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Chesapeake Research Associates was founded in 2002 to support the development of evidence-based education and social safety net interventions through the design and implementation of rigorous research and evaluation studies. Our goal is to help our clients, both in the United States and abroad, sharpen their focus on what they need to know to achieve their programmatic goals, and to apply state-of-the art methodological approaches to support their quest for reliable answers.

News

Chesapeake Research Associates is pleased to be involved with major new efforts to improve our Nation’s educational system through our involvement in exciting new projects:

  • Impact Evaluation of Promising Features of Teacher Preparation Programs
  • Technical Support to the Regional Education Laboratories for the Northeast and Islands, Mid-Atlantic and Southwest Regions, 2012-16
  • Charting the Progress of Education Reform: An Evaluation of the Recovery Act’s Role
  • Technical Support and Evaluation of the US Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation (i3) Program

Recent Publications

Wolf, P., B. Gutmann, M. Puma, L. Rizzo, & N. Eissa (2011). "School Vouchers in the Nation's Capital." Berends, M., M. Cannata, & E. Goldring (Eds.), School Choice and School Improvement. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Puma, M., S. Bell, R. Cook, & C. Heid (2010). Head Start Impact Study: Final Report. US Department of Health and Human Service, Administration for Children and Families: Washington, DC. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hs/impact_study/

Puma, M., S. Bell, R. Olsen, & C. Price (2009). Missing Data Issues in Randomized Control Trials: What to Do When Data Are Missing. Special Methodological Report prepared for the Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education, Washington, DC. http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20090049/index.asp

Perez-Johnson, I., K. Walters, & M. Puma (2011). Evaluating ARRA Programs and Other Educational Reforms: A Guide for States. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.