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 | Type | Date Sort ascending |
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Lasting Differences Math Grades and Gender |
Report | Jun 2023 |
Investing in Adolescents High School Climate and Organizational Context Shape Student Development and Educational Attainment |
Report | Apr 2023 |
Chicago Public School Principals' Prior Experiences | Report | Jan 2023 |
Reaching for Improvement Teacher Evaluation and its Role in Instructional Improvement |
Report | May 2022 |
CPS Gradebook Technical Report | Brief | Jan 2022 |
A Path to Equity From Expanded Pre-k Access to Success in Elementary School |
Brief | Jun 2021 |
Who Benefits From Attending Effective Schools? Examining Heterogeneity in High School Impacts |
Working Paper | Dec 2020 |
Linking Social-Emotional Learning to Long-Term Success Student Survey Responses Show Effects in High School and Beyond |
Article | Oct 2020 |
Closer to Home More Equitable Pre-K Access and Enrollment in Chicago |
Snapshot | Oct 2020 |
A New Method for Describing Chicago Neighborhoods | Brief | Oct 2020 |