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EDUCATION 
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
M.Ed., University of Houston
B.A., Boston College

RESEARCH INTERESTS
In light of increasing expectations that teachers engage in "data-based" or "data-driven" decision making, Vincent Cho investigates the technologies, leadership practices, and district policies that support data use. The end goal of his research is to help schools and educators make the most out of what they know about their students.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL ARTICLES
Wayman, J.C., Jimerson, J.B., & Cho, V. (In Press). Organizational considerations in establishing the data-informed district. School Effectiveness and School Improvement.

BOOK CHAPTERS
Wayman, J. C., Cho, V., & Richards, M. P. (2010). Student data systems and their use for educational improvement. In P. Peterson, E. Baker, & B. McGraw (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (Vol. 8, pp. 14-20). Oxford: Elsevier.

Wayman, J. C., & Cho, V. (2008). Preparing Educators to Effectively Use Student Data Systems. In Kowalski, T. J., & Lasley, T. J. (Eds.). Handbook on data-based decision making in education. New York: Routledge.

POLICY REPORTS
von Eschenbach, W., & Cho, V. (2008). Senate Higher Education Subcommittee interim report to the 81st Texas Legislature. Austin: The Senate of Texas.

von Eschenbach, W., Whitaker, B., Cho, V., Brown, J., Gonzales, R. (2008). Senate Finance Higher Education Subcommittee interim report to the 81st Texas Legislature. Austin: The Senate of Texas.

CONFERENCE PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
Cho, V., & Wayman, J. C. (2010, October). Technology, organizational structure, and educator data use. Paper at the 2010 Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, New Orleans, LA.

Wayman, J. C., Jimerson, J. B., & Cho, V. (2010, October). District policies for the effective use of student data. Paper at the 2010 Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, New Orleans, LA.

Wayman, J. C., Cho, V., Jimerson, J. B., Snodgrass Rangel, V. W. (2010, May). The data-informed district: A systemic approach to educational data use. Paper presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Wayman, J. C., Shaw, S. M., & Cho, V. (2009, December). First-year results from an efficacy study of the Acuity data system. Paper presented at the 24th Annual Texas Assessment Conference, Austin TX.

Wayman, J. C., Cho, V., & Shaw, S. M. (2009, November). Can teachers use an interim assessment system to help students learn? Paper presented at the 2009 Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, Anaheim, CA.

Wayman, J. C., Shaw, S. M., & Cho, V. (2009, June). A longitudinal study of the effects of a student assessment system. Paper presented at the 2009 Council of Chief State School Officers’ National Conference on Student Assessment, Los Angeles, CA.

Cho, V., & Wayman, J. C. (2009, April). Knowledge management and educational data use. Paper presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Cho, V. (2009, February). Knowledge management and educational data use. Center for Health and Social Policy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.

Wayman, J. C., Cho, V., & Johnston, M. T. (2008, November). One year later: Effects of a districtwide evaluation of data use. Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, Orlando, FL.

AWARDS
American Educational Research Association, Division H, Outstanding Publication Award. Improving data use in NISD: Becoming a data-informed district. (2011)
 
American Educational Research Association, Division H, Outstanding Publication Award. The data-informed district: A district-wide evaluation of data use in the Natrona County School District. (2008)