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Working Papers, Briefs & Publications
EdPolicyWorks is pleased to provide a variety of resources highlighting the work done in our center. Please feel free to contact individual authors or the managing director for more information.
Working Paper Series
The EdPolicyWorks Working Paper series consists of research papers produced all or in part by individuals associated with the center. All papers are considered to be drafts, and have not been peer reviewed. As such, working papers should not be quoted or cited without permission by the author. Copyright for all working papers remains with the authors of the work.
Papers may be removed when they are accepted for publication if required by the accepting journal. In this case, the working paper will be replaced with a citation for the published work.
Recent Working Papers
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The Nine (or more?) Lives of the Student Loan Payment Pause
Beginning in late March of 2020 and continuing through at least early 2023, most student loan borrowers have benefited from a “pause” on payments.
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Examining the Dynamics of Teacher Out-of-Pocket Spending, Student Demographics, and Teacher Autonomy
Examining the Dynamics of Teacher Out-of-Pocket Spending, Student Demographics, and Teacher Autonomy
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Recent Research Briefs
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School Division Operations During SY 2020-21: Use of Technology for Remote Learning
Divisions had to consider whether to provide some or all students with a personal computing device, whether and how to connect students to the internet, and whether to provide remote technological support to students and staff.
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School Division Operations During SY 2020-21: Use of Remote Instruction
Divisions had to consider how students would access curriculum when not in the school building, how teachers would provide instruction to remote students, and whether teachers would be responsible for teaching students both in-person and remotely.
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Professionalizing the Child Care Workforce: Understanding the Low Rates of Credential Completion among Early Educators
This report uses administrative data to track the experiences of over 1000 child care teachers who began working towards the ECAC between 2016 and 2018.
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2021 Virginia School Survey Research Brief Series: Instructional Agency
The 2021 Virginia School Survey of Climate and Working Conditions asked teachers and their aides to indicate their degree of agreement with nine statements to gauge how much instructional agency they had within their classroom.
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An Introduction to 2021 Virginia School Survey Research Brief Series
The 2021 Virginia School Survey of Climate and Working Conditions asked school employees and students following COVID-19 closures, and recent changes in working conditions and school climate. In total, 101,691 educators and 102,519 students responded.
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The Effects of Financial Incentives on Teacher Turnover in Early Childhood Settings: Experimental Evidence from Virginia
As part of a research-policy partnership, we conducted the first randomized controlled trial testing the impacts of financial incentives on teacher turnover in ECE settings.
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The Importance of Financial Supports for Child Care Teachers during the Pandemic: New Findings from Virginia
Since 2019, Virginia has been piloting the Teacher Recognition Program (TRP), a financial incentive program aimed at supporting early educators and reducing turnover.
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Recent Publications
A Cautionary Tale of Tutoring Hard-to-Reach Students in Kenya
We study the effect of teacher-student phone calls in Kenya when schools were closed. Schools were randomly assigned for 3rd, 5th and 6th graders to receive one of two versions of a 7-week weekly math intervention—5-minute accountability checks or 15-minute mini-tutoring sessions—or to the control group.
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High-Dosage Tutoring
Strong evidence points to equity and well-being benefits from well-designed programs.