Robert H. Meyer
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Robert H. Meyer
President and CEO,
Education Analytics
Robert H. Meyer is president and CEO of Education Analytics, a Madison, Wisconsin-based nonprofit that conducts sophisticated statistical research to solve complex, pressing problems facing public education in the U.S. He was previously the director of the Value-Added Research Center at the University of Wisconsin—Madison and has conducted major statistical evaluations of programs and policies, such as class-size reduction, literacy, and supplemental educational services. In 2010, Meyer received the University of Wisconsin—Madison Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research.
updated 2021
Publications by Robert H. Meyer
This paper illustrates the application of mixture IRT models to evaluate the possibility of respondent confusion due to the negative wording of certain items on a social-emotional learning (SEL) assessment. Using actual student self-report ratings…
This brief applies value-added models to student surveys in the CORE Districts to explore whether social-emotional learning (SEL) surveys can be used to measure effective classroom-level supports for SEL. The authors find that classrooms differ in…
Findings From the First Large-Scale Panel Survey of Students
Measures of school-level growth in student outcomes are common tools for assessing the impacts of schools. The vast majority of these measures use standardized tests as the outcome of interest, even though emerging evidence demonstrates the…
School value-added models are increasingly used to measure schools’ contributions to student success. At the same time, policymakers and researchers agree that schools should support students’ social-emotional learning (SEL) as well as academic…