Spyros Konstantopoulos

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617.552.4491

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EDUCATION
Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Research Methodology

M.S., The University of Chicago, Statistics

M.S., Purdue University, Educational Psychology and Research Methodology

B.A., University of Athens Greece, Primary Education and Educational Psychology

EXPERTISE/INTERESTS
Extension and application of statistical methods to issues in education, social science, and policy studies; applications of hierarchical models in the design of experimental or non-experimental studies, focusing on power analysis in designs with complicated nested structures; optimal design considerations in multilevel designs; research on the effects of educational interventions such as class size, school and teacher effects, and the social distribution of academic achievement; and, persistence of teacher effects in elementary school grades.

LATEST ARTICLES
Konstantopoulos S, & Chung, V. (in press). What are the long-term effects of small classes on the achievement gap? Evidence from the Lasting Benefits Study.  American Journal of Education.

Konstantopoulos, S. (in press). The mean is not enough: Using quantile regression to examine trends in Asian-White differences across the entire achievement distribution.  Teachers College Record.

Konstantopoulos S. (in press). Effects of teachers on minority and disadvantaged students' achievement in the early grades.  Elementary School Journal.

Konstantopoulos, S. (2008). The power of the test for treatment effects in three-level
block randomized designs. /Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 1, 265-288.

Konstantopoulos, S., & Hedges, L. V. (2008). How Large an effect can we expect from school reforms?  Teachers College Record, 110, 1613-1640.

Konstantopoulos, S. (2008). Computing power of tests for the variability of treatment effects in designs with two levels of nesting.  Multivariate Behavioral Research, 43, 327-352.

Konstantopoulos, S., & Constant, A. (2008). The gender gap reloaded: Are school characteristics linked to labor market performance?  Social Science Research, 37,  374-385.

Konstantopoulos, S. (2008). Do small classes reduce the achievement gap between low and high achievers? Evidence from Project STAR.  Elementary School Journal, 108, 275-291.

Konstantopoulos, S. (2008). The power of the test for treatment effects in three-level cluster randomized designs.  Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 1, 66-88.