Robert Vargas

The MPES program had three related goals: (1) provide a unified interdisciplinary program of coursework and research mentoring on linkages among education policy, student cognition, and achievement in mathematics and reading; (2) ensure that the fellows receive training in rigorous, causally focused research methods; and (3) foster research collaborations among faculty and graduate students from different disciplinary traditions who have common interests in policy, learning, and methodology.