John Q. Easton is Senior Advisor in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. Prior to his work at Northwestern, he served as Senior Fellow at the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. Earlier in his career he was Deputy Director and Executive Director at the UChicago Consortium. In addition to working at university-based research centers, Easton also has held governmental and foundation positions. He was Director of the Institute for Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education and Vice President for Programs at the Spencer Foundation. He is actively involved in several Advisory Boards at non-profit organizations, including the Illinois Economic Security Advisory Board and the Research Visiting Panel at the Educational Testing Service. He is Chair of the Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative Advisory Board and Chair of the Early Childhood Research Alliance for Chicago Launch Committee. He just completed a two-year term on the Chicago Public Schools Accountability Redesign Committee.
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All Publications
Title Sort descending | Type | Date |
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School Effects on Socio-emotional Development, School-Based Arrests, and Educational Attainment | Working Paper | Feb 2020 |
2006 ISAT Reading and Math Scores in Chicago and the Rest of the State | Brief | Jun 2007 |
A New Method for Describing Chicago Neighborhoods | Brief | Oct 2020 |
A Path to Equity From Expanded Pre-k Access to Success in Elementary School |
Brief | Jun 2021 |
A View from the Elementary Schools The State of Reform in Chicago |
Report | Jul 1993 |
Academic Productivity of Chicago Public Elementary Schools | Report | Mar 1998 |
Adjusting Citywide ITBS Scores for Student Retention in Grades Three, Six, and Eight | Brief | Dec 1998 |
Annual CPS Test Trend Review, 1999 | Brief | May 2000 |
Annual CPS Trend Review, 2000 | Brief | Jan 2001 |
Calculating a Cohort Dropout Rate for the Chicago Public Schools | Report | Jun 2001 |