Think Tank Reviews
Reviews can assess more than just books. Each year, dozens of U.S-based think tanks publish expansive reports on a range of education topics. Such reports resemble monographs and edited volumes but are rarely peer-reviewed.
Education Review has teamed up with the National Education Policy Center (NEPC), a university research center housed at the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education, to offer multiple points of access to reviews of think tank reports.
In January 2025, Education Review began a monthly feature NEPC reviews. Using academic peer review standards and written in non-academic language by expert third-party reviewers, these reviews are intended to help policymakers, reporters, and others assess the social science merit of a reviewed report and to judge its value in guiding policy.
NEPC has graciously allowed Education Review to republish the NEPC Reviews following a 2-week delay and attribution to both NEPC and Review authors. For a complete list of NEPC Reviews, visit https://nepc.colorado.edu/reviews.
Listed by original publication date (most recent first)
NEPC Review: A State-Level Perspective on School Spending and Educational Outcomes (Brookings Institution, Sept 2025). [Reprint].
Reviewed by Bruce D. Baker
Reviewed by Ryan Pfleger
Reviewed by Christopher Lubienski
NEPC Review: Fiscal Factbook: 2025 Edition (EdChoice, July 2025). [Reprint].
Reviewed by Mark Weber
Reviewed by Benjamin R. Shear
NEPC Review: The Enrollment Decline Windfall (EdChoice, February 2025)
Reviewed by David E. DeMatthews, Jinseok Shin
Reviewed by Joshua Weishart
Reviewed by Chris Domaleski
Reviewed by Michael Russell
Reviewed by Maria M. Lewis, Julie F. Mead
Reviewed by Mark Weber
Reviewed by Margaret`` Thornton
Reviewed by Sally A. Nuamah
Reviewed by Clive Belfield
Reviewed by James Noonan
Reviewed by David R. Garcia
Reviewed by Derek Gottlieb
Reviewed by T. Philip Nichols
