Joe Witte

Former Quantitative Research Manager,

Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University

Joe Witte was the quantitative research manager at PACE. Before joining PACE, he worked as a consultant for the Illinois State Board of Education. His work at both organizations has focused on providing high-quality and actionable data in order to inform and support education policymakers and stakeholders. Witte received his MPP with a concentration in education policy from the University of Chicago.

updated 2021

Contributing topics

Continuous school improvement & support

Educational governance & policy

Educator workforce & effectiveness

Supporting students’ social-emotional, mental & physical health

Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes

Contributing initiatives

CORE-PACE Research Partnership

COVID-19 Recovery

Organizing Schools to Serve Students with Disabilities

Joe Witte in the Media

February 5, 2021 : Evidence-Based Practices for Assessing Students' Social and Emotional Well-Being

February 2, 2021 : 4 New Evidence Briefs to Help Students During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

August 2, 2016 : California Data Show Flaws in Federal Regulations

May 18, 2016 : CORE Districts Turn Spotlight on Struggling Student Groups

Publications by Joe Witte

May 2016

Making Students Visible

Comparing Different Student Subgroup Sizes for Accountability

With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015, California state policymakers are tasked with determining the subgroup threshold for school-level reporting. To inform this decision, this policy brief explores the implications of…