Center for Evidence-Based Policy in Education

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Her scholarship focuses on education equity, skills, economic opportunity, racial and economic segregation, concentrated poverty, research methodology, and program evaluation. She has authored and co-authored multiple influential policy reports that leverage large-scale assessment data to examine issues of inequality and opportunity both in the United States and globally."},{"imageGridCardEyebrow":"SENIOR RESEARCH DIRECTOR","imageGridCardDescription":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew McEachin\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n","imageGridCardImage":"/content/dam/ets-org/brands/research/andrew-mceachin.jpg","imageGridCardImageAlt":"Akshay Badola Associate Research Scientist","imageGridCardImageTarget":false,"imageGridCardLongDescription":"\u003cb\u003eAndrew McEachin\u003c/b\u003e is the Senior Research Director of Policy Research at ETS. In this role, he leads a dedicated team that utilizes data-driven insights to inform education policies impacting millions of students. His work has been featured regularly in national media, cited in critical policy discussions, and utilized by school districts, state education agencies, and federal organizations to drive systemic change."},{"imageGridCardEyebrow":"ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST","imageGridCardDescription":"\u003ch3\u003eMarisol Kevelson\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n","imageGridCardImage":"/content/dam/ets-org/brands/research/marisol.jpg","imageGridCardImageAlt":"Ikkyu Choi Director of Research","imageGridCardImageTarget":false,"imageGridCardLongDescription":"\u003cb\u003eMarisol Kevelson\u003c/b\u003e is an Associate Research Scientist for the Center for Evidence-Based Policy in Education. Her extensive scholarship focuses on educational equity, opportunity gaps, teacher professional development, college access, postsecondary outcomes, social and emotional learning, and program evaluation. Over a career spanning more than two decades, she has contributed a robust portfolio of published work to the field."},{"imageGridCardEyebrow":"RESEARCH PROJECT MANAGER","imageGridCardDescription":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eCheryl Lavigne\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n","imageGridCardImage":"/content/dam/ets-org/brands/research/cheryl-lavigne.jpg","imageGridCardImageAlt":"Michael Fauss Research Scientist","imageGridCardImageTarget":false,"imageGridCardLongDescription":"\u003cb\u003eCheryl Lavigne\u003c/b\u003e is a Research Project Manager at ETS, bringing nearly two decades of quantitative and qualitative research experience to the organization. As a social scientist, researcher, and educator, her core research focuses on literacy development and language processing among diverse populations, including adult and neurodivergent learners. Additionally, she has an extensive background consulting with higher education clients on enrollment management strategies."},{"imageGridCardEyebrow":"SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT","imageGridCardDescription":"\u003ch3\u003eYael Katz\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n","imageGridCardImage":"/content/dam/ets-org/brands/research/yael.jpg","imageGridCardImageAlt":"Hongwen Guo Principal Research Scientist","imageGridCardImageTarget":false,"imageGridCardLongDescription":"\u003cb\u003eYael Katz\u003c/b\u003e is a Senior Research Assistant for the Center for Evidence-Based Policy in Education. Her work centers on using rigorous research and data analysis to inform policy and expand educational opportunity. Prior to joining the organization, she spent five years at the RAND Corporation conducting quantitative and policy research focused on education equity, health access, and community well-being."},{"imageGridCardEyebrow":"FREDERIC LORD CHAIR OF MEASUREMENT AND STATISTICS","imageGridCardDescription":"\u003ch3\u003eDan McCaffrey\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n","imageGridCardImage":"/content/dam/ets-org/brands/research/mccaffrey-dan.jpg","imageGridCardImageAlt":"FREDERIC LORD CHAIR OF MEASUREMENT AND STATISTICS","imageGridCardImageTarget":false,"imageGridCardLongDescription":"Dan McCaffrey is the Lord Chair in Measurement \u0026amp; Statistics at ETS, where he also co-leads the Constructed-Response Scoring Technical Advisory Committee. His core expertise spans causal modeling, psychometric properties of student achievement growth measures, and the technical evaluation of computer-generated automated scoring for constructed responses. A fellow of the American Statistical Association, he previously served as an associate vice president at ETS, spent over 20 years at RAND conducting extensive policy and health research, and holds a Ph.D. in statistics from North Carolina State University."},{"imageGridCardEyebrow":"MANAGING PRINCIPAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST","imageGridCardDescription":"\u003ch3\u003eKatherine Castellano\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n","imageGridCardImage":"/content/dam/ets-org/brands/research/katherine.jpg","imageGridCardImageAlt":"MANAGING PRINCIPAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST","imageGridCardImageTarget":false,"imageGridCardLongDescription":"Katherine Furgol Castellano is a principal research scientist in the ETS Research Institute, where she co-leads the innovations in large-scale assessment research program. Her research focuses on student growth models, improving student group score reporting through variability visualization, and evaluating the impact of measurement error on student and aggregate growth measures. Previously a postdoctoral fellow for the Institute for Education Sciences at UC Berkeley, she has served as a lead methodologist on major National Science Foundation and OECD-sponsored international projects, and holds a Ph.D. in educational measurement and statistics from the University of Iowa."},{"imageGridCardEyebrow":"EDMUND W. GORDON CHAIR FOR POLICY RESEARCH AND EVALUATION","imageGridCardDescription":"\u003ch3\u003eDr. Odis Johnson\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n","imageGridCardImage":"/content/dam/ets-org/brands/research/odis-johnson.jpg","imageGridCardImageAlt":"EDMUND W. GORDON CHAIR FOR POLICY RESEARCH AND EVALUATION","imageGridCardImageTarget":false,"imageGridCardLongDescription":"Dr. Odis Johnson is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Social Policy and STEM Equity at Johns Hopkins University and the Edmund W. Gordon Chair for Policy Research and Evaluation at ETS. His extensive background in social policy and race guides his leadership and research dedicated to advancing equitable outcomes in education for underrepresented populations. Previously, he served in key directorial roles for major research initiatives."}]}