Experience

Great Minds

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research and Marketing Insights Manager

  • Aug 2019 - Present



EAB

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Apr 2018 - Aug 2019



Achieve, Inc.

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Associate

  • Nov 2011 - Mar 2018

  • conduct landscape scans and research of state policies (e.g., standards, graduation requirements, assessments, and accountability and data systems) and data drawing from publicly available information, state department of education websites, state board meeting minutes, legislative tracker systems (e.g., Fiscal Note, StateNet), and primary sources, and produce a synthesis and analysis of findings• manage state policy and student outcomes database using QuickBase, which contains over 32,000 data points and includes data such as summative assessments being administered by year by state, graduation requirements by graduating cohort, graduation rates, Advanced Placement results, and additional college and career readiness indicators• manage the translation of data from QuickBase to state report PDFs using InDesign and dynamic web displays• produce annual report on student outcomes on a variety of college and career readiness indicators that includes state-by-state reports as well as a cross-state report, with attention to state nuance and differences in reporting• develop concepts for and write briefs on education policy topics and data collections, such as availability and transparency of data, the relationship between policy implementation and changes in student outcomes, and how state policy approaches can impact subgroups differently• facilitate the development of websites, including providing and cultivating content as well as contributing to the technical aspects using Drupal• respond to requests for information from states on policy issues including student stakes on assessments, total units of credit required to graduate across states, and indicators incorporated into states’ ESSA plans• manage work with consultants on data visualization and web displays