annenberg Institute at Brown and the Massachusetts Departments of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and Higher Education (DHE). The partnership was formed in 2019 as a result of the state’s appetite for actionable research and data-informed policy.

We study student pathways from the K-12 system into the state’s higher education system and into the labor force.We are interested in the impacts of schools and educational policies on this progress, particularly related to students from historically marginalized backgrounds. Our work has been used to inform decision-making and debate in key policy areas, including the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) testing as a graduation requirement, high-school course-taking and the MassCore curriculum, community college transfer pathways, and how well schools serve understudied populations such as students classified as English leaners, including newcomers. 

The Data

In partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, we leverage longitudinal, student-level PK-12 data from 2002 to the present. We link this information to data about students’ college enrollment and graduation via the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education and the National Student Clearinghouse, as well as to earnings data from the Massachusetts Unemployment Insurance system. Our data affords us the opportunity to follow students through all potential milestones in their educational careers. Additionally, the richness of our PK-12 data allows us to conduct nuanced analyses that take into account many aspects of students’ elementary and secondary educational experiences, including standardized test scores, attendance and suspension rates, high-school coursework and GPA, and the demographic profiles of the schools they attend.

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EdExchange

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About the EdExchange

The EdExchange unifies three key initiatives—EdInstruments, EdWorkingPapers, and EdResearchforAction—to make it easier to access, interpret, and apply education research. The EdExchange aims to create a collaborative ecosystem for school improvement where researchers, policymakers, and practitioners work together to better define needs, generate evidence, and make meaning across a common body of knowledge. 

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We're building a community where everyone involved in education can share knowledge, learn from each other, and work together to help schools thrive.

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