My research focuses on issues of leadership and assessment. In particular, my work explores how federal school reform policies affect classroom practice, program evaluation and PK-12 school administration. 

Current areas of research:

· Program evaluation

· Leadership in an age of accountability

· Evaluating leadership preparation programs

· Helping policy makers choose appropriate assessment data to measure principal efficacy

· Exploring the assessment of ability in students who are culturally and linguistically diverse, particularly Spanish-speaking elementary school students who are frequently under-identified by ability tests

· How the Common Core Curriculum is affecting policy and leadership

· Sustaining state-wide professional development initiatives

· Formative Assessment as a tool to improve student learning

· Informing policy in teacher education— specifically using data to predict who will be a successful teacher or administrator