Charter Schools, Diversity and Noncognitive Assessment (2013-2014)

In collaboration with Central Park Elementary School (CPES) in Durham, this project team investigated the impact of CPES's experiment with a lottery admission program weighted toward low-SES families while piloting new ways of evaluating the progress of children in many currently unassessed dimensions.

Timing

2013-2014

This Team in the News

Three Bass Connections Participants Named Fulbright Scholars

This project team was originally part of the Education & Human Development theme of Bass Connections, which ended in 2022. 

Team Leaders

  • Steven Asher, Arts & Sciences: Psychology and Neuroscience
  • David Malone, Arts & Sciences: Program in Education
  • Jan Riggsbee, Arts & Sciences: Program in Education

Graduate Team Members

  • Kate Parkinson, Psychology & Neuroscience-PHD

Undergraduate Team Members

  • S. Allman, Program in Education
  • Matthew Hamilton, Program II (AB)
  • Megan McCarroll, Public Policy (AB)
  • Bridget Meaney, Economics (BS)
  • Jay Sullivan, Public Policy (AB)

Themes