Mark Berends
Professor, Department of Sociology
Director of Center for Research on Educational Opportunity
Degrees
forthcoming
Research Profile
Berends is professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, director of the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity, director of the National Center on School Choice, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences, and the Vice President of the American Educational Research Association’s Division L, Policy and Politics in Education. His areas of expertise are the sociology of education, research methods, school effects on student achievement, and educational equity. Berends’ research focuses on how school organization and classroom instruction are related to student achievement, with special attention to disadvantaged students. Within this agenda, he has applied a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods to understanding the effect of school reforms on teachers and students. His latest books are Examining Gaps in Mathematics Achievement Among Racial-Ethnic Groups, 1972-1992 (2005), Charter School Outcomes (2008), Leading with Data: Pathways to Improve Your School (In Press), and the Handbook of Research on School Choice (In Press).Contact Information
810
Flanner Hall
forthcoming
