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An archived collection of research summaries from 2003 that have been carefully reviewed and selected to provide objective, high-quality evidence that is concise and easy to understand.

Children Succeeding in School 2003 Archives

Attending Kindergarten and Already Behind: A Statistical Portrait of Vulnerable Young Children — Dec. 2003
Research brief at Child Trends website

Bullying in Schools Pervasive, Disruptive and Serious — Dec. 2003
Research summary at RAND Corporation website

Children in Foster Homes: How Are They Faring? — Dec. 2003
Research brief at Child Trends website

The Nation's Report Card: Reading and Mathematics 2003 — Nov. 2003
News release at National Center for Education Statistics website

Charter Schools: Achievement, Accountability, and the Role of Expertise (Chapter 3 of the Brown Center Report on American Education) — Oct. 2003
Research brief at Brookings Institution website

Do Students Have Too Much Homework? — Oct. 2003
Research brief at Brookings Institution website

The Nation's Achievement (Chapter 1 of the Brown Center Report on American Education) — Oct. 2003
Research brief at Brookings Institution website

Parent Involvement and Early Literacy — Oct. 2003
Research brief at Harvard Family Research Project website

Class Size: Counting Students Can Count — Fall 2003
Research brief at American Educational Research Association website

Can Music Instruction Affect Children's Cognitive Development? — Sep. 2003
Research brief at Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting website

School Enrollment 2000 — Aug. 2003
Research brief at U.S. Census Bureau website

Summer Learning Loss: The Problem and Some Solutions — May 2003
Research brief at Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) website

Data on Dropout Rates — Spring 2003
Research brief at Child Trends website

How Are Children Affected by Employment and Welfare Transitions? — Mar. 2003
Research brief at Joint Center for Poverty Research website

Are Student Health Risks and Low Resilience Assets an Impediment to the Academic Progress of Schools? — 2003
Fact sheet at WestEd website

How California Charter Schools Operate and Perform — 2003
Research brief at RAND Corporation website

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Children Succeeding in School 2003 Archives

Attending Kindergarten and Already Behind: A Statistical Portrait of Vulnerable Young Children — Dec. 2003

Bullying in Schools Pervasive, Disruptive and Serious — Dec. 2003

Children in Foster Homes: How Are They Faring? — Dec. 2003

The Nation's Report Card: Reading and Mathematics 2003 — Nov. 2003

Charter Schools: Achievement, Accountability, and the Role of Expertise (Chapter 3 of the Brown Center Report on American Education) — Oct. 2003

Do Students Have Too Much Homework? — Oct. 2003

The Nation's Achievement (Chapter 1 of the Brown Center Report on American Education) — Oct. 2003

Parent Involvement and Early Literacy — Oct. 2003

Class Size: Counting Students Can Count — Fall 2003

Can Music Instruction Affect Children's Cognitive Development? — Sep. 2003

School Enrollment 2000 — Aug. 2003

Summer Learning Loss: The Problem and Some Solutions — May 2003

Data on Dropout Rates — Spring 2003

How Are Children Affected by Employment and Welfare Transitions? — Mar. 2003

Are Student Health Risks and Low Resilience Assets an Impediment to the Academic Progress of Schools? — 2003

How California Charter Schools Operate and Perform — 2003