Director
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education
Vanderbilt University

Mark Berends is associate professor of public policy and education in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Vanderbilt University and director of the National Center on School Choice. Professor Berends has conducted extensive research on school reforms aimed at schools and classrooms, the effects of family and school changes on student achievement trends for different racial-ethnic groups, and the effects of secondary school tracking on students' cognitive and social development. The author of a number of books and articles, his most recent publications are Charter School Outcomes (2008), co-edited with Professors Matthew G. Springer and Herbert J. Walberg, and Handbook of Research on School Choice (in press), co-edited with Professors Springer, Walberg, and Dale Ballou. Professor Berends’ current research agenda focuses on educational innovation and education reforms aimed at schools and classrooms.

Vanderbilt University
Peabody 514
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203-5721
(615) 322-8045
mark.berends@vanderbilt.edu
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