Study Snapshot: Missed Exams and Lost Opportunities: Who Could Gain from Expanded College Admission Testing? A recent AERA Open study found that universal college admission testing in the state of Virginia could increase the number of high school graduates with test scores competitive for admission at universities in the state by as much as 40 percent—and at the most selective institutions, nearly 20 percent—with larger increases for low-income students. Read the press release
Study: Socioeconomic-based integration changes 'schooling contexts' for black students Education Dive, June 18, 2019
The paradox of working while in college The Hechinger Report, June 17, 2019
AERA President Vanessa Siddle Walker Discusses the 2020 Annual Meeting Theme
May 2019
In a new video featured on the AERA website, President Vanessa Siddle Walker discusses the aims and significance of the 2020 Annual Meeting theme: “The Power and Possibilities for the Public Good When Researchers and Organizational Stakeholders Collaborate."
View media coverage from the 2019 Annual Meeting here. View selected research papers from the 2019 Annual Meeting here.
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AERA Statement on School Safety Commission’s Recommendation to Repeal Federal Guidance on Reducing Racial Discipline Gaps - December 2018 AERA Statement on the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting - November 2018
AERA Calls on Congress to Support the Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2018 - October 2018
AERA Statement on the Trump Administration’s Detainment of Immigrant Children - June 2018
AERA Statement on the Justice Department's Announced Cancellation of School Safety Studies - March 2018
Statement by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the South Florida High School Shooting - February 2018 AERA Statement on the Hateful Acts in Charlottesville - August 2017 AERA Speaks Out on Bathroom Rules for Transgender Students - March 2017
Statement by AERA on the White House Executive Order on Visas and Immigration - January 2017
AERA Speaks to "Texas Bathroom Bill" - January 2017
AERA Council Endorses Joint Statement on “Campus Carry” Legislation - July 2016
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