Henry Braun

Campion Hall

CSTEEP

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

EDUCATION

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

EXPERTISE/INTERESTS

Testing and education policy; achievement gaps; statistical modeling; expert systems.

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, NJ:  Policy Information Center, Educational Testing Service.  (2005).

in 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.