Podcast appearances and mentions of ira nichols barrer

Ira Nichols-Barrer, a principal researcher at Mathematica, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Nichols-Barrer's latest research, which looks at the long-term impacts of enrolling at a KIPP public school. "Long-Term Impacts of KIPP Middle and High Schools on College Enrollment, Persistence, and Attainment," co-written with Alicia Demers and Elisa Steele, is available now. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/long-term-impacts-of-kipp-middle-and-high-schools-on-college-enrollment-persistence-and-attainment

On this week's Education Gadfly Show podcast, Frances Messano, the CEO of NewSchools Venture fund, joins Mike to discuss the Building Bridges Initiative and its call to action, A Generation at Risk. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber discusses new research that finds that attending KIPP middle and high schools dramatically increases students' rate of college completion.Recommended content:A Generation at Risk: A Call to Action —The Building Bridges Initiative“How to meet students' social-emotional and academic needs when schools reopen” —Frances Messano“A bridge back to bipartisan education reform” —Michael Petrilli“An expanded definition of student success should guide the pandemic-era learning recovery” —Jason AtwoodAlicia Demers, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Elisa Steele, Maria Bartlett, and Philip Gleason, “Long-term impacts of KIPP middle and high schools on college enrollment, persistence, and attainment,” Mathematica (September 2023).Feedback Welcome: Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to Daniel Buck at dbuck@fordhaminstitute.org.   

A senior researcher at Mathematica, Ira Nichols-Barrer, and the executive director of KIPP Massachusetts, Caleb Dolan, join Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss a new study by Mathematica that shows charter middle schools can increase the likelihood of enrolling in college. A blog post by Nichols-Barrer, Philip Gleason, and Thomas Coen on the study is available here: https://www.educationnext.org/new-research-kipp-charter-middle-schools-can-improve-early-college-outcomes/

Parents often rely on school shopping websites to find out more about schools they are considering for their children. A new study looks at how the content and layout of these websites influence how parents judge schools. Ira Nichols-Barrer, a Senior Researcher at Mathematica and one of the authors of the study, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss his findings. The study, "Presenting School Choice Information to Parents: An Evidence-Based Guide," was co-written with Steve Glazerman, Jon Valant, Jesse Chandler and Alyson Burnett. A blog post summarizing the study is available at: https://www.educationnext.org/design-with-care-school-information-displays-impact-school-choices/

Ira Nichols-Barrer and Brian Gill of Mathematica Policy Research sit down with Marty West to discuss an important testing decision faced by Massachusetts: whether to keep the MCAS assessment or switch to the PARCC assessment.

A Mathematica report shows that students’ scores on the existing high school assessment in Massachusetts predict college performance as well as scores on a new test that was recently developed by a consortium of states to align with Common Core standards. Mathematic education policy experts Brian Gill and Ira Nichols-Barrer discuss the national implications of these findings.