Jonathan Schweig

Research indicates that efforts to reform school discipline practices through policy have seen mixed success. In 2018, the District of Columbia (DC) passed the Student Fair Access to School Act, which sought to significantly limit schools' use of suspensions and promote alternative discipline practices, among other reforms. To date, there has not been any research on the implementation of those reforms across 70 education agencies, including DC Public Schools and all public charter systems, ...

Programs to support social and emotional learning (SEL) in high school are critical. High school students often report that social and emotional problems make learning difficult, and positive SEL may play a key role in reducing problem behaviors, improving attendance, and promoting academic achievement. However, high school SEL programs are generally less effective than programs geared towards elementary students, which may reflect the fact that many programs offered in high schools are modi...

The RAND Corporation and the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) identified promising analytic methods for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to adapt and respond to COVID-19-induced disruptions to student assessment programs. These methods are to help with decisions often based on student test scores regarding -

Twenty-six States and the District of Columbia use high-stakes teacher evaluation systems to assign teachers who are rated "ineffective" and "minimally effective" to mandatory professional growth plans (PGPs). However, evidence on the impact of these policies on student academic and socio-behavioral outcomes is limited. Researchers will examine the impact of teachers being assigned PGPs on the outcomes of K-12 students and their teachers throughout the State of New Mexico. Researchers will a...

The University of California, Los Angeles departments of education and psychology established an interdisciplinary predoctoral training program focused on (a) advanced quantitative methodology for improving education practice and (b) mathematics teaching, learning, and assessment.