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Jaunelle Pratt-Williams

Pronouns: She/Her

Senior Research Scientist
Education & Child Development
Jaunelle leads economic evaluations and mixed-methods policy research studies.

She is the co-principal investigator for The Cost Analysis in Practice (CAP) Project, which provides researchers and practitioners free on-demand tools, guidance, and technical assistance related to cost analysis.

Jaunelle has extensive experience evaluating implementation, assessing cost, and conducting cost-effectiveness analysis of school-based interventions using a mixed methods approach. Jaunelle's expertise also extends to school finance and related studies focused on the cost of educational programs and interventions. In addition to her extensive economic evaluation expertise, she has examined non-academic supports in multiple contexts including post-secondary transitions, rural education, and postsecondary success. Jaunelle was a teacher before pursuing a career in research.

Jaunelle led the development of the Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia’s Cost-Feasibility Analysis Toolkit for Supplemental Online Programs to help education leaders estimate whether implementing supplemental online programs is affordable given a school or district's available resources.

Jaunelle served on the IES Postsecondary Learning and Instruction Review Panel in 2020 and 2021 as a cost analysis expert.

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Expertise

Education

PhD

Columbia University

MA

Columbia University, Teachers College

MSEd

University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education

BA

Emory University

Project Contributions

Curriculum & Learning Improvement Project (CLIP)

Creating an innovative data ecosystem to support classroom instruction and education research

Client:

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Curriculum & Learning Improvement Project (CLIP)

Creating an innovative data ecosystem to support classroom instruction and education research

Client:

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Gates Millennium Scholars Longitudinal Outcomes

Examining the effect of a program to support high-achieving, low-income college students of color

Client:

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Kauffman Scholars Evaluation

Analyzing the ripple effect of a 20-year-old college scholarship and mentorship program in Kansas City

Client:

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

The Cost Analysis in Practice (CAP) Project

Support and guidance for education researchers conducting cost analysis

Client:

Institute of Education Sciences (via Teachers College, Columbia University)

Publications

  • opens in new tab"Cost Analysis Standards & Guidelines 1.1. Cost Analysis in Practice (CAP) Project."

    White Paper | June 1, 2021

    Hollands, F.M., Pratt-Williams, J., & Shand, R.

  • opens in new tab“Study of the Implementation of the ESEA Title I – Part C Migrant Education Program.”

    Report | June 1, 2019

    Anderson, L.M., Meredith, J., Schmidt, R., Pratt-Williams, J., Jonas, D., & Vandersall, K.

  • opens in new tab"Using Cost Analysis To Guide Resource Decisions."

    Blog Post | May 28, 2019

    Pratt-Williams, J., Mislevy, J.

  • “Beyond the Basics: Conducting a Cost Analysis of a Multi-Site Program Implementation.”

    Working Paper | March 6, 2019

    Pratt-Williams, J., & Klima, T.

  • ). “Issue Brief: Student Support Teams. For the U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, Policy and Program Studies Service.”

    Project Brief | June 1, 2016

    Pratt-Williams, J.

  • Issue Brief: Middle to High School Transition (for the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, Policy and Program Studies Service).

    Project Brief | June 1, 2016

    Pratt-Williams, J.

  • ”Evaluation of the Rural Math Excel Partnership Project: Final Report for i3 grant.”

    Project Report | June 1, 2016

    McGhee, R., Nagle, K., Pratt-Williams, J., Swantek, C., Lyulchenko, M., Schmidt, R.

  • "Changing Classroom Practice: The Evaluation of the School Network Learning Project in Jordan."

    White Paper | March 12, 2015

    Pratt-Williams, J., and Cocoran, T.
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