SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Peer Reviewed Journals
Christopher, S., Franklin, K., Uekawa, K., Kunz J.
F., Szoc R. Z., Thomas, R. K., Cambridge
M. H. (May 2010) Reducing Drinking among Junior Enlisted Air Force Members in Five Communities: Early Findings of the EUDL Program’s
Influence on Self-Reported Drinking Behaviors. Journal of Studies on Alcohol
and Drugs
Uekawa, K., Borman K. M., Lee, R. (2007) Student Engagement in America’s Urban High School Mathematics and Science Classrooms: Findings on
Social Organization, Race, and Ethnicity. The Urban Review, 39 (1), 1-106.
Uekawa, K, Aladjem, D. L., Zhan, Y. (2006) The Impact of Comprehensive School
Reform on Social Capital and Pedagogical Change. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 11 (3&4), 295-307.
Borman, K.M., Cotner, B, Baber, M.Y., Boydston, T.,
Katzenmeyer, W., Kersaint, G., Kromrey, J., Lee, R., & Uekawa, K. (2004). Rhetoric versus Reality in Educational Change:
The case of the National Science Foundation’s Urban Systemic Initiative. Journal of Educational Change, 5, 249-266.
Yasumoto, J., Uekawa, K., & Bidwell C. (2001) Collegial Focus and Student Achievement. Sociology of Education, 74 (3), 181-209.
Tarr, J. Mittag, C., Uekawa, K., & Lennex, L. (2000) A Comparison of Calculator Use in Eighth-Grade Mathematics Classrooms in the United States, Japan, and Portugal: Results from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).”
School Science and Mathematics, 100 (3), 139-150.
Books
Borman, B. and Associates. (2005) Meaningful Urban
Education Reform: Confronting the Learning Crisis in Mathematics and Science. New York: State University of New
York Press. (Mixed Study of an Educational Reform Program)
Uekawa, K & George, J. In 50 lessons you get Eigo
Nodo (English throat). (2007) Tokyo: Sanshusha Publication.
An instruction book for Japanese learners of English to improve pronunciation and listening comprehension skill by focusing
on the use of the throat and the English syllable structure. In Japanese.
Uekawa, K & George, J. You can understand rapidly
spoken English (Kikanju-eigo ga kikitoreru). Tokyo: Sanshusha
Publication. An instruction book for Japanese learners of English to improve listening comprehension skill. 2009. This book helps Japanese learners of English to listen
to the rhythm of syllables to understand spoken English. In Japanese.
Book Chapters
Van Lente, E., Karabatsos, G., & Uekawa, K. (2007).
A Bootstrap Approach to Rating Scale Optimization. In W.P.F. Fisher [Ed.], Access to the Foundations of Measurement: Professional
Identity in the Career of Benjamin D. Wright. Forthcoming, publisher still undecided.
Student Engagement, a handbook entry. The Praeger Handbook
of American High Schools. Edited by Kathryne Borman, Spencer Cahill, and Bridget A. Cotner. Praeger Publishers: Connecticut. 2007.
Hierarchical Linear Modeling: Application for Social
Science Research. A Chapter in How to Perceive and Measure the Society: Invitation to Empirical Sociology. Edited by Arinori
Yosano et. al. Keiso Shobo: Tokyo, Japan.
2006 (In Japanese)
Reports
Creating an Early Warning System: Predictors of Dropout in Delaware. By Regional Educational Loboratory Mid-Atlantic. January 2010.
The Impact of Two Professional Development Interventions for Early Reading
Instruction. By Michael Garet, Stephanie Cronen, Marian Eaton, Anja Kurki, Wehmah Jones,
Kaz Uekawa, Audrey Morgenbesser, Howard Bloom, Pei Zhu, and Laura Sztejnberg. U.S.
Department of Education, Institute of Education
Sciences, Washington DC.
