About Cara Jackson, Ph.D.

Dr. Jackson is Senior Associate in the Division of Social and Economic Policy at Abt Associates. She's conducted education research and evidence reviews on a variety of topics, including interventions intended to improve child outcomes, policies related to school and teacher quality, and school network expansion. Her focus is on helping schools, districts, and education agencies improve the quality of educational opportunities.

Links 

Articles:

• Democratizing the Development of Evidence https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0013189X211060357
• Rethinking Connections Between Research and Practice in Education https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/0013189X18761042
• Local Democracy Matters: How Deliberative Culture Shapes Public Evaluations of Local Government and Local Government Performance (Collins) https://edworkingpapers.com/ai19-114
• Will The American Rescue Plan’s ‘Meaningful Consultation’ Requirement Usher In Community Participation In School Budgets? (Roza) https://www.forbes.com/sites/margueriteroza/2021/07/20/will-the-american-rescue-plans-meaningful-consultation-requirement-usher-in-community-participation-in-school-budgets/

Logic models:

• Education Logic Model application https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/rel/products/resource/100677
• https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/appalachia/blogs/blog6_why-build-a-logic-model.asp
• https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_2014025.pdf

Organizations:

• Strategic Data Project https://sdp.cepr.harvard.edu/
• NNERPP https://nnerpp.rice.edu/
• Democratizing Evidence https://www.democratizingevidence4.us/home