Michelle Hall

Michelle Hall
Michelle Hall
Director of Program Assessment and Improvement ,
Chapman University

Michelle Hall is director of program assessment and improvement at Chapman University's Attallah College of Educational Studies, where she oversees management of Attallah College's program improvement system. Her research examines the ways in which power and politics affect and are affected by education reform policies. Her most recent research focuses on the role of local democratic engagement in statewide finance and accountability reforms in California. In her work as a researcher for PACE, Hall served as a member of a statewide research team documenting the impact and early implementation the Local Control Funding Formula in California. In 2018, she received a California Education Policy Fellowship Program fellowship, sponsored by the Institute for Educational Leadership. She received her PhD in the politics of education from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.

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Publications by Michelle Hall
Results from the Fourth PACE/USC Rossier Poll
California is in the middle of a nearly unprecedented period of change in the state’s education system. Following voter approval of Proposition 30 in 2012, the Legislature adopted the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in 2013. The LCFF upended…
Results from the Third PACE/USC Rossier Poll
California is in the midst of sweeping education changes. The state is rolling out the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and a new system of assessments. Voters approved a temporary statewide tax increase that will provide additional funding to…
Results from the PACE/USC Rossier August 2012 Poll
California has long been viewed by the rest of the nation as leader in many areas, including education. The state’s K-12 and higher education systems were once the envy of other states. Of late, though, the news from the Golden State has not been so…