Rachel Garrett

Southwest English Learner Literacy (SWELL), New Mexico
Rachel Garrett, PhD, a principal researcher at AIR, co-leads the Southwest English Learner Literacy (SWELL) partnership. Garrett has extensive experience leading evaluation studies focused on English learner students and teacher professional learning. She served as the research lead for the New Mexico partnership under the previous REL Southwest contract and the principal investigator for a study with the New Mexico Public Education Department to examine the effects of state reclassification policy on English learner student achievement. In addition, Garrett is conducting a meta-analysis to examine effective approaches for improving English learner student learning and has led two meta-analyses that examined how features of teacher professional learning programs are associated with effects on classroom instruction and student achievement. Garrett holds a doctorate in public policy from the University of Chicago.