Barton, Paul E., "Parsing the Achievement Gap: Baselines for Tracking Progress," Policy Information Center, Educational Testing Service, October 2003.

Bempechat, Janine, "Learning from Poor and Minority Students Who Succeed in School," Harvard Education Letter, Research Online, September/October 2003

Brain Connection, "New Study Findings: Children Get Better Boost in School, Thanks to High Quality Preschool," October 28, 2003

Braunlich, Christian N., "Virginia Reading: Doing It Right the First Time," The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, August 2003.

Chenowith, Karin, "Terrible Teachers: Why Our Kids Aren't Getting the Education They Deserve," The Washington Post Magazine, November 9, 2003.

Christensen, Linda, and Karp, Stan, "Why Is School Reform So Hard?" Education Week, October 8, 2003, P. 29.

Clowes, George A., "Smaller Classes No Remedy for Poor Teachers," The Heartland Institute, May 1, 2002.

Education Commission of the States, "Eight Questions on Teacher Preparation: Why Does the Research Say?" Spring, 2003.

Fergusuon, Ronald, "What Doesn't Meet the Eye: Understanding and Addressing Racial Disparities in High-Achieving Suburban Schools, Minority Student Achievement Network, November, 2001.

Haycock, Kati, "Closing the Achievement Gap," Educational Leadership, Volume 58, No. 6 March 2001.

Jacobson, Linda, "Study: Pre-K Teachers Need 4 Years of College," Education Week, October 1, 2003, p. 10.

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Robinson, Adele, "The Preschool Imperative, What Boards Need to Know About Early Learning," Policy Research Brief, National School Boards Association, Fall/Winter 2003.

Rothman, Robert, "Closing the Achievement Gap: How Schools are Making It Happen," Challenge Journal, Volume 5, Number 2, Winter 2001/02.

Ryder, Randall, Sekulski, Jennifer and Silberg, Anna, Results of Direct Instruction Reading Program Evaluation, First Through Second Grade, 2000-2002, in progress.

Schugurensky, Daniel, History of Education, Selected Moments of the 20^th Century, Work in Progress, "Rosenthal and Jacobson Publish Pygmalion in the Classroom.

Sally Shaywitz, M.D., Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level, Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.

Smith, Phil, Molnar, Alex, Zahorik, John, "Class Size Reduction in Wisconsin: A Fresh Look at the Data," Education Policy Studies Laboratory, College of Education, Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Arizona State University, September, 2003. Stanovich, Keith E., and Stanovich, Paula J., "Using Research and Reason in Education," National Institute for Literacy, May 2003.

The National Academies Press Release, January 16, 2002, "High-Quality Education, Early Screening Are Key to Nurturing Minority Students With Special Needs or Talents."

Troen, Vivian and Boles, Katherine C., Who's Teaching Your Children? Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2003.

Weiss, Rick, "New Study Tests Genes' Sway Over IQ," The Washington Post, September 29, 2003.