Research Results

Talent Development programs are research-based and validated through rigorous study and independent evaluation. Schools across the country implementing Talent Development interventions have seen dramatic gains in student engagement, course performance, achievement, grade promotion, and graduation rates.

See the following links for impact summaries and full reports:

Talent Development High Schools Research Briefs:
Making Progress Toward Graduation
Talent Development Results Brief
Baltimore Talent Development High School Results Brief

The Talent Development Middle School Model:
Context, Components, and Initial Impacts on Students’ Performance and Attendance

The Talent Development Middle Grades Model:
A Design for Improving Early Adolescents’ Developmental Trajectories
in High-Poverty Schools

Early Warning Indicators:
Preventing Student Disengagement

Impact of Instructional Programs:
Catching Up: Effect of the Talent Development Ninth-Grade Instructional Interventions in Reading and Mathematics in High-Poverty High Schools.

The Implementation and Impact of Evidence-Based Mathematics Reforms
in High-Poverty Middle Schools: A Multi-Site, Multi-Year Study