Lynch School of Education

Henry Braun

boisi professor of education and public policy
educational research, measurement, and evaluation department

director, csteep

Henry Braun

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Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

   

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Stanford University
M.S., Stanford University
B.S., McGill University

EXPERTISE/INTERESTS
Testing and education policy; large-scale assessment surveys, achievement gaps; value-added modeling; standard setting, higher education outcomes.

HONORS/PUBLICATIONS/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Books, Monographs, and Special Publications

America’s Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing our Nation’s Future (with I. Kirsch, K. Yamamoto, and A. Sum). Princeton, NJ: Policy Information Center, Educational Testing Service. (To appear).

 

A Closer Look at Charter Schools Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling (with F. Jenkins and W. Grigg). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences (NCES 2006-260). Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office.

 

Comparing Private Schools and Public Schools Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling (with F. Jenkins and W. Grigg). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences (NCES 2006-461). Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office.

 

Using Assessment to Improve Education in Developing Nations. Pp. 1-46 in Improving Education through Assessment, Innovation, and Evaluation, (with Anil Kanjee, Eric Bettinger, and Michael Kremer). Cambridge, MA: American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (2006).

 

Using Student Progress to Evaluate Teaching: A Primer on Value-added Models.  Princeton, NJPolicy Information Center, Educational Testing Service.  (2005).



Refereed Journals
The Black-White achievement gap: Do state policies matter? (with Wang, A., Jenkins, F., & Weinbaum, E.). Education Policy Analysis Archives, 14(8). Retrieved [4-20-06] http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v14n8/.  March 20, 2006.

 

Intuitive test theory (with R. J. Mislevy). Phi Delta Kappan, 86(7) pp. 489-497, March, 2005.

 

Numbers and the remembrance of things past (with H. Wainer). Chance, 17(1), pp. 44-48, March, 2004.

 

Reconsidering the impact of high-stakes testing.  Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12(1).  Retrieved [3-23-04] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n1/, January 5, 2004.

 

John W. Tukey’s contributions to multiple comparisons (with Y. Benjamini).  Annals of Statistics, 30(6), 1576-1594, 2003.



Manuscripts in Review
Value-added assessment of schools: Sensitivity to choice of scale. (with Y. Qu and C. Trapani).

 

The effects of missing data on value-added model estimates. (with K. Shirley, H. Wainer, D. McCaffrey, and J. R. Lockwood).



Recent Technical Reports
Paek, P., Braun, H., Trapani, C., Sigel, I., Ponte, E., & Powers, D. The relationship of AP teacher practices and student achievement.  Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service. (in press).

 

Paek, P., Ponte, E., Sigel, I., Braun. H. & Powers, D. (in press). A portrait of advanced placement teachers' practices. New York, NY: The College Board. 

 

Braun, H., & Bridgeman, B. (2005).  An introduction to the measurement of change problem (ETS RM-05-01)  Princeton, NJ:  Educational Testing Service.