The Center for Policy, Research, and Evaluation (PRE) conducts applied research and evaluation studies focused on promoting positive educational outcomes for youth, and understanding the influence of both schools and communities on those outcomes. Its goal is to use research to inform educational policies and practices at federal, state, local, and programmatic levels.
Current Projects
Parent Leadership and Organizing for Justice: A Landscape Analysis
This Parent Power and Leadership Survey findings report focuses on parent leadership initiatives that develop leadership skills and knowledge to work collectively toward racial, social, or economic justice. Family engagement leadership.
PRE Research Brief Series
The Center for Policy, Research, and Evaluation (PRE) conducts applied research and evaluation studies focused on promoting positive educational outcomes for youth, and understanding the influence of both schools and communities on those outcomes. These PRE Research Briefs communicate the essential elements, methodologies, participant recruitment, relevant survey or moderator guide and report formant.
An Evaluation of the BPS Excellence for All Initiative
Our report provides a primarily qualitative analysis of fidelity and quality of support for student learning in the implementation of the EFA initiative in 16 Boston Public Schools serving 4-6th grade students.
Gates Racial Identity Project
The Center for Policy, Research, and Evaluation is studying a cohort of five leading youth-serving organizations to better understand relationships among racial identity formation.
BEES Evaluation
PRE is working closely with BPS to conduct a 2 year, mixed-method formative evaluation of BEES to understand how the programs works and to determine if participation in BEES has an impact on science outcomes for students.
Organizing Family and Community: Collective Parent Action and Intergenerational Learning
This project, funded by the Spencer Foundation, explores how children learn and thrive when their parents and family members belong to parent leadership and organizing groups.
Kentucky Collaborative Evaluation
The Kentucky Collaborative is a network of families, schools, districts, and community partners sharing a unified voice in advocating for family leadership and effective family-school-community partnerships.
Kentucky Collaborative Research Study
The goal of the Kentucky Collaborative Research Study is to understand how family-school partnerships change in schools over a 3-year time period.
Parent Leadership Indicators Project
With access to high-quality leadership training and development, parents can become powerful advocates for greater opportunities for children, and the family becomes a vital constituency for improved child and community outcomes.
Parent Leadership Training Institute Evaluation
A program that enables parents to become advocates for children and focuses on parents as partners with agencies and leaders.
