February 2023
Publications
Carnegie publications are the vehicles for, not merely the products of, the Foundation’s work. They are tools and resources for others who join us as we seek to accelerate the field’s capacity to learn to improve.
A listing of Carnegie Foundation publications from 1906 to 2011 is available on Carnegie’s Archive website.
June 2022
Partnering to Scale Instructional Improvement: A Framework for Organizing Research-Practice Partnerships
By Kelly McMahon, Erin Henrick, Felicia M. Sullivan
May 2022
Designing for Deeper Learning: Challenges in Schools and School Districts Serving Communities Disadvantaged by the Educational System
By Rick Mintrop, Elizabeth Zumpe, Kara Jackson, Drew Nucci, and Jon Norman
March 2022
A Framework for Scaling for Equity
By Lora Cohen-Vogel, Jeanne Century, and David Sherer
May 2021
The Social Structure of Networked Improvement Communities: Cultivating the Emergence of a Scientific-Professional Learning Community
By Jennifer Russell, Anthony S. Bryk, Donald J. Peurach, David Sherer, Paul LeMahieu, Edit Khachatryan, Jennifer Z. Sherer, Maggie Hannan

How do networked improvement communities (NICs) create a social structure to catalyze the type of community that can solve complex problems? Based upon prior theorizing, research literature, and observations of developing NICs, here we describe a framework for use as an analytic tool for understanding NIC emergence and maturation.
July 2020
Improvement in Action: Advancing Quality in America’s Schools
By Anthony S. Bryk

Improvement in Action, Anthony S. Bryk’s sequel to Learning to Improve, illustrates how educators have effectively applied the six core principles of continuous improvement in practice. The book highlights relevant examples of rigorous, high-quality improvement work in districts, schools, and professional development networks across the country. The organizations featured in the…
June 2020
The Virtual Pivot: How The 2020 Carnegie Summit Transformed from an In-Person Event to a Virtual Experience
By Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

The Summit on Improvement in Education brings together education professionals to learn how improvement science can address their problems of practice. This document chronicles how Carnegie pivoted from its annual in-person event to a virtual one—while working remotely without the benefit of face-to-face meetings and huddles.
April 2020
Transforming Educational Systems Toward Continuous Improvement: A Reflection Guide for K–12 Executive Leaders
By Christina Dixon and Simone Palmer
February 2020
Evidence for Improvement: An Integrated Analytic Approach for Supporting Networks in Education
By David Sherer, Jon Norman, Anthony S. Bryk, Donald J. Peurach, Ash Vasudeva, and Kelly McMahon
June 2018
Advancing Quality in Continuous Improvement
By Anthony S. Bryk
January 2018
2016-2017 Impact Report: Six Years of Results from the Carnegie Math Pathways™
By Melrose Huang
January 2018
Adaptation with Integrity: Origin and Evolution of Accelerating Statway® to a Single Term
By Melrose Huang, Jon Norman, and Hiroyuki Yamada
April 2017
Redressing Inequities: An Aspiration in Search of a Method
By Anthony S. Bryk
March 2017
Pathways Post-Participation Outcomes: Preliminary Findings
By Jon Norman
March 2017
Carnegie Math Pathways 2015-2016 Impact Report: A Five-Year Review
By Hai Hoang, Melrose Huang, Brian Sulcer, and Suleyman Yesilyurt
March 2017
Maintaining Success Rates: Does Statway® Sustain its Impact as it Scales to New Classrooms and Institutions?
By Melrose Huang and Hiroyuki Yamada
March 2017
Do Effects of Quantway® Persist in the Following Year? A Multilevel Propensity Score Approach to Assessing Student College Mathematics Achievement
By Hiroyuki Yamada
January 2017
How a Networked Improvement Community Improved Success Rates for Struggling College Math Students
By Carnegie Foundation
October 2016
Assessing the Effectiveness of Quantway: A Multilevel Model with Propensity Score Matching
By Hiroyuki Yamada, Angel Bohannon, and Alicia Grunow
March 2016
Assessing the First Two Years’ Effectiveness of Statway: A Multilevel Model with Propensity Score Matching
By Hiroyuki Yamada and Anthony S. Bryk
March 2016
Do Randomized Controlled Trials Meet the ‘Gold Standard’?
By Marshall (Mike) Smith, Alan Ginsburg
February 2016
Community College Pathways: 2014-2015 Impact Report
By Melrose Huang, Hai Hoang, Suleyman Yesilyurt, and Chris Thorn
February 2016
Quality and Equality in American Education: Systemic Problems, Systemic Solutions
By Marshall (Mike) Smith, Jennifer A. O’Day
December 2015
Accelerating How We Learn to Improve
By Anthony S. Bryk
September 2015
Improving Observer Training: The Trends and Challenges
By Sarah McKay and Elena Silva
July 2015
Motivation Matters: How New Research Can Help Teachers Boost Student Engagement
By Susan Headden and Sarah McKay
February 2015
Learning to Improve: How America’s Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better
By Anthony S. Bryk, Louis Gomez, Alicia Grunow, and Paul LeMahieu
February 2015
Improving Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
By Sarah McKay
January 2015
The Carnegie Unit: A Century-Old Standard in a Changing Education Landscape
By Elena Silva, Taylor White, and Thomas Toch
January 2015
Pathways Impact Report
By Nicole Sowers and Hiroyuki Yamada
December 2014
Adding Eyes: The Rise, Rewards, and Risks of Multi-Rater Teacher Observation Systems
By Taylor White
September 2014
Community College Pathways: Summative Assessments and Student Learning
By Scott Strother and Nicole Sowers
March 2014
Developing an Effective Teacher Feedback System
By Sandra Park, Sola Takahashi, and Taylor White
March 2014
Beginners in the Classroom: What the Changing Demographics of Teaching Mean for Schools, Students, and Society
By Susan Headden
January 2014
Evaluating Teachers More Strategically: Using Performance Results to Streamline Evaluation Systems
By Taylor White
December 2013
Community College Pathways: 2012-2013 Descriptive Report
By Nicole Sowers, Scott Strother, James Van Campen
December 2013
Practical Measurement
By Anthony S. Bryk, David Yeager, Jane Muhich, Hannah Hausman, Lawrence Morales
October 2013
90-Day Cycle Handbook
By Sandra Park and Sola Takahashi
September 2013
Improving on the American Dream: Mathematics Pathways to Student Success
By Gay Clyburn
August 2013
A Human Capital Framework for a Stronger Teacher Workforce
By Jeannie Myung, Lee Nordstrum, Krissia Martinez
July 2013
Strategies for Enhancing the Impact of Post-Observation Feedback for Teachers
By Jeannie Myung, Krissia Martinez
June 2013
Improvement Research Carried Out Through Networked Communities: Accelerating Learning about Practices that Support More Productive Student Mindsets
By Anthony S. Bryk, David Yeager, Paul LeMahieu, Alicia Grunow, Louis Gomez, Jon Dolle, Hannah Hausman, Jane Muhich
May 2013
Continuous Improvement in Education
By Sandra Park, Penny Carver, Lee Nordstrum, Stephanie Hironaka
May 2013
Pathways to Improvement: Using Psychological Strategies to Help College Students Master Developmental Math
By Elena Silva and Taylor White
July 2011
Getting Ideas into Action: Building Networked Improvement Communities in Education
By Anthony S. Bryk, Louis Gomez, and Alicia Grunow
April 2010
Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago
By Anthony S. Bryk, Penny Bender Sebring, Elaine Allensworth, Stuart Luppescu, and John Q. Easton