The Center for Education Policy Analysis (CEPA) is a research center at the

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dedicated to action-oriented research on education policies. CEPA's research focuses on the impact of poverty and inequality on educational achievement, the evaluation of federal and state education policy, teaching and leadership effectiveness, and technological innovations in education. CEPA was established in 2009 as part of the Stanford Challenge, a multidisciplinary initiative at Stanford University aimed at improving

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. It is ranked as the 10th most influential education policy

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Activities

The main focus of CEPA's activities is on performing research on education policies in the United States. These research activities are mediated through a series of research projects, including: * Stanford Education Data Archive * Early Childhood Education and Care * CEPA Labs * Educational Opportunity Monitoring Project * Teaching & Learning in Online College Courses * Changing Ecology of Higher Education * Getting Down to Facts * Quality Teacher and Education Act in San Francisco (QTEA) * School Leadership Research * Stereotype Threat and Achievement Gaps in Middle School * Teacher Policy Research The outcomes of these research projects are published by CEPA in the form of reports, working papers, journal articles, and books. Additionally, CEPA also offers training programmes for doctorate candidates, postdoctoral fellowships and research assistantships for undergraduates.Interdisciplinary Training Programs at CEPA. Retrieved March 28th, 2018.
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Steering Committee

* Thomas Dee *

Susanna Loeb Susanna Loeb is an American education economist and director of the Annenberg Institute at Brown University. She was previously the Barnett Family Professor of Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, where she also served as foundi ...

* Michelle Reininger * Eric Bettinger *

Sean Reardon Sean F. Reardon is an American sociologist who currently serves as the Endowed Professor of Poverty and Inequality in Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, where he also is a member of the Steering Committee of the Center for Edu ...

* Jelena Obradovic * Benjamin Domingue

Faculty

* Martin Carnoy * Geoffrey L. Cohen *

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Eric Hanushek Eric Alan Hanushek (; born May 22, 1943) is an American economist who has written prolifically on public policy with a special emphasis on the economics of education. Since 2000, he has been a Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Inst ...

* Ed Haertel *

Caroline Hoxby Caroline Minter Hoxby (born 1966) is an American economist whose research focuses on issues in education and public economics. She is currently the Scott and Donya Bommer Professor in Economics at Stanford University and program director of the ...

Michael W. Kirst Michael W. Kirst (born August 1, 1939) is Professor ''Emeritus'' of Education (and Business Administration by courtesy) at Stanford University and the longest serving President of California's State Board of Education. Kirst served as President o ...

* William Koski *

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* David Plank *

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* Mitchell L. Stevens * Deborah Stipek

References

External links

Website of CEPA
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