With the successful, 2012 conclusion of their three year editorial terms of service, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis editors Dominic Brewer of the University of Southern California, Bruce Fuller from the University of California–Berkeley, and Susanna Loeb from Stanford University, have had their successors announced. The American Educational Research Association’s announcement readies a fresh editorial team for national service in its 2013 volume year.
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis is a multidisciplinary policy journal that focuses on educational evaluation, educational policy analysis and the relationship between the two. The EEPA publishes material on theoretical, methodological, or policy interest to those engaged in educational policy analysis, evaluation, and decision making.
The EEPA journal is published quarterly by the American Educational Research Association. The AERA is a national interdisciplinary research association. Founded in 1916, AERA aims to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good.
For the 2013 volume year
Four education researchers and policy experts Mark Berends, Laura S. Hamilton, Luis A. Huerta, and Ron W. Zimmer have been appointed as incoming editors of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA). Beginning with the 2013 volume year, the team of scholars will serve as editors for a three-year term. EEPA, a multidisciplinary policy journal that focuses on educational evaluation, educational policy analysis and the relationship between the two, is published quarterly by the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Appointed by AERA president Arnetha Ball, the new editors have extensive experience in teaching, researching, and publishing on education policy:
• Mark Berends is a professor of sociology and director of the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity at the University of Notre Dame. Berends’ research is focused on the relationship of school organization and classroom instruction to student achievement, with special attention to disadvantaged students.
• Laura S. Hamilton, Senior Behavioral Scientist and Research Quality Assurance Manager at the RAND Corporation in Pittsburgh, is an educational psychologist with a specialization in psychometrics. Among her research interests are measurement of student achievement, measurement of instruction, and education reform implementation.
• Luis A. Huerta is Associate Professor of Education and Public Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University, and his research focus is school choice reform and school finance policy. His research pairs theory in organizational sociology and economics together with policy analysis frameworks, and aims to discover how school reforms affect equity and quality in schools.
• Ron W. Zimmer is Associate Professor at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. His research interests include charter schools and education finance, and his research has led to publication of numerous articles, book chapters, and monographs on these topics.
Cutting edge information
Education leaders, educators, parents, and industry stakeholders, who face the important issues in education today, need to be armed with data, research, and original, innovative thinking. Resources supported by agencies like AERA serve as vital conduits of cutting edge ideas and critical analysis for all those interested in meeting education’s pivotal, 21st century challenges.
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