Selected research projects worked as a research assistant for the Economic & Policy Analysis Research Center (EPARC) at University of Missouri:
Project: "Measuring Test Score Growth with the Pandemic-Induced Gap Year in Testing"
I Built a five-year data panel of all students in grades 3-8 in Missouri to measure student test-score growth on statewide assessments. Evaluated school/district growth measures across multiple value-added models (VAM) with artificially censored gap year to simulate the impact of the pandemic-induced gap year in testing in spring 2020.
Project: "Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Project"
I Constructed six-year data panel of students in Missouri K-12 schools with information on test scores, attendance, and characteristics. Then I Merged in multiple measures of student poverty from various sources, such as students free/reduced meal data, students direct certificate data, NCES School Neighborhood Poverty measures, and so on. Implementing a data quasi-experiment, I examined how the CEP affects the ability of free and reduced-price meal data to identify disadvantaged students.
Project: "Early Indicators: Using MOSIS Longitudinal Student Data to Forecast High School Graduation and College Attendance"
I Constructed a rich dataset including student demographics, test scores, mobility, and discipline information for a large sample of Missouri students. I used students’ 4th grade information to predict their high school graduation and college attendance outcomes.
Project: "Teach for America (TFA) in Kansas City: Patterns of Recruitment, Retention and Performance"
I Constructed longitudinal data panel and analytic models to evaluate the performance of TFA and non-TFA new teachers in the Kansas City Missouri School District (KCMSD) and the city’s charter schools between 2008 and 2016.
Project: "Measuring Test Score Growth with the Pandemic-Induced Gap Year in Testing"
I Built a five-year data panel of all students in grades 3-8 in Missouri to measure student test-score growth on statewide assessments. Evaluated school/district growth measures across multiple value-added models (VAM) with artificially censored gap year to simulate the impact of the pandemic-induced gap year in testing in spring 2020.
Project: "Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Project"
I Constructed six-year data panel of students in Missouri K-12 schools with information on test scores, attendance, and characteristics. Then I Merged in multiple measures of student poverty from various sources, such as students free/reduced meal data, students direct certificate data, NCES School Neighborhood Poverty measures, and so on. Implementing a data quasi-experiment, I examined how the CEP affects the ability of free and reduced-price meal data to identify disadvantaged students.
Project: "Early Indicators: Using MOSIS Longitudinal Student Data to Forecast High School Graduation and College Attendance"
I Constructed a rich dataset including student demographics, test scores, mobility, and discipline information for a large sample of Missouri students. I used students’ 4th grade information to predict their high school graduation and college attendance outcomes.
Project: "Teach for America (TFA) in Kansas City: Patterns of Recruitment, Retention and Performance"
I Constructed longitudinal data panel and analytic models to evaluate the performance of TFA and non-TFA new teachers in the Kansas City Missouri School District (KCMSD) and the city’s charter schools between 2008 and 2016.