Faculty
Lawrence C. Stedman
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education
Office: AB-243G
Phone: 607-777-4208
Fax: 607-777-3587
E-mail: stedman@binghamton.edu
Educational Background
- PhD, Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- MA, Psychology, Swarthmore College
- BA, Psychology, Swarthmore College
Teaching Profession
Courses regularly taught
- Research Process in Education
- Crucial Issues in Education
- Applied Research Techniques
- Seminar on Quantitative Research
Current Research Interests
- Equal opportunity and school reform
- Historical and contemporary patterns of educational achievement
- Transformation of the high school during the 20th century
Selected Publications
- Stedman, L. C. (2009). The NAEP long-term trend assessment: A review of its transformation, use, and findings. Washington, D.C.: National Assessment Governing Board. http://www.nagb.org/who-we-are/20-anniversary/stedman-long-term-formatted.pdf
- Stedman, L. C. (2003). Brilliant success and persistent failure: U.S. educational achievement in the 20th century. In R. Weissberg, H. Walberg, M. O'Brien, & C. Bartels-Kuster (Eds.), Long-term trends in the well-being of children and youth, (Chapter 3). Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America Press.
- Stedman, L. C. (1998). An assessment of the contemporary debate over U.S. achievement. In D. Ravitch (Ed.), Brookings papers on education policy: 1998 , (pp. 53-121). Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution.
- Stedman, L. C. (1997). International achievement differences: An assessment of a new perspective. Educational Researcher, 26 (3), 4-15. See Research Highlights to read more about this article.
- Stedman, L. C. (1996). Respecting the evidence: The achievement crisis remains real. [Review of The manufactured crisis.] Education Policy Analysis Archives, 4(7). http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v4n7.html
- Kaestle, C., Damon-Moore, H., Stedman, L., Tinsley, K., & Trollinger, W. (1991). Literacy in the United States: Readers and reading since 1880. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Selected Recognitions
- University and Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching, 1995
- National Academy of Education Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1994
