MERC Publications
Submissions from 2021
Will They Stay or Will They Go? Analysis of the 2019 DOE Working Conditions Survey, Jonathan D. Becker, Valerie Robnolt, Kasey Dye, and Erica Ross
Analyzing Advanced Placement (AP): Making the Nation's Most Prominent College Preparatory Program More Equitable, David Naff, Mitchell Parry, Tomika Ferguson, Virginia Palencia, Jenna Lenhardt, Elisa Tedona, Antionette Stroter, Theodore Stripling, Zoey Lu, and Elizabeth Baber
Digital Equity in the Time of COVID: Student Use of Technology for Equitable Outcomes, Joy Washington, Andrea Woodard, Jonathan D. Becker, Joan A. Rhodes, Andrew Harris, Oscar Keyes, and David B. Naff
Policy and Practice Brief 6: Considerations for Using ACCESS Test Scores in Decision-Making, Carolyn N. Waters and MERC English Learner Research & Evaluation Team, Virginia Commonwealth University
Policy and Practice Brief 7: Special Considerations for ACCESS Testing During COVID-19, Carolyn N. Waters and MERC English Learner Research & Evaluation Team, Virginia Commonwealth University
Submissions from 2020
Digital Equity in the time of COVID-19: The Access Issue, Jonathan D. Becker, Joy Washington, David Naff, Andrea Woodard, and Joan A. Rhodes
Policy and Practice Brief 1: Virginia Is Not an English-Only Instruction State, Melissa J. Cuba
Policy and Practice Brief 2: English Learners Are a Priority During COVID-19, Melissa J. Cuba
Dual Language Programming: A Model to Enhance School Climate and Academic Achievement in Diverse Schools, Melissa J. Cuba and Kate Daly Rolander
Policy and Practice Brief 3: Dual Language Programs Are Growing Across Virginia, Virginia Massaro
Policy and Practice Brief 5: English Learners and High School Graduation: Beyond the Four Year Pathway, Virginia Massaro and MERC English Learner Research & Evaluation Team, Virginia Commonwealth University
Supporting Student Mental Health During and After COVID-19, David Bryant Naff, Shenita Williams, Jenna Furman, and Melissa Lee
Unpacking "Giftedness": Research and Strategies for Promoting Racial and Socioeconomic Equity, David B. Naff, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Amy Jefferson, Michael Schad, Morgan Saxby, Kathryn Haines, and Zoey Lu
Cultural Diversity Professional Development in Schools Survey, Krystal R. Thomas, Hillary Parkhouse, Jesse Senechal, Zoey Lu, Laura Faulcon, Julie Gorlewski, and David B. Naff
Policy and Practice Brief 4: The Obligation of Schools to Provide Information to Multilingual Families in a Language They Can Understand, Carolyn N. Waters
Submissions from 2019
Understanding Racial Inequity in School Discipline Across the Richmond Region, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Adai Tefera, David Naff, Ashlee Lester, Jesse Senechal, Rachel Levy, Virginia Palencia, Mitchell Parry, and Morgan DeBusk-Lane
Submissions from 2018
A Review of Disciplinary Interventions in K12 Public Education, Rachel Levy, David Naff, Marcie Terry, and Mariah Coffee
Contexts of Cultural Diversity Professional Development in Schools, Hillary Parkhouse, Jesse Senechal, Julie Gorlewski, David Naff, Zoey Lu, and Ashlee Lester
Submissions from 2017
Virginia College Access Resource Study: Region One Report, Amy Corning, Kate Daly, and Jesse Senechal
ESSA Research Brief, Samantha Hope
School Climate Development Survey, James H. McMillan, Charol Shakeshaft, and Amy C. Hutton
Why do racial disparities in school discipline exist? The role of policies, processes, people, and places, Adai Tefera, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, and Rachel Levy
Submissions from 2016
Cultural Diversity Professional Development for Teachers: A Research Brief, Samantha Hope and David Naff
Reading and Math Interventions at the Secondary Level: A Research Brief, Ashlee Lester and David Naff
Abstract: The Podcast of the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium, David Naff