Arizona Department of Education

• Division of Academic Professionals - Highly Qualified Professionals Unit: Process and outcome evaluation of federally funded five-year transition to teaching (alternative certification) program in 23 rural school districts in Arizona and 11 educational sites in state correctional facilities. 

• Division of Adult Education: Evaluation of Existing Five-Year Plan, and Development of New Five-Year Plan for Arizona Department of Education, Adult Education Division. Retrospective evaluation of responsiveness to federal guidelines, notably accountability for student achievement; state-aligned content standards, research-based practice, increased options for basic skills acquisition, appropriate technology options, collaboration and resource sharing across agencies that serve the target population, and One-Stop Career Center delivery system. 

• With the Arizona State Department of Corrections: Comprehensive Process and Outcome Evaluation of Implementation of Character Counts! Framework in State Juvenile Detention and Juvenile Correction Facilities. Three-year process and outcome evaluation of state-funded multi-site character education initiative in state level juvenile detention and correction facilities.

Arizona Governor’s Office and Arizona Department of Education

• Comprehensive Process and Outcome Evaluation of Arizona Teacher Excellence Plan (AzTEP). Conduct multi-year evaluation of an initiative funded through the federal Teacher Quality Enhancement program that addresses recruitment and retention of teachers on Indian Reservations and former federal Enterprise Communities in Arizona. 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, U. S. Department of Interior

• Study to Estimate the Funding Requested for BIA-funded Schools to Implement Relevant Accreditation Standards. As co-investigator, reviewed existing funding system and (1) developed strategy to determine the level of funding required for BIA-funded schools to meet the standards by reviewing the various national efforts, identifying individual state efforts related to standards that might be used by BIA-funded schools, and developing procedures for determining the funds required by BIA-funded schools to meet the standards; and (2) analyzed the adequacy of the basic funding for operation of BIA-funded schools.

 Chicago Children’s Museum

• With the Chicago Public School District: Comprehensive Process and Outcome Evaluation of Two Annenberg School Reform Projects. Contracted with two different school reform networks composed of six schools in large urban school district and two external partners. The four-year evaluation study focused on parent involvement, teacher isolation, structure, and class size. Areas included in the evaluation were level of parent participation, school health and climate, classroom learning environment, student achievement, indicators of engaged learning, and whole school change. 

Illinois State Board of Education and Chicago Children’s Museum

• Outcome Evaluation of Museum-based Scientific Literacy Project. The program was designed to be an interrelated programming system designed to engage a community of learners (students, teachers, parents and outside experts) through a model for action research. The goal was to determine whether the implementation of the model improved students’ knowledge and skills, student attitudes and behaviors in areas of mathematics, science and technology, and parent involvement in science at home. The evaluation was funded through the Illinois State Board of Education. 

Kansas State Department of Education

• Outcome Evaluation of federally funded Transition to Teaching statewide grant. The primary outcome of the alternative path to licensure program was to increase the number of teachers available while maintaining high teacher quality standards.

New Mexico State Department of Education and New Mexico State Legislature

• Study to Design, Organize and Prescribe Governance of a State Education Accountability Program. As co-investigator, analyzed current system, developed educational indicator system; developed system for identifying and allocating funds to high-improving schools (meeting specific criteria); developed accountability/guide handbook; and developed system for technical training for State Department of Education staff in implementation of accountability system. 

U.S. Department of Education, Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR)

• Research and Development Feasibility Study (Phase I) for Development of Neural Network Based Inclusion Simulation Model.  

• Research and Development Feasibility Study (Phase I & II) for Development of Intelligent Computerized Job Aid for Observation and Assessment of Preschool Children.