A5041517986- Educational Assessment and Improvement
- School Choice and Performance
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
- Family and Disability Support Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Athletic Training and Education
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
- Education and Technology Integration
- Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- E-Learning and Knowledge Management
- Early Childhood Education and Development
RAND Corporation
2022-2024
Northwestern University
2021
University of Southern California
2014-2018
Southern California University for Professional Studies
2016-2018
The continuous improvement (CI) approach to systems change has rapidly spread across education policy circles in recent years and been hailed as a promising means achieve educational equity social justice. CI’s highly routinized, scientific process for improving efficiency productivity is somewhat unexpected pursue equity. To understand this puzzle, I examine the use of CI promote through two qualitative, multilevel case studies. draw on institutional theory how integrated logics racial...
Purpose: A common strategy used in school improvement efforts is a mandated process of formal planning, yet little known about the quality plans or relationship between plan and implementation. This mixed-methods article investigates quality, factors associated with implementation, drawing on first 3 years Los Angeles Unified School District initiative that relied planning. Research Design: Our research team rated all 206 submitted to district drew surveys applicant teams principals...
We examine the Los Angeles Unified School District's Public Choice Initiative (PSCI), which sought to turnaround district's lowest-performing schools. ask whether school impacted student outcomes, and what explains variations in outcomes across reform cohorts. use a Comparative Interrupted Time Series approach using administrative student-level data, following students first (1.0), second (2.0), third (3.0) cohorts of PSCI find that 1.0 schools saw no significant improvements whereas...
Although multiple-measure teacher evaluation systems have gained popularity in the United States, few studies examined their implementation or how they are shaped by organizational context. New Orleans provides a strategic case to examine enactment of state policy highly decentralized setting with variation Utilizing multiple study approach, we analyzed documents and interviews eight schools. We found that schools varied responses evaluation—in ways were reflective, compliant, and/or...
School reconstitution, a turnaround strategy that prescribes massive staffing turnover, is expected to result in more committed and capable school staff innovative practices. However, little evidence supports this assumption. We use quasi-experimental designs assess the impact of reconstitution on student achievement teacher mobility, finding affected mobility improved first year reform, with continued but smaller impacts out years. draw mutual learning theory conduct an exploratory analysis...
This article examines parent engagement in a Los Angeles portfolio district reform. Based on data from 3-year study, we use the lens of democratic theory to examine design and implementation mechanisms seeking input selection plans operate low-performing new schools. We find that despite significant efforts move toward more deliberative model over time, process remained primarily interest-based most cases, due large part structural constraints, limited access information, mistrust. The...
Purpose: The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) represents a notable shift in K-12 accountability, requiring more comprehensive approach to assessing school performance and less prescriptive intervening low-performing schools. In this article, we seek leverage the experiences of California’s CORE (California Office Reform Education) waiver districts better understand what it means implement an ESSA-like system. Specifically, examine educators’ attitudes about CORE’s accountability system, how...
Districts are relying on school autonomy to help schools differentiate educational programming for students and improve low-performing schools, yet we know little about how use in practice. Drawing case study principal survey data from the Los Angeles Unified School District, find variation perceived leader stemming each model’s governance design, district-provided capacity building, other organizational conditions. Principal perceptions of positively associated with implementation ease...
Since the 1990s, charter schools have spread rapidly across nation. The replication and expansion of has become a common feature portfolio management model which situates district as strategic manager choice-based system including traditional schools. Yet, many school districts experienced substantial political, logistical, technical challenges in managing "right-sizing" sectors their communities. Los Angeles Unified School District presents case to examine district. Using micropolitical...
Abstract While the Department of Defense (DoD) has given increased attention and priority to preventing sexual assault harassment (SA/SH), it remains a problem. To build its prevention capacity, DoD piloted Getting Outcomes ® (GTO ) from 2019 2022 at 10 military installations. GTO is an evidence-based planning implementation support that been used in many civilian contexts but only recently adapted for SA/SH. The purpose this study was describe use, identify benefits challenges, discuss...
The COVID-19 pandemic caused tremendous upheaval in schooling. In addition to devasting effects on students, these disruptions had consequences for researchers conducting studies education programs and policies. Given the likelihood of future large-scale disruptions, it is important plan resilient think critically about adaptations when such turbulence arises. this article, we utilize qualitative analysis interviews with research study leaders illuminate practical methodological challenges,...
Background/Context School leaders are central to state and district human-capital reforms (HCRs), yet they rarely equipped with the skills implement new evaluation, professional development, personnel data systems. Although districts increasingly offer principals coaching training, there has been limited empirical work on how these supports influence principals’ HCR-related practices. Purpose Drawing a two-year, mixed-methods study in Los Angeles Unified District (LAUSD), this article...
School accountability and improvement policy are on the precipice of a paradigm shift. While multiple-measure dashboard approach holds great promise for promoting more meaningful learning opportunities all students, our research indicates that this can come with substantial challenges in practice. We reflect upon lessons learned from recent CORE districts’ use data dashboards. Our indicated shift to greater flexibility locally determined capacity building efforts brings its own set...