Jesse Levin

Jesse Levin
Jesse Levin
Principal Researcher,
American Institutes for Research

Jesse Levin is a principal research economist at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), where he has been involved in a number of projects examining educational production, school finance and adequacy, and resource allocation. He is directing several randomized control trial studies for various educational interventions and is director of a national study of district weighted student funding systems. Levin most recently conducted an updated study of the cost of providing educational adequacy in California public schools. His work draws upon his expertise in applied econometrics and quantitative methods. Levin is a member of the California Department of Education’s California Practitioner Advisory Group and Technical Design Group. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Amsterdam and the Tinbergen Institute.

updated 2018

Contributing topics
Education finance
Educational governance & policy
Contributing initiatives
COVID-19 Recovery
Getting Down To Facts II
LCFF Research Collaborative
Jesse Levin in the Media
: School Funding Evaluation Focuses on Equity for Students—and Taxpayers
: How Schools Can Help Children Recover from COVID Closures
: What California Schools’ Devastating Cuts Could Mean for Classrooms: 15% Less Per Student
: How Much Does It Cost to Educate California's Students?
: Three Steps to Address the Fairness of School Funding Through ESSA
Publications by Jesse Levin
GDTFII Brief Adequacy
Working Toward K–12 Funding Adequacy
California’s Current Policies and Funding Levels
California policymakers have established the expectation that all public school students should have access to a broad course of study, in classes where instruction is consistent with the state’s content standards. Further, the state holds schools…