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Nationality: American

Elusive Equity: Education Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa, with Helen F. Ladd, Brookings Institution Press, 2004. South African paperback edition by HSRC Press, Cape Town, 2005.

When Schools Compete: A Cautionary Tale, with Helen F. Ladd, Brookings Institution Press, 2000.

The Fiske Guide to Colleges. Times Books/Random House, New York . Annual publication 1982 – present.

Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College, with Bruce G. Hammond. Sourcebooks. 2001, 2004.

Fiske Nailing the New SAT, with Bruce G. Hammond. Sourcebooks. 2005.

What to Do When for College, with Bruce G. Hammond. Sourcebooks. 2005

Smart Schools , Smart Kids: Why Do Some Schools Work? Simon & Schuster, New York , 1991, Touchstone, New York, 1992.

Get Organized!, with Phyllis Steinbrecher, Peterson's Guides, Princeton, 1990.

Best Buys in College Education, Times Books/Random House, New York, 1985, 1988.

Progress in Education 2005: Meeting the Global Challenge. With Susan G. Foster. Office of Education, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, U.S. Agency for International Development, 2005.

Lumina Foundation Focus, Spring 2004. Analysis of issue of retention in U.S. colleges and universities. Lumina Foundation, Indianapolis, IN.

Final Report of the World Education Forum held in Dakar, Senegal, April 2000, UNESCO, Paris, 2002.

Education for All: A Global Commitment, A Report of the United States to the International Consultative Forum on Education for All, with Barbara O'Grady, the Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC, January 2000.

Education for All, Status and Trends 2000: Assessing Learning Achievement, UNESCO, Paris, 2000.

Education for All, Status and Trends 1998: Wasted Opportunities: When Schools Fail, Repetition and Dropout in Primary Schools. UNESCO. Paris, 1998

Education for All, Status and Trends 1997: Adult Education in a Polarizing World. UNESCO, Paris, 1997

Decentralization of Education: Politics and Consensus. The World Bank, Washington, DC . 1996.

Basic Education: Building Block for Global Development. Academy for Educational Development, 1993.

Investing in Change: Training for Free-Market Economies and Democracies in the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. Academy for Educational Development, 1996.

Using Both Hands: Women and Education in Cambodia. Asian Development Bank, Manila, 1996.

Articles on education and other topics have appeared in numerous other publications, including the New York Times Magazine, American Educator, American Prospect, Atlantic Monthly, Change, Christian Science Monitor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Los Angeles Times, New Republic, New Zealand Education Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, Popular Computing, Reader's Digest, Redbook, Seventeen, Theology Toda and other periodicals.

Wide experience as lecturer at colleges and universities and professional conferences. Has frequently appeared on radio and television shows, including “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” “Meet the Press” and Larry King's radio show.