Britton, T. & Spencer, G. (2016). learning plans: Do students who fail to “Individualized plan, plan to fail.” Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference (2016). Mabel, Z. & Britton. T. (2016). late: Understanding the extent and predictors of “Leaving college late departure.” Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference (2016). Britton. T. (2015). best laid plans of high school students in Massachusetts: “The Expressed versus revealed preferences for college enrollment.” Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (2015). Britton. T. (2015). the PLUS loans policy change decrease college enrollment for “Did Black students?” Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference (2015). Britton. T. (2014). or bust both. Has the Great Recession changed the “College …or probability of college enrollment for Black and Latino students.” Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (2014). Britton. T. (2013). or bust both. Has the Great Recession changed the “College …or probability of college enrollment for Black and Latino students.” Paper presented at the Harvard Student Research Annual Conference (2013). RESEARCH EXPERIENCE uAspire and the Heckscher Foundation (May 2015 February 2016) Lead Consultant, – Led a landscape study of college affordability work being done in public and private institutions in New York City. Collected and analyzed data via survey, interview, and focus groups. Completed a report that was presented to uAspire, the Heckscher Foundation, and the Edwin Gould Foundation. World Bank (May 2015 - December 2015) Research Assistant, Consultant on Randomized Control of Teacher Incentives in Guinea. Completed tasks such as data cleaning and analysis. Woodrow Wilson Foundation (December 2014 July 2015) Consultant, – Designed and administered a survey to evaluate teacher perceptions of two fellowship programs as part of a methods study. Analyzed the survey using Rasch model analysis. Massachusetts Department of Policy Fellow for the Office of Planning and Research, Elementary and Secondary Education 2014 - July 2014) (May Analyzed data on whether students’ plans for college attendance in 8th and 10th grade predicted actual college attendance for Carrie Conaway, Associate Commissioner for Planning, Research, and Delivery. Wrote a report that I presented to the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Britton, T. & Spencer, G. (2016). “Individualized learning plans: Do students who fail to plan, plan to fail.” Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference (2016). Mabel, Z. & Britton. T. (2016). “Leaving late: Understanding the extent and predictors of college late departure.” Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference (2016). Britton. T. (2015). “The best laid plans of high school students in Massachusetts: Expressed versus revealed preferences for college enrollment.” Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (2015). Britton. T. (2015). “Did the PLUS loans policy change decrease college enrollment for Black students?” Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference (2015). Britton. T. (2014). “College or bust …or both. Has the Great Recession changed the probability of college enrollment for Black and Latino students.” Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (2014). Britton. T. (2013). “College or bust …or both. Has the Great Recession changed the probability of college enrollment for Black and Latino students.” Paper presented at the Harvard Student Research Annual Conference (2013). RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Lead Consultant, uAspire and the Heckscher Foundation (May 2015 – February 2016) Led a landscape study of college affordability work being done in public and private institutions in New York City. Collected and analyzed data via survey, interview, and focus groups. Completed a report that was presented to uAspire, the Heckscher Foundation, and the Edwin Gould Foundation. Research Assistant, World Bank (May 2015 - December 2015) Consultant on Randomized Control of Teacher Incentives in Guinea. Completed tasks such as data cleaning and analysis. Consultant, Woodrow Wilson Foundation (December 2014 – July 2015) Designed and administered a survey to evaluate teacher perceptions of two fellowship programs as part of a methods study. Analyzed the survey using Rasch model analysis. Policy Fellow for the Office of Planning and Research, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (May 2014 - July 2014) Analyzed data on whether students’ plans for college attendance in 8th and 10th grade predicted actual college attendance for Carrie Conaway, Associate Commissioner for Planning, Research, and Delivery. Wrote a report that I presented to the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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