Lisa Dragoset has more than 15 years of experience collecting and analyzing large, complex data sets using a variety of statistical techniques. Her work includes leading the recruitment and collection of data from states and districts, and planning and conducting impact analyses that use quantitative and qualitative data.
Dragoset is currently the project director for the national evaluation of Promise Neighborhoods and Full-Service Community Schools for the U.S. Department of Education.
In past work, Dragoset directed the national evaluation of Race to the Top and School Improvement Grants. She also led nationwide recruiting and data collection efforts to examine the effect of participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on food security. She evaluated Supplemental Educational Services, an after-school tutoring program, and developed evidence standards for regression discontinuity designs for the U.S. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse.
Dragoset holds a Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University and has published in the Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness.
A new issue brief and fact sheet document states' capacity to support school turnaround as of spring 2012 and spring 2013. The research is part of a large-scale, multi-year evaluation conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, the American Institutes for Research (AIR), and Social Policy Research Associates for the U.S. Department of Education.
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