| The Elementary and Secondary Education Act at fifty: Aspirations, effects, and limitations DA Gamson, KA McDermott, DS Reed RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 1 (3), 1-29, 2015 | 148 | 2015 |
| Controlling public education: Localism versus equity KA McDermott Studies in Government & Public, 1999 | 144 | 1999 |
| “Expanding the moral community” or “blaming the victim”? The politics of state education accountability policy KA McDermott American Educational Research Journal 44 (1), 77-111, 2007 | 141 | 2007 |
| High-stakes reform: The politics of educational accountability KA McDermott Georgetown University Press, 2011 | 127 | 2011 |
| Incentives, capacity, and implementation: Evidence from Massachusetts education reform KA McDermott Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 16 (1), 45-65, 2006 | 106 | 2006 |
| Dubious sovereignty: Federal conditions of aid and the no child left behind act KA McDermott, LS Jensen Peabody journal of education 80 (2), 39-56, 2005 | 99 | 2005 |
| College persistence among single mothers after welfare reform: An exploratory study SA Austin, KA McDermott Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice 5 (2), 93-113, 2003 | 99 | 2003 |
| What causes variation in states' accountability policies? KA McDermott Peabody Journal of Education 78 (4), 153-176, 2003 | 90 | 2003 |
| Barriers to large-scale success of models for urban school reform KA McDermott Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 22 (1), 83-89, 2000 | 78 | 2000 |
| The “post-racial” politics of race: Changing student assignment policy in three school districts KA McDermott, E Frankenberg, S Diem Educational Policy 29 (3), 504-554, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| Introduction to the special issue on federalism reconsidered: The case of the No Child Left Behind Act EH Debray, KA McDermott, P Wohlstetter Peabody Journal of Education 80 (2), 1-18, 2005 | 57 | 2005 |
| The new politics of diversity: Lessons from a federal technical assistance grant E Frankenberg, KA McDermott, E DeBray, AE Blankenship American Educational Research Journal 52 (3), 440-474, 2015 | 34 | 2015 |
| How does Parents Involved in Community Schools matter? Legal and political influence in education politics and policy KA McDermott, E DeBray, E Frankenberg Teachers College Record 114 (12), 1-39, 2012 | 34 | 2012 |
| The expansion of state policy research KA McDermott Handbook of education policy research, 749-766, 2009 | 29 | 2009 |
| Educational new paternalism: Human capital, cultural capital, and the politics of equal opportunity KA McDermott, K Nygreen Peabody Journal of Education 88 (1), 84-97, 2013 | 25 | 2013 |
| In MINT condition? The politics of alternative certification and pay incentives for teachers in Massachusetts KA McDermott Educational policy 19 (1), 44-62, 2005 | 23 | 2005 |
| Mapping school choice in Massachusetts: data and findings 2003 K McDermott, S Bowles, A Churchill Boston: Center for Education Research & Policy at MassINC, the Boston Foundation, 2003 | 20 | 2003 |
| Principals’ uses and interpretations of student growth percentile data AL Clauser, LA Keller, KA Mcdermott Journal of School Leadership 26 (1), 6-33, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
| Lessons from a Federal Grant for School Diversity: Tracing a Theory of Change and Implementation of Local Policies. E DeBray, KA McDermott, E Frankenberg, AE Blankenship Education Policy Analysis Archives 23 (83), n83, 2015 | 16 | 2015 |
| Interstate governance of standards and testing KA McDermott Education governance for the twenty-first century: Overcoming the structural …, 2013 | 15 | 2013 |
