Research and Evaluationat NCDPI: Priorities,Partnerships, and Data Sharing
November 9 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction plays a central role in supporting research, evaluation, and data-informed improvement efforts across the state’s public schools. In this talk, Dr. Shaun Kellogg, Senior Director of Research and Promising Practices at NCDPI, will discuss the department’s current research and evaluation priorities, opportunities for collaboration with faculty and research organizations, and the processes that guide access to and use of state education data.
Participants will gain insight into how research partnerships can contribute to educational improvement efforts across North Carolina while informing policy, strengthening practice, and advancing impactful scholarship. Faculty, staff, graduate students, and community partners are invited to attend.
A light reception will precede the talk at 2:30 PM.
Visitor parking available in the Oakland Avenue Deck, 690 Forest Street.
About the Speaker
Dr. Shaun Kellogg is Senior Director of the Office of Research and Promising Practices at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, where he leads a team that helps public schools make evidence-based decisions and identifies school-level practices that measurably improve student outcomes. He has spent more than twenty years in education, first as a Peace Corps volunteer and elementary teacher and, since 2011, as an educational researcher directing evaluations and applied research funded by the National Science Foundation, NCDPI, and the Gates Foundation. Before joining NCDPI, he held several leadership roles at NC State University’s Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, including Director of Research and Evaluation, Interim Executive Director, and Director of the Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research (LASER) Institute.
