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Professional Background

Associate Professor of Measurement- Evaluation & Education and Director, Assessment and Evaluation Research Initiative(AERI)

Educational Background

Ph.D., University of South Florida, Major:  Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology

M.Ed., University of Madras (India), Major:  Science Education, Secondary and Higher Secondary Education

B.Ed., University of Bombay (India), Major:  Science Education

B.Sc., University of Calcutta (India), Major:  Botany, Zoology  Minor:  Chemistry

Scholarly Interests

  • Assessment and evaluation methodology
  • Evidence standards, mixed-method evidence synthesis, mixed-method designs for gathering scientific evidence on complex education/social interventions
  • Educational equity
  • Standards-based educational reforms

 

Selected Publications

Chatterji, M. (2010, in press). Evaluation Methodology. In Barry McGaw, Eva Baker and Penelope Peterson (Eds.), The International Enclyclopedia of Education, 3rd Edition. London,  UK: Elsevier Science.
 
Chatterji, M. (2009). Enhancing scientific evidence on the how global educational initiatives work: Theory, epistemological foundations, and guidelines for applying phased, mixed method designs. In K.B. Ryan & J. B. Cousins (Eds.). The SAGE International Handbook of Educational Evaluation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
 
Chatterji, M. (2007). Grades of Evidence: Variability in quality of findings in effectiveness research on complex field interventions. American Journal of Evaluation, 28(3), 3-17.
 
Chatterji, M. (2006). Reading achievement gaps, correlates and moderators of early reading achievement: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) kindergarten to first grade sample. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98(3), 489-507. 
 
Chatterji, M. (2005). Applying the Joint Committee's 1994 standards in international contexts: A case study of educational evaluations in Bangladesh. Teachers College Record, 107 (10), 2373-2400. (Special Issue on New Perspectives in Program Evaluation).

Chatterji, M. (2004). Evidence on “what works”: An argument for extended-term mixed method (ETMM) evaluation designs. Educational Researcher, 33(9), 3-13. (Reprinted in Educational Researcher, 34(5), 14-24, 2005)


Madhabi Chatterji

Madhabi Chatterji

Associate Professor of Measurement- Evaluation & Education

Director, Assessment and Evaluation Research Initiative(AERI)

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