OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Educational Policy is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Indigenous Students and English Learner Identification: A Fifty-State Policy Review	48
A Tale of Two Systems: Choice and Equity in the District of Columbia’s Charter Schools	31
A Path Toward Racial Justice in Education: Anti-Racist Policy Decision Making in School Districts	25
College Behind Bars: A Historiography of Higher Education in Prison	23
The Fragile Edge of Innovation: Examining Policy Resilience in State-Level K-12 Artificial Intelligence Guidance	21
The accountability paradigm post-NCLB: Policy Ideas and Moral Narratives	21
Substantial Early College Credit: A Complex Systems Perspective	20
Reform for “These” Kids: Neoliberal Reform, Theorized Target Populations, and Spatial Injustice	19
A Framework for Deepening Racial Equity in Prenatal-Grade Three Systems: Lessons From a 10-Year Reflective Case Study	16
The Adoption of Test-Based Grade Retention Policies: An Event History Analysis	15
Advancing Institutional Change to Encourage Faculty Participation in Research-Practice Partnerships	14
Equity and Early Implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act in State-Designed Plans During COVID	13
Putting Parental Pushback in Context: A Comparative Case Study of a School District’s Gender Policy-As-Practice	13
Pathways and Outcomes for Early-Career Teachers With Teaching Assistant Experience	13
Whiteness and Ability: Discourses in Disability History Curriculum Legislation	13
Community Policing in Schools and School Resource Officer Transparency	12
State Goals, Institutional Social Constructions, and Utah’s Postsecondary Education Governance Reform Efforts	12
Politics, Covid, and In-Person Instruction During the First Year of the Pandemic	12
High School Students’ Expectations and College Aspirations: Causes and Consequences	12
Associations Between Administrative Burden and Children’s ECE Stability During the Covid-19 Pandemic	11
Competency Based Education Pilot in Illinois: Preliminary Findings	11
“Divisive” Education Legislation in the Midwest: A Critical Epistemic Policy Analysis	10
Comparing the Role of Attitudes on the Enactment of Academic and Non-Academic Education Performance Indicators	10
Comparing the Costs of Online and Teacher-Directed Credit Recovery	10
Variation in English Learners’ Programmatic Experiences and Postsecondary Trajectories	10

Designing for a Productive Politics of Participation in Research Practice Partnerships	10
Governing Generative Artificial Intelligence: Institutional Policies and Guidelines at America’s Flagship Universities	9
Disenchanting Educational Policy and Leadership: An Introduction	9
The Paradox of School Choice? Experimental Evidence on Choice Architecture, Anxiety, and Satisfaction	9
Unpacking the Power Dynamics of Funding Research-Practice Partnerships	9
Different or Differentiated? Recoupling Policy and Practice in an Era of Accountability	9
Teacher Mental Health and District Employee Support in Rural Communities: A Sequential Exploratory Mixed Methods Study	9
The Boundaries of Competition: Examining Charter Schools’ Impact on Traditional Schools	8
How State Education Leaders Supported Students’ Access to Education Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons for Policy	8
Educational Policy: Analysis, Action, and Advocacy Across Contexts	8
Principal Leadership of Pre-K Programs in Elementary Schools: Evidence from North Carolina	8
Moving Toward Integration or Segregation? Racial Change in Suburban Public Schools	7
Retention and Educational Inequalities in the U.S.	7
An Empirically Derived Framework for Building Strong Outdoor Education Partnerships	7
Inclusive Emergency Preparedness as a Lever for School Improvement	7
Child Education Rights Versus Parental Preferences: A Paradox Between United Nations Conventions and Alternative Schooling Methods	7
Does It Matter Who Evaluates Teachers? Principal Versus Teacher-Led Evaluation and Teacher Motivation	7
The Choice and Evaluation of Sexual Harassment Interventions in Institutions of Higher Education	7
Hot Leadership, Cool Leadership: How Education Policies are Implemented (and Ignored) in Schools	6
Equitable Compensation to Attract and Retain Qualified Teachers in High-Need Alaska Public Schools	6
Adolescents’ Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors, Mental Health, and Access to School Counselors: Evidence from Georgia	6
The Madness Behind the Method: What’s Really Beneath Anti-Critical Race Theory Legislation	6
An Event History Analysis of the Policy Adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards	6