- After-School Evaluation
- Child and Family Programs
- School Reform
- State and Community Prevention
- Criminal and Juvenile Justice Reform
- Other
Turnaround Success: An Exploratory Study of Three Middle Grades Schools that Achieved Positive Contextual and Achievement Outcomes Using the Schools to Watch i3 Project
Flowers, N., Begum, S., Carpenter, D. M. H., & Mulhall, P. F., Research in Middle Level Education, Vol. 40, No.8 [Accessible online here.]
The Need for Large-Scale, Longitudinal Empirical Studies in Middle Level Education Research
Mertens, S.B., Caskey, M.M., & Flowers, N., Middle Grades Review, Vol. 2, No. 2, Article 2 [Accessible online here.]
The Encyclopedia of Middle Grades Education (Second Edition)
Mertens, S.B., Caskey, M.M., & Flowers, N. (Eds.), Information Age Publishing (Charlotte, NC) [Accessible online here.]
Common Planning Time in Middle Level Schools: Research Studies from the MLER SIG’s National Project
Mertens, S.B., Anfara, V.A., Jr., Caskey, M.M., & Flowers, N. (Eds.) Information Age Publishing (Charlotte, NC) [Accessible online here.]
A National Research Project Revitalizes and Strengthens a SIG’s Membership, Leadership, and the Quality of Research in the Field
Mertens, S.B., Anfara, V.A. Jr., Flowers, N., & Caskey, M.M., Educational Researcher, Vol. 40, No. 6, p. 295-298 [Accessible Online here.]
Common Planning Time
Mertens, S.B., Flowers, N., Anfara, V.A. Jr., & Caskey, M.M., Middle School Journal, Vol 41, No. 5, p. 50-57 [Accessible online here.]
You Don’t Have to Be a Statistician to Use Data: A Process for Data-Based Decision Making in Schools
Flowers, N., & Carpenter, D. M. H., Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 91, No. 2, p. 64-67 [Accessible online here.]
School Contextual Factors and Student Outcomes: A Validation Study
Flowers, N, Hesson-McInnis M, Bishop C, Mertens SB
Methodological Factors in Addressing Middle Grades’ Teaming Structures and Organization
Bishop, C, Mertens SB, Flowers N, Hesson-McInnis M
Individual and School Predictors of Middle School Aggression
Reis, J, Trockel M, Mulhall PF, Youth & Society, Vol 38, No. 3, p. 322-347 [Accessible online here.]
Health Promoting, High Performing Middle Level Schools: The Interrelationships and Integration of Health and Education for Early Adolescent Success and Well-Being
Mulhall, PF, The Young Adolescent and the Middle School, p. 1-26 [Accessible online here.]
Applying Current Middle Grades Research to Improve Classrooms and Schools
Flowers, N, Mertens SB, Mulhall PF, Krawczyk T [Accessible online here.]
Middle Start’s Impact on Comprehensive Middle School Reform
Mertens, SB, Flowers N, Middle Grades Research Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 1-26 [Accessible online here.]
Middle Grade Teaching Practices: A Validation Study
Mertens, SB, Flowers N, Hesson-McInnis M, Bishop C
Teacher Views on Collaborative Review of Student Work
Flowers, N, Mertens SB, Mulhall PF, Middle School Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2, p. 56-60 [Accessible online here.]
How Does Middle Grades Teacher Certification Affect Teacher Practices and Student Learning?
Mertens, SB, Flowers N, Mulhall PF, Middle School Journal, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 56-61 [Accessible online here.]
High Expectations for Every Student
Carpenter, DMH, Flowers N, Mertens SB, Mulhall PF
The Influence of Teacher Support on Student Adjustment in the Middle School Years: A Latent Growth Curve Study
Reddy, R, Rhodes JE, Mulhall PF, Development & Psychopathology, Vol. 15, No. 1, p. 119-138 [Accessible online here.]
Should Middle Grades Students Be Left Alone After School?
Mertens, SB, Flowers N, Mulhall PF, Middle School Journal, Vol. 34, No. 5, p. 57-61 [Accessible online here.]
Professional Development for Middle Grades Teachers: Does One Size Fit All?
Flowers, N, Mertens SB, Andrews G, Anfara VA
Middle School Practices Improve Student Achievement in High Poverty Schools
Mertens, SB, Flowers N, Middle School Journal, Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 33-43 [Accessible online here.]
Lessons Learned from More Than a Decade of Middle Grades Research
Flowers, N, Mertens SB, Mulhall PF, Middle School Journal, Vol 35, No2, p. 55-59 [Accessible online here.]
Understanding Indicators Related to Academic Performance
Mulhall, PF, Flowers N, Mertens SB, Middle School Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2, p. 56-61 [Accessible online here.]
The Relationship Between Middle Grades Teacher Certification and Teaching Practices
Mertens, SB, Flowers N, Mulhall PF, Anfara VA, Stacki SL, Middle School Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, p. 119-138 [Accessible online here.]
Four Important Lessons About Teacher Professional Development
Flowers, N, Mertens SB, Mulhall PF
Adolescents Carrying Handguns and Taking Them to School: Psychosocial Correlates Among Public School Students in Illinois
Williams, SS, Mulhall PF, Reis J, DeVille JO, Journal of Adolescence, Vol. 25, No. 5, p. 551-567 [Accessible online here.]
2001/02 Baseline Analysis of Self-Study Data: Illinois Turning Points Schools
Center for Prevention Research and Development
School Size Matters in Interesting Ways
Mertens, SB, Flowers N, Mulhall PF
How Familiar Are Parents With Middle Level Practices?
Mulhall, PF, Mertens SB, Flowers N, Middle School Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2, p. 57-61 [Accessible online here.]
What Makes Interdisciplinary Teams Effective?
Flowers, N, Mertens SB, Mulhall PF, Middle School Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4, p. 53-56 [Accessible online here.]
How Teaming Influences Classroom Practices