The Noyce Foundation Trustees and staff are active members in the education and policy communities. Please follow the links to the right to read publications written by or about the Noyce Foundation, as well as publications about work the Foundation supports.
FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORTS
ARTICLES AND RESEARCH
When Assessment Guides Instruction: Silicon Valley's Mathematics Assessment Collaborative (David Foster, Pendred Noyce and Sara Spiegel in Assessing Mathematical Proficiency, MSRI vol. 53, 2007)
Making Meaning in Algebra: Examining Students' Understandings and Misconceptions (David Foster in Assessing Mathematical Proficiency, MSRI vol. 53, 2007)
Learning About Fractions from Assessment (Linda Fisher in Assessing Mathematical Proficiency, MSRI vol. 53, 2007)
The Extraordinary Growth of the Science-Technology Museum (Alan J. Friedman, 2007 in Curator: The Museum Journal)
Success lies beyond the test in education (Pendred Noyce and Rob Richardson, 2007)
Professional Development: How Do We Know If It Works (Pendred Noyce, September 2006 in Education Week)
The Mathematics Assessment Collaborative: Performance Testing to Improve Instruction (David Foster and Pendred Noyce, 2004)
Why Writing (Deborah Faigenbaum, 2004)
Framing a Conversation about Taking Social Innovation to Scale: Considerations for Reformers and Funders (Amy Gerstein, 2002)
Making Mathematics Work for All Children: Issues of Standards, Testing, and Equity (Alan H. Schoenfeld, January 2002 in Educational Researcher)
The Impact of Two Standards-Based Mathematics Curricula on Student Achievement in Massachusetts (Pendred Noyce and Julie Riordan, July 2001 in Journal for Research in Mathematics Education)
FOUNDATION-SUPPORTED PUBLICATIONS
Executive Summary: Math and Science Education for the California Workforce: It Starts with K–12 (EdSource, 2008)
Math and Science: Gateways to California’s Fastest-growing Careers (EdSource, 2008)
Math and Science Teachers: Recruiting and Retaining California’s Workforce (EdSource, 2008)
Learning By Doing: The Noyce Foundation's Every Child a Reader and Writer Initiative (Grantmakers For Education, 2006)
School Accountability under NCLB: Ambitious Goals and Competing Systems (EdSource, 2005)
Assessing California's Accountability System: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities for Improvement (AIR, CPRE, and PACE, 2004)
Voices from the Field: Educators Respond to Accountability (PACE, 2004)
Mass Insight Education Ready for Leadership: Public Attitudes towards Standards and Schools in Two New Economy States (Mass Insight, 2004)