Charting Educational Pathways: Affirmative Admissions, High-Stakes Testing, and Higher Education in New England (2001- ongoing)

This Nellie Mae Foundation-funded study, conducted in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research (MISER), examines education policy changes in New England states at the K-12 and postsecondary levels and studies the impacts of these changes on higher-education access and achievement among various populations.

The study includes a variety of methodologies: interviews with K-12 and postsecondary administrators, surveys of postsecondary leaders, and the construction of a computer model for tracking the interactive effects of policy and demographic changes.

• Executive Summary
• Full Report (http://www.nmefdn.org/uimages/documents/Diversityfinal1(3).pdf)