Lauren Decker-Woodrow

概述

Lauren Decker-Woodrow, 博士学位, is a Principal Research Associate with 15+ years of experience in program 评价 and 10+ years of experience in technical assistance. She has led rigorous research and 评价 projects and provided consulting, technical assistance, and capacity building in several states, 包括阿肯色州, 路易斯安那州, 德州, 和维吉尼亚州. Decker-Woodrow also has experience conducting cost, 收益成本, and cost-effectiveness analyses since completing the week-long, IES-funded training on these methods from the Center for Benefit Cost Studies in 教育.

Decker-Woodrow currently serves as the deputy director of the Region 14 Comprehensive Center serving Arkansas, 路易斯安那州, and 德州 and is responsible for the management of communication, 评价, and quality assurance. 直到最近, Woodrow served as principal investigator (PI) and project director (PD) on a 10-year QED study of a city-initiated pre-kindergarten initiative with the 评价, 包括15,000+ children to date. Her current role is senior advisor as she mentors and trains a new PD.

She is also currently serving as PI on an IES Efficacy trial of an interactive touch-based mathematics application designed to increase conceptual understanding of algebraic ideas in comparison to two other treatment conditions and one business-as-usual condition.

教育

• 博士学位, 教育al Psychology-Applied Developmental Science (formerly Risk and Prevention in 教育 Sciences), University of Virginia
• MEd, 教育al Psychology, University of Virginia
• BA, Psychology, Pennsylvania State University