Current Position: Data Analysis Director at Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD)
Brief Bio: I conduct and/or participate in multiple projects analyzing the academic achievement and attainment of students attending and matriculating from CMSD schools, the performance of our educational partners operating programs within CMSD schools, the performance of teachers in CMSD schools, and more. I am formerly the Senior Analyst in the Office of Institutional Research at the U of Alabama in Huntsville, where I also was an Assistant Professor of Sociology. I conducted both quantitative and qualitative research related to the University's educational mission, and as Assistant Professor I taught numerous classes, conducted research and performed service to the University.
Penn State’s Demography Program: I was well-prepared by the Penn State Demography program for both my academic and administrative positions, in the through training I received in research methods and data analysis, and the development of a perspective that is at once systemic, institutional, and comparative.
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-m-smith-ph-d-764aa92a/
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