For many years the Squire Office published Policy Briefs which summarize and present the relevant research findings on a variety of issues important to education today.
Some of the following Policy Briefs are available in PDF format for downloading. 
Equity and Early Childhood Education: Reclaiming the Child
Published online (Nov 2016)
How Standardized Testing Shapes — and Limits — Student Learning.
Published in The Council Chronicle (Nov 2014)
Censorship Now: Revisiting The Students’ Right to Read
Published in The Council Chronicle (March 2014)
First-Year Writing: What Good Does It Do?
Published in The Council Chronicle (Nov 2013)
Implementation of the Common Core State Standards
Published in The Council Chronicle (Sept 2013)
Comprehensive Literacy
Published in The Council Chronicle (March 2013)
Using Evidence in Writing
Published in The Council Chronicle (Nov 2012)
Reading Instruction for All Students
Published in The Council Chronicle (Sept 2012)
Evaluating English/Language Arts Teachers
Published in The Council Chronicle (March 2012)
Communities of Practice
Published in The Council Chronicle (Nov 2011)
Literacies of Disciplines
Published in The Council Chronicle (Sept 2011)
Reading and Writing across the Curriculum
Published in The Council Chronicle (March 2011)
Teacher Learning Communities
Published in The Council Chronicle (Nov 2010)
Fostering High-Quality Formative Assessment
Published in The Council Chronicle (Sept 2010)
Preparing, Inducting, and Retaining English Language Arts Teachers
Published in The Council Chronicle (March 2010)
An Administrator’s Guide to Writing Instruction
Published in The Council Chronicle (Nov 2009)
Writing Outside of School
Published in The Council Chronicle (Sept 2009)
Literacy Learning in the 21st Century
Published in The Council Chronicle (Mar 2009)
Reading and Writing Differently
Published in The Council Chronicle (Nov 2008)
Writing Now
Published in The Council Chronicle (Sept 2008)
Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing
English Language Learners: An NCTE Policy Research Brief
Published in The Council Chronicle (March 2008)
English Language Learners: Supplemental Resources for NCTE Policy Research Brief
NCTE Position Paper on the Role of English Teachers in Educating English Language Learners (ELLs)
Adolescent Literacy: An NCTE Policy Research Brief
Published in The Council Chronicle (Sept 2007)
Adolescent Literacy: Supplemental Resources for NCTE Policy Brief
NCTE Principles of Adolescent Literacy Reform
21st-Century Literacies: An NCTE Policy Research Brief
Published in The Council Chronicle (Nov 2007)
21st-Century Literacies: Supplemental Resources for NCTE’s Policy Research Brief