Faculty
Mark Berends
Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1992
Research Interests
Sociology of Education, Educational Policy and Research Methods
Profile
Professor Berends currently directs the National Center on School Choice, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/schoolchoice/) and serves as Vice President of AERA's Division L (Educational Policy and Politics). His areas of expertise are the sociology of education, research methods, school effects on student achievement, and educational equity. Throughout his research career, Professor Berends has focused on how school organization and classroom instruction are related to student achievement, with special attention to disadvantaged students. His latest books are Examining Gaps in Mathematics Achievement Among Racial-Ethnic Groups, 1972-1992 (RAND, 2005), Charter School Outcomes (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2008), Leading with Data: Pathways to Improve Your School (Corwin, 2009), and the Handbook of Research on School Choice (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, In Press).
Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
Phone: (574) 631-6463
Fax: (574) 631-9238
Office: 1014 Flanner
E-mail: Berends.3@nd.edu