Current Research

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New study of Boston charter and pilot schools finds charter schools have positive effects on student achievement

Findings of groundbreaking study suggest charter school students in Boston outperform their peers at other public schools in Boston. Results for pilot schools were less clear. More »

CEPR Faculty Director Tom Kane presented findings at The Boston Foundation. More »

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News & Events

  • The Project for Policy Innovation in Education has been renamed the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University.
  • Tom Kane comments on Mayor Menino's charter school initiative.

Our Mission

T he Center for Education Policy Research, a unique partnership among districts, states, foundations, and university-based researchers, is designed to leverage the overwhelming amount of newly available school-, teacher-, and student-level data to address previously intractable policy questions in education. Read More »