Mary Klute

REL Appalachia deputy director
Mary Klute, PhD, is a principal education researcher at SRI International. She has over 20 years of experience conducting research and evaluation studies in education. She specializes in supporting educators to use data and evidence to improve outcomes for students. Klute has worked in the REL program since 2013 in the Appalachian and Central regions. During that time, she gained extensive experience conducting research within the REL program, including serving as the Applied Research task lead and authoring nine peer-reviewed REL reports. She has also led TCTS projects, many of which have focused on evaluation planning or supporting the use of research- and evidence-based practices. For example, she led a TCTS project that supported educators in Tennessee to conduct a pilot study of a high-dosage early literacy tutoring program. She also co-led a project with the Nebraska Department of Education to develop a resource inventory of evidence-based interventions and strategies that educators can include in individual reading plans to meet legislative requirements. She is a What Works Clearinghouse-certified reviewer for group design studies (version 5.0) and advanced group designs (version 5.0).