Loan Tran

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Loan Tran
Former Research Specialist,
Stockton Unified School District

Loan Tran was a research specialist at Stockton Unified School District. Loan specialized in complex data analyses and predictive modeling for education projects. She previously served as a senior research associate at WestEd. Tran earned her PhD in research methodology and quantitative methods from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

updated 2025

Contributing topics
Access, quality & alignment in early childhood education
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Publications by Loan Tran
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Preschool for California's Children
Promising Benefits, Unequal Access
This policy brief examines how California's education governance has shifted from local control to centralized, administrative accountability over the past 30 years, including changes in school finance. It primarily focuses on categorical program…