Recommended Reading

Carnegie publications are the vehicles for, not merely the products of, the Foundation’s work. They are tools and resources for others who join us as we seek to accelerate the field’s capacity to learn to improve.

A listing of Carnegie Foundation publications from 1906 to 2011 is available on Carnegie’s Archive website.

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Improving America’s Schools Together

Purchase April 2023 | Edited by Louis M. Gomez; Manuelito Biag; David G. Imig, Randy Hitz, and Steve Tozer – …

How a City Learned to Improve Its Schools

Purchase April 2023 | Written by Anthony S. Bryk, Sharon Greenberg, Albert Bertani, Penny Sebring, Steven E. Tozer, and Timothy …

Partnering to Scale Instructional Improvement: A Framework for Organizing Research-Practice Partnerships

Purchase June 2022 | Written by Kelly McMahon, Erin Henrick, Felicia M. Sullivan | Published by Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of …

Designing for Deeper Learning: Challenges in Schools and School Districts Serving Communities Disadvantaged by the Educational System

Purchase May 2022 | Written by Rick Mintrop, Elizabeth Zumpe, Kara Jackson, Drew Nucci, and Jon Norman | Published by Carnegie Foundation …

The Social Structure of Networked Improvement Communities: Cultivating the Emergence of a Scientific-Professional Learning Community

Purchase May 2021 | Written by Jennifer Russell, Anthony S. Bryk, Donald J. Peurach, David Sherer, Paul LeMahieu, Edit Khachatryan, Jennifer Z. Sherer, Maggie Hannan | Published …

Improvement in Action: Advancing Quality in America’s Schools

Purchase July 2020 | Written by Anthony S. Bryk Improvement in Action, Anthony S. Bryk’s sequel to Learning to Improve, illustrates how …

The Virtual Pivot: How The 2020 Carnegie Summit Transformed from an In-Person Event to a Virtual Experience

Purchase June 2020 | Written by Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching The Summit on Improvement in Education engages a growing community …

Transforming Educational Systems Toward Continuous Improvement: A Reflection Guide for K–12 Executive Leaders

Purchase April 2020 | Written by Christina Dixon and Simone Palmer This Reflection Guide summarizes the findings of a Carnegie Foundation …

Evidence for Improvement: An Integrated Analytic Approach for Supporting Networks in Education

Purchase February 2020 | Written by David Sherer, Jon Norman, Anthony S. Bryk, Ash Vasudeva, and Kelly McMahon Across the social sectors, …

Advancing Quality in Continuous Improvement

Purchase June 2018 | Written by Anthony S. Bryk Carnegie Foundation President Anthony S. Bryk discusses the topic of “Advancing Quality …

Redressing Inequities: An Aspiration in Search of a Method

Purchase April 2017 | Written by Anthony S. Bryk Carnegie President Anthony S. Bryk discussed the promise of networked improvement communities …

Pathways Post-Participation Outcomes: Preliminary Findings

Purchase March 2017 | Written by Jon Norman | Published by Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching The Carnegie Foundation for …

Carnegie Math Pathways 2015-2016 Impact Report: A Five-Year Review

Purchase March 2017 | Written by Hai Hoang, Melrose Huang, Brian Sulcer, and Suleyman Yesilyurt College math is a gateway course …

Maintaining Success Rates: Does Statway® Sustain its Impact as it Scales to New Classrooms and Institutions?

Purchase March 2017 | Written by Melrose Huang and Hiroyuki Yamada Statway® is an accelerated developmental mathematics intervention program for college …

Do Effects of Quantway® Persist in the Following Year? A Multilevel Propensity Score Approach to Assessing Student College Mathematics Achievement

Purchase March 2017 | Written by Hiroyuki Yamada This report analyzes evidence from a new study assessing the effectiveness of Quantway …

Assessing the Effectiveness of Quantway: A Multilevel Model with Propensity Score Matching

Purchase October 2016 | Written by Hiroyuki Yamada, Angel Bohannon, and Alicia Grunow This study assessed the effectiveness of the developmental math …

Do Randomized Controlled Trials Meet the ‘Gold Standard’?

