Publications 2010 and Prior
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