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Arizona Daily Star reporters contacted numerous education experts and academics during the course of their 10-month analysis.

Here is a list of some of them and links to their work:

● Gene V. Glass is a Regents professor in Arizona State University's College of Education and author of "Fertilizers, Pills & Magnetic Strips: The Fate of Public Education in America." Go to http://glass.ed.asu.edu/gene/ to read some of his work.

● Jay P. Greene is head of the University of Arkansas' Department of Education Reform and author of "Education Myths: What Special-Interest Groups Want You to Believe About Our Schools and Why It Isn't So." To read his blog, go to http://www.uark.edu/ua/der/People/greene.php.

● Robert M. Hauser is director of the Center for Demography of Health and Aging at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and has written numerous papers on standardized tests and retention. Go to www.ssc.wisc.edu/~hauser/ to learn more about his work and read some of his studies.

● Shane Jimerson is a professor of counseling, clinical and school psychology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Learn more about his work at www.education.ucsb.edu/ Faculty-Research/Faculty- Listing/bio.php?first= Shane&last=Jimerson.

● Lorrie Shepard is dean of the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder and co-editor of "Flunking Grades: Research and Policies on Retention." Go to www.colorado.edu/education/ faculty/lorrieshepard/ index.html to learn more about her work.

● Marshall S. Smith is the director of education at Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, Calif. He served as deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Education under then-President Bill Clinton. Smith co-authored "Taking Responsibility for Ending Social Promotion: A Guide for Educators and State and Local Leaders." Learn more about his work at www.hewlett.org/Programs/ Education/Staff/msmith.htm

● Stephen K. Doig is a journalism professor at Arizona State University. He and won a Pulitzer Prize when he was a reporter for The Miami Herald. The Star shared its database and conclusions with Doig as an outside expert. Learn more about his work at www.public.asu.edu/~sdoig/ vita.htm.

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