2008. (Randomized Controlled Study)
Transition to Teaching Program Evaluation: An Interim
Report on the FY 2002 Grantees. AIR. A report submitted to the US Department of Education 2007. (Survey Analysis)
Changes in Rigor, Relevance, and Student Learning in
Redesigned High Schools: An Evaluation for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. AIR and SRI International. 2007 (Site-based Evaluation Study)
Models Matter --- The Final Report of the National
Longitudinal Evaluation of Comprehensive School
Reform. By the American Institutes for Research. 2006. (Quasi-Experimental Study)
Evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's
High School Grants Initiative: 2001-2005 Final Report by AIR and SRI International. 2006. (Site-based Evaluation Study)
Rigor, Relevance, and Results: The Quality of Teacher
Assignments and Student Work in New and Conventional High Schools: Evaluation of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s High School
Grants. By the American Institutes for Research and SRI International. 2005. (Site-based Evaluation Study)
Presentations: Educational Reform and Program
Evaluation
The Impact of Comprehensive School Reform on Social
capital and Pedagogical Change. Kazuaki Uekawa, Daniel Aladjem, and Yu Zhang. The annual meeting for the American Sociological
Association. 2006
Findings from the Evaluation of the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation’s National School District and Network Grants Program. With colleagues
from AIR and SRI International. The annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association. 2006
The Role of Social Capital in Comprehensive School Reform Kazuaki Uekawa,
Daniel K. Aladjem, Yu Zhan. The annual meeting for AERA (American Educational Research Association). 2004
Compulsory
School Reform What Mandated Program Implementation Means for School District Support
for Comprehensive School
Reform? Daniel K Aladjem, Kazuaki Uekawa, Anja Kurki. The annual meeting for
APPAM (Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management). 2004
Presentations: Student Achievement and Classroom
Engagement
A
Comparison of Calculator Use in Eighth-Grade Mathematics Classrooms in the United States,
Japan, and Portugal:
Results from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). James
Tarr, Katherine Mittag, and Kazuaki Uekawa. Presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association,
Montreal. 1999
An International Perspective on Eighth Grade
Mathematics Performance in Rural, Urban, and Suburban Schools: The US vs.
Korea. Kazuaki Uekawa and Rense Lange.
Presented at the annual meeting of American Education Research Association, New Orleans.
2000
The Relationship Between School Culture and Mathematics
Achievement in USI Schools in Chicago, El Paso, Memphis,
and Miami. William
Katzenmeyer, Kazuaki Uekawa, Kathryn M. Borman, and Reginald Lee. Presented at Systemic Initiative Conference, “Advancing
the Knowledge Base by Turning Data into Information. Tampa, Florida. 2001
Assessing Student Engagement in Mathematics and ScienceClassrooms
Using the Experience Sampling Method. Kazuaki Uekawa, Kathryn Borman, and Reginald Lee. Presented at the annual meeting of
American Sociological Association, Anaheim. 2001
Student Engagement in America’s Urban High School Mathematics and Science Classroom. Kazuaki Uekawa,
Kathryn Borman, and Reginald Lee. Presented at the annual meeting of American Education Research Association, Chicago. 2003
Presentations: Social Networks in Educational
Organization
Social Class-Consciousness through Patterns of
Collegial Interactions in Organizations: The Case of High School Workplaces. Presented
at the annual meeting of American Sociological Association, San Francisco.
1998
Collegial Focus and Student Achievement. Jeffery Yasumoto, Kazuaki Uekawa, and Charles Bidwell. Presented at the annual meeting
of American Sociological Association, Chicago. 1999
Social Control of Student Deviance: Network Perspective. Kazuaki Uekawa and Charles Bidwell. Presented at the annual meeting of American Sociological
Association, Washington D.C.
2000
High School as a Network Organization and Its Implication
for Adolescents’ Problem Behaviors: Evidence from the Longitudinal Study of American Youth. Kazuaki Uekawa and Charles Bidwell. Presented at the annual meeting of American Sociological Association,
Chicago. 2002
The School as a Network Organization: Collegial Network,
Social Control, and High School Students’ Attitudes and Conduct in School. Presented at the annual meeting of American
Sociological Association, San Francisco. 2004
Presentations: TIMSS: Third International
Math and Science Study
Making Equality and Inequality: The Comparative
Study of National Education Systems. A theory chapter from dissertation. Presented at the annual meeting of American Sociological
Association, Chicago. 1999
Meritocracy vs. SES Bias in Teacher Action: Evidence
from TIMSS. An empirical analysis chapter from dissertation. Presented at International
Sociological Association, Research Committee 28, Summer Conference at the University
of Wisconsin, Madison.
1999
Social Distribution of Academic Achievement:
International Comparison. Presented at the annual meeting of American Sociological Association, Anaheim. 2001
Social Distribution of Academic Achievement: The Impact
of National Institutional Arrangements: Evidence from TIMSS. Presented at the annual meeting of American Education Research
Association, San Diego. 2004
Presentations: Educational Measurement
Measuring Student Engagement Level in Mathematics and
Science Classrooms: Using Experience Sampling Method, Rasch Model Analysis, and Hierarchical Linear Model. Kazuaki Uekawa.
Presented at the Midwestern Objective Measurement Seminar. Held at the University
of Illinois at Chicago.
2002
Running Winsteps 10 times Faster: The Use of
SAS ®. Kazuaki Uekawa. Presented at the Midwestern Objective Measurement Seminar. Held at the University
of Illinois at Chicago.
Technical paper. 2002
