National Center on School Choice

The National Center on School Choice is funded by the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. The Center exercises national leadership in school choice research, including charter and magnet schools, private school vouchers, teacher recruitment, school management, and state policymaking.

Vanderbilt University
Home Institution

Mailing Address
Peabody 152
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203

Phone Number
(615) 322-8269

Email Address
bettie.teasley@vanderbilt.edu


	Bettie S. Teasley Research Assistant Doctoral Student Vanderbilt University

	Bettie Teasley is a Research Assistant at the National Center on School Choice. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Kenyon College in Ohio and is currently a doctoral student in education and public policy in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Vanderbilt University. Bettie has taught undergraduate public policy courses for the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University. Prior to pursuing her graduate studies, Bettie was the Director of Family Assistance for the Tennessee Department of Human Services (DHS). During her tenure in state government, she led policy operations for the state’s welfare, food stamps, and Medicaid/TennCare eligibility programs and provided oversight and design for the state’s welfare reform efforts.

	Selected Publications Teasley, Bettie, and Mark Berends. 2007. “A National Examination of the No Child Left Behind School Choice Policy.” Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago. Berends, Mark, Caroline Watral, Bettie Teasley, and Anna Nicotera. 2006. “Charter School Effects on Achievement: Where We Are and Where We’re Going.” Paper presented at the National Conference on Charter School Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Ballou, Dale, Bettie Teasley, and Tim Zeidner. 2006. “Charter School Outcomes in Idaho.” Paper presented at the National Conference on Charter School Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Nicotera, Anna, Bettie Teasley, and Mark Berends. 2006. "Examination of Student Movement in the Context of Federal Transfer Policies." Working Paper. Nashville, TN: National Center on School Choice.