Audrey Amrein-Beardsley

Arizona State University

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, a former middle- and high-school mathematics teacher, received her Ph.D. in 2002 from Arizona State University (ASU) from the Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies with an emphasis on Research Methods. Awarded tenure in 2010 as an ASU Presidential Exemplar, and promoted again in 2016, she is currently a Professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at ASU. Her research interests include educational policy, research methods, educational measurement, test (ab)uses, and value-added measurements and systems. In addition, she researches aspects of teacher and school quality as well as program and personnel evaluation.

Email Audrey Amrein-Beardsley at: audrey.beardsley@asu.edu

NEPC Review: Pathways to Success: Exploring the Long-Term Outcomes of Alumni from Summit Public Schools (Summit Public Schools