Robert Slavin

Robert "Bob" Slavin is an American psychologist who studies educational and academic issues. His Success For All educational model has been highly influential in American academic reform since its inception in 1987.

Success For All
In 1986, the Superintendent of Baltimore Schools approached Slavin for help with failing schools in impoverished, inner-city neighborhoods. The model Slavin developed for Baltimore became research-driven Success for All, used in 1,300 schools in 47 states, as of May 2005, and rated one of the most effective reform models according to a meta-analysis of school improvement programs. However, most teachers participating in Success For All, even ones who strongly support the program, have been found to make substantial changes in implementation in contrast to the expectations of developers. Some teachers also reported that the program constrained their creativity and autonomy in their own classroom.

Publications
His work includes research on classroom cooperative learning techniques including his 1980 paper “Cooperative Learning”, which has been widely cited in academic research across multiple disciplines for over 30 years.

Centre for Research and Reform in Education
Slavin is Director of the Centre for Research and Reform in Education (CRRE) at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, USA.