Lynch School of Education

Walter Haney

professor

Walter M. Haney

Email

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Campion Hall
Room 319

617.552.4199

   

EDUCATION

Ed.D., Harvard University

EXPERTISE/INTERESTS

Testing and public policy; educational technology; exploratory data analysis; cheating on tests; drawings as an alternative form of assessment.

HONORS/PUBLICATIONS/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Selected recent items

2004 Expert witness in West Orange Cove school adequacy case in Texas.

New Window Will Open Analyses of Texas Public School Enrollments and Other Data: Expert Report concerning the case of West Orange-Cove v. Alanis (version 5). August 2004.

Drawing on education: Using drawings to document schooling and support change. Harvard Educational Review, Fall 2004 (74:3), pp. 241-272. (with M. Russell and D. Bebell).

Briles-Haney Interview 4/14/2004. Including transcript of Doug’s trial (DVD). El Cajon, CA: Video Services.

New Window Will Open The Education pipeline in the United States, 1970 to 2000 (pdf). Chestnut Hill, MA: The National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy. 2004

Response to Skrla et al. The illusion of educational equity in Texas: A commentary on “accountability for equity.” In  L. Skrla & J. J. Scheurich,  Educational equity andaccountability: Paradigms, pol icies and Politics. New York: Routledge Falmer, 2004, pp. 79-97.

2003 Expert witness in Hancock school finance case in Massachusetts.  Testimony before legislative committees in Massachusetts and New York. Invited commentary at forum of the National Academies.

Scholarly electronic publishing. Boston College Libraries Faculty Newsletter. Fall 2003, pp 1-3 (with Mike Russell).

Limits of High Stakes Testing: Invited Comments at National Academies Forum, “#2 Pencil Required: The Effectiveness of High Stakes Testing” The National Academies Room 100, Keck Center, 500 5th Street NW, Washington D.C. 20001. November 7, 2003

2002-present  Director, Progress Through the Education Pipeline project.  This project, funded under a major grant from the Ford Foundation, aims at analyzing enrollment and graduation statistics over the last 20 years for the al l 50 states in the U.S. 

2002 Expert witness in the case of Kurvers vs. National Computer Systems, State of Minnesota District  Court, County of Hennipin, Fourth District (concerning the mis-scoring by NCS of the Minnesota high school graduation test.)