Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation

2010

• The Impact of the Relationship Between Maine's Funding Formula Changes and Student Achievement 
  David L.Silvernail, Ida A. Batista, August 2010

• Open Educational Resources & Students' Independent Knowledge Creation: The Maine Student OER Innovations Project
  Sarah E. Wintle, David L. Silvernail, June 2010

• More Efficient Maine Schools Project: A Work in Progress
  David L. Silvernail, Ida A. Batista, James E. Sloan, March 2010

• Following the Money: How Maine School Administrative Units have Used Increases in State Education Subsidies FY2005-FY2008
  David L. Silvernail, Amy F. Johnson, James E. Sloan, March 2010

• Analysis of the Impacts of Including Income in Determining Community Wealth in the Maine K-12 School Funding Formula
  David L. Silvernail, James E. Sloan, February 2010

• A Preliminary Assessment of Maine Students' Interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Careers: The Tip of the Iceberg?
  Alexis M. Berry, David L. Silvernail, January 2010

• The Impacts of the School Funding Formula on the State Subsidy Received by School Administrative Units
  David L. Silvernail, Amy F. Johnson, James E. Sloan, January 2010

 2009

• Review of Regional Adjustment Within the Essential Programs and Services Cost Allocation Model
  David L. Silvernail, James E. Sloan, April 2009

• Extended School Year Fast Facts
  Rebekah Bickford, David L. Silvernail, March 2009

• Physical Education Fast Facts
  Rebekah Bickford, David L. Silvernail, March 2009

• Improving Mathematics Performance Using Laptop Technology: The Importance of Professional Development for Success
  David L. Silvernail, Pamela J. Buffington, February 2009

• Using Laptops to Facilitate Middle School Science Learning: The Results of Hard Fun
  Alexis M. Berry, Sarah E. Wintle, February 2009

• A Review of the Evidence on the Four-Day School Week
  Christine Donis-Keller, David L. Silvernail, February 2009

• The Condition of K-12 Public Education in Maine 2009
  David L. Silvernail, Christine Donis-Keller, January 2009

• Review of Selected Components in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Formula
  David L. Silvernail, James E. Sloan, January 2009

• Further Review of the Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Adjustment in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Formula
  David L. Silvernail, Ida A. Batista, January 2009

2008

• 21st Century Teaching and Learning: an Assessment of Student Website Evaluation Skills
  Caroline Pinkham, Sarah E. Wintle, David L. Silvernail, December 2008

• Using Technology in Helping Students Achieve 21st Century Skills: a Pilot Study
  David L. Silvernail, Dorothy Small, Leanne Walker, Richard L. Wilson, Sarah E. Wintle, February 2008.

• The Condition of K-12 Public Education in Maine 2008
  David L. Silvernail, Paula B. Gravelle, January 2008

2007

• Maine's Middle School Laptop Program: Creating Better Writers - Research Brief
  David L. Silvernail & Aaron K. Gritter, October 2007

• The Identification of Higher and Lower Performing Maine Schools
  David L. Silvernail, May 2007

• Selected Results from a Survey of Maine Public High School Principals
  James E. Sloan, May 2007

• Review of Salary Matrices Components in the Essential Programs and Services Model
  David L. Silvernail, James E. Sloan, April 2007

• Review of Employee Benefits Percentages in the Essential Programs and Services Model
  David L. Silvernail, James E. Sloan, April 2007

• Review of Transportation Cost Component in the Essential Programs and Services Model
  David L. Silvernail, James E. Sloan, February 2007

• Review of Geographic Cost Adjustment Component in the Essential Programs and Services Model
  David L. Silvernail, James E. Sloan, January 2007

• Analysis of the Impact of School Consolidation on Student Transportation Cost: Brief
  David L. Silvernail, Aaron K. Gritter, James E. Sloan, January 2007

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

2006

• Fiscal Analysis of the Report on the Select Panel on Revisioning Education in Maine
  Ida A. Batista, David L. Silvernail, August 2006

• Achievement Investment Prowess: Identifying Cost Efficient Higher Performing Maine Public Schools
  Ida Batista, April 2006

• Probability-Makers for Student Success: A Multilevel Logistic Regression Model of Meeting the State Learning Standards
  James E. Sloan, April 2006

• Great Schools: Identifying Higher-Performing Schools
  Aaron Gritter, April 2006

• Maine Teachers with Advanced Degrees by School Administrative Unit 2004-05: Preliminary Analysis
  Jim Sloan, David L. Silvernail, March 2006

• Preliminary Analysis-The Cost and Characteristics of Maine's Higher Performing Public Schools
  David L. Silvernail, February 2006

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

2005

• Does Maine's Middle School Laptop Program Improve Learning? A Review of Evidence to Date
  David L. Silvernail, July 2005

• Adequacy-Based Funding for Small, Isolated Schools: An Approach for Maine
  Debra M. Allen and James E. Sloan, April 2005

• Belief Drives Action: How Teaching Philosophy Affects Technology Use in the Classroom
  Aaron Gritter, April 2005

• Average Four-Year Cost Per Graduate for Maine Public High Schools: Class of 2004 - Preliminary Analysis
  Aaron K. Gritter and David L. Silvernail, March 2005

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

2004

• Two Teachers Implement One-to-One Computing: A Case Study
  Abigail Garthwait, Herman Weller, July 2004

• Trading Roles: Teachers and Students Learn with Technology
  Janet Fairman, May 2004

• The Relationship Between Maine School Administrative Unit Size, Costs, and Outcomes
  David L. Silvernail and James E. Sloan, March 2004

• Use of Laptop Computers and Classroom Assessment: Are Teachers Making the Connections
  Jeffrey S. Beaudry, February 2004

• Laptop Use By Seventh Grade Students with Disabilities: Perceptions of Special Education Teachers
  Walter J. Harris, Lori Smith, February 2004

• The Impact of Maine's One-to-One Laptop Program on Middle School Teachers and Students
  David L. Silvernail, Dawn M.M. Lane, February, 2004

• Final Report: Task Force on Increasing Efficiency and Equity in the Use of K-12 Education Resources
  January 2004

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

2003

• The Maine Learning Technology Initiative: Impact on Students and Learning
  Dawn M.M. Lane, April 2003

• The Maine Learning Technology Initiative: Impact on the Digital Divide
  Paula Gravelle, April 2003

• The Maine Learning Technology Initiative: What is the Impact on Teacher Beliefs and Instructional Practices
  Katherine Sargent, April 2003

• Defying the Odds: Characteristics of Higher Performing, Higher Poverty Elementary Schools
  Kristina J. Andren, April 2003

• The Maine Learning Technology Initiative: Teacher, Student, and School Perspectives, Mid-Year Evaluation Report.
  David L. Silvernail, Walter J. Harris, Dawn Lane, Janet Fairman, Paula Gravelle, Lori Smith, Kathy Sargent, Walter McIntire, March 2003

2002

• Special Education in Maine: Attaining Equity Through Program and Finance Reform
  Walter J. Harris, Pushpam Jain, August 2002

2000

• Types and Barriers Maine High School Students May Face in Fulfilling Post-Secondary Educational Aspirations
  Scott Brezovsky, David L. Silvernail, February 2000

1999

• Essential Programs and Services: Equity and Adequacy in Funding to Improve Learning for All Children
  Maine State Board of Education, January 1999

1998

• Financial Characteristics of High and Low Performing Schools in a Predominantly Rural State
  David L. Silvernail, April 1998