Purchase March 2016 | Written by In Memoriam: Marshall “Mike” Smith, Alan Ginsburg | Published by American Enterprise Institute A Study of …

Community College Pathways: 2014-2015 Impact Report

Purchase February 2016 | Written by Melrose Huang, Hai Hoang, Suleyman Yesilyurt, and Chris Thorn The Community College Pathways initiative is composed of …

Quality and Equality in American Education: Systemic Problems, Systemic Solutions

Purchase February 2016 | Written by In Memoriam: Marshall “Mike” Smith, Jennifer A. O’Day | Published by Educational Testing Service After briefly …

Accelerating How We Learn to Improve

December 2015 | Written by Anthony S. Bryk | Published by Educational Researcher With each passing year, our aspirations for our education …

Improving Observer Training: The Trends and Challenges

Purchase September 2015 | Written by Sarah McKay and Elena Silva Observations of teacher performance are a critical component of most …

Motivation Matters: How New Research Can Help Teachers Boost Student Engagement

Purchase July 2015 | Written by Susan Headden and Sarah McKay “Motivation Matters: How New Research Can Help Teachers Boost Student …

Learning to Improve: How America’s Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better

Purchase February 2015 | Written by Anthony S. Bryk and Paul LeMahieu |Published by Harvard Education Publishing As a field, education has largely …

Improving Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Purchase February 2015 | Written by Sarah McKay On December 5, 2014, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s DC …

Adding Eyes: The Rise, Rewards, and Risks of Multi-Rater Teacher Observation Systems

Purchase December 2014 | Written by Taylor White State and local policymakers are starting to replace the often-cursory teacher observations of …

Community College Pathways: Summative Assessments and Student Learning

Purchase September 2014 | Written by Scott Strother and Nicole Sowers This report describes the comparative analyses from the Pathways summative …

Developing an Effective Teacher Feedback System

Purchase March 2014 | Written by Sandra Park, Sola Takahashi, and Taylor White Given that the modal length of teaching experience …

Beginners in the Classroom: What the Changing Demographics of Teaching Mean for Schools, Students, and Society

Purchase March 2014 | Written by Susan Headden The report explores the causes and consequences of what may be a permanent …

Community College Pathways: 2012-2013 Descriptive Report

Purchase December 2013 | Written by Nicole Sowers, Scott Strother, James Van Campen This report provides descriptive statistics on 2012 – …

Practical Measurement

Purchase December 2013 | Written by Anthony S. Bryk, David Yeager, Jane Muhich, Hannah Hausman, Lawrence Morales Accelerating the field’s capacity …

90-Day Cycle Handbook

Purchase October 2013 | Written by Sandra Park and Sola Takahashi The 90-Day Cycle has emerged as an invaluable method for rapidly …

Improving on the American Dream: Mathematics Pathways to Student Success

Purchase September 2013 | Written by Gay Clyburn This article published in Change Magazine captures the experience of Pathways students and faculty. Students …

A Human Capital Framework for a Stronger Teacher Workforce

Purchase August 2013 | Written by Jeannie Myung, Lee Nordstrum, Krissia Martinez Building a stronger teacher workforce requires the thoughtful orchestration …

Strategies for Enhancing the Impact of Post-Observation Feedback for Teachers

Purchase July 2013 | Written by Jeannie Myung, Krissia Martinez Currently, school systems are dedicating an enormous amount of effort to …

Improvement Research Carried Out Through Networked Communities: Accelerating Learning about Practices that Support More Productive Student Mindsets

Purchase June 2013 | Written by Anthony S. Bryk, David Yeager, Paul LeMahieu, Alicia Grunow, Louis Gomez, Jon Dolle, Hannah Hausman, Jane Muhich This …