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Kristen King is an education data, research, and technical assistance leader with 15 years of experience supporting federal, state, and territorial education agencies. She spent more than a decade with the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences and National Center for Education Statistics, where she served as a federal program officer, project director,…
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Dan Kasprzyk spent more than four decades in federal statistics and survey research. He began as a mathematician at the National Security Agency and held positions at the Social Security Administration and the U.S. Census Bureau, where he managed the research and coordination program for the Survey of Income and Program Participation. He spent a…
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Emmanuel Sikali spent twenty years at the National Center for Education Statistics, most recently as Acting Chief of the Assessments Division’s Reporting and Dissemination Branch, where he led the team responsible for releasing NAEP results. He served as federal project officer for EdSurvey, the open-source R package suite used internationally to analyze NAEP, TIMSS, PIAAC,…
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Elizabeth Glennie, Ph.D. has focused on the influence of educational policies on students, teachers, and schools. Her studies primarily explore factors influencing success in secondary school and access and success in postsecondary education, particularly for groups of students who are underrepresented in college. She also examined programs designed to prepare teenagers and adults for employment.…
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Dr. Rebecca Hinze-Pifer is an education researcher and former classroom teacher whose work closes the gap between rigorous evidence and actionable insight for education leaders. Over more than a decade of district-partnered research, she has led multi-year evaluations of major reforms in Chicago Public Schools including the removal of police officers from schools, alternative high…
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Dr. Alka Arora is a researcher and psychometrician with more than 25 years of experience in K–12 STEM assessment, measurement, and data analysis across the major national and international studies, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and TIMSS Advanced, and the Program for International…
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Nicole Tate, Ph.D. is a expert education researcher with over 20 years of experience leading projects, data collections, and program evaluations for clients large and small. Her pedagogical expertise, technical writing skills, collaborative spirit, innovative approach, and deep knowledge of ethical research methods contribute to her expertise in providing technical assistance, conducting evaluations, and overseeing…
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With a background in education research, I have successfully managed projects that bridge the gap between research, practice, and policy. My leadership approach is human-centered, emphasizing quality, equity, and continuous improvement within education systems. I have managed various projects and programs, focusing on team development, quality management, and strategic client engagement. I have collaborated with…
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Charles is a higher education researcher interested in the areas of college access and success of underrepresented and historically excluded students. Most recently, he served as a research associate for the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government where he conducted descriptive and inferential research to measure and contextualize outcomes of the nursing student…
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Bruce Daniel has spent more than 30 years supporting the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) secondary longitudinal studies program, with continuous engagement across every major study cohort from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS:72) through the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), and including the HS&B:2022 re-collection.…
