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Maine Education Policy Research Institute

The Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI) provides policymakers with objective data, policy research and evaluation to define and assess educational needs, services and impacts. The Institute was established by the Legislature in 1995 and conducts work for the legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and for the Maine Department of Education. MEPRI researchers analyze trends and perform targeted research on topics of interest to education policymakers. Researchers include faculty, professional staff, and graduate students with a wide range of expertise in education. The Institute is a cooperative effort of the University of Maine System and the Maine State Legislature, and conducts its work through the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine.

Submissions from 2008 2008

Perceptions and Process: Early Findings from a Study of School District Consolidation in Maine, Janet Fairman, Walter Harris, Dianne Hoff, Sarah Mackenzie, Gary Chapin, and Debra Allen

Using Technology in Helping Students Achieve 21st Century Skills: A Pilot Study, David L. Silvernail, Dorothy Small, Leanne Walker, Richard L. Wilson, and Sarah E. Wintle

Submissions from 2007 2007

Analysis of the Impact of School Consolidation on Student Transportation Cost, David L. Silvernail, Aaron K. Gritter, and James E. Sloan

Condition of K-12 Public Education in Maine 2007, Paula B. Gravelle and David L. Silvernail

Identification of Higher and Lower Performing Maine Schools-School Profiles and Characteristics, David L. Silvernail

Selected Results from a Survey of Maine Public High School Principals, James E. Sloan

Submissions from 2006 2006

Achievement Investment Prowess: Identifying Cost Efficient Higher Performing Maine Public Schools, Ida A. Batista

A Report on Efforts to Stimulate Regional Programs and Services in Special Education in Maine, Maine Education Policy Research Institute, University of Maine

Belief Drives Action: How Teaching Philosophy Affects Technology Use in the Classroom, Aaron Gritter

Fiscal Analysis of Report of Select Panel on Revisioning Education in Maine, David L. Silvernail and Ida A. Batista

Great Schools: Identifying Higher-Performing Schools, Aaron Gritter

Implementing Standards-Based Education in Maine: Progress, Challenges, and Implications, Walter J. Harris and Janet Fairman

Maine's College Graduates: Where They Go and Why (Revisited), David L. Silvernail and Brianne L. Woodward

Preliminary Analysis: The Cost and Characteristics of Maine's Higher Performing Public Schools, David L. Silvernail

Probability-Makers for Student Success: A Multilevel Logistic Regression Model of Meeting the State Learning Standards, James E. Sloan

School Administrative Unit Profiles, Maine Education Policy Research Institute, University of Maine

School Size, Student Achievement, and the “Power Rating” of Poverty: Substantive Finding or Statistical Artifact?, Theodore Coladarci

The Condition of K-12 Public Education in Maine 2006, Paula B. Gravelle and David L. Silvernail

Submissions from 2005 2005

Adequacy-Based Funding for Small, Isolated Schools: An Approach for Maine, Debra M. Allen and James E. Sloan

Average Four Year Cost Per Graduate for Maine Public High Schools Class of 2004, David L. Silvernail and Aaron K. Gritter

School Administrative Unit Profiles, Maine Education Policy Research Institute, University of Maine

The Condition of K-12 Public Education in Maine 2005, Paula B. Gravelle and David L. Silvernail

Submissions from 2004 2004

Funding for Success: The Cost of Delivering a Quality Education in Maine’s Small Rural Secondary Schools, Debra M. Allen

Laptop Use by Seventh Grade Students with Disabilities: Perceptions of Special Education Teachers, Walter J. Harris and Lori Smith

The Condition of K-12 Public Education in Maine 2004, Paula B. Gravelle and David L. Silvernail

The Relationship Between Maine School Administrative Unit Size, Costs, and Outcomes, David L. Silvernail and James E. Sloan

Trading Roles: Teachers and Students Learn with Technology, Janet Fairman

Two Teachers Implement One-to-One Computing: A Case Study, Abigail Garthwait and Herman Weller

Submissions from 2003 2003

Early Evidence from the Field. The Maine Learning Technology Initiative: Impact on Students and Learning., Dawn M. M. Lane

The Maine Principal Study: Stability and Change Among Maine Principals, 1997-2001, Gordon A. Donaldson Jr., Donald A. Buckingham, and Theodore Coladarci

Submissions from 2002 2002

Grade-span Configurations: The (Limited) Evidence Regarding Effects on Academic Achievement, Theodore Coladarci and Jullie Hancock

Special Education in Maine: Attaining Equity Through Program and Finance Reform, Walter J. Harris and Pushpan Jain

Submissions from 2001 2001

Factors Influencing Technology's Effect on Student Achievement and a Caution About Reading the Research, Gail Garthwait

Homework: A Literature Review, Julie Hancock

On My Own Time: A Conflict Between Adolescent Sleep Needs and High School Start Times, Gail C. Downs

School Finance Changes in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, Pushpam Jain

Submissions from 2000 2000

Location Evaluation and the Maine Educational Assessment: A Framework for Examining the Relationship Between MEA Scores and Other Academic Indicators in Maine Schools, Theodore Coladarci, Robert Ervin, and David L. Silvernail

Types and Barriers Maine High School Students May Face in Fulfilling Post-Secondary Educational Aspirations, Scott H. Brezovsky and David L. Silvernail

Weighted Grades: A Conundrum for Secondary Schools, Gail C. Downs

Submissions from 1999 1999

For the Love of the Profession: Teacher Salaries in Maine, Kathleen Bauman Geher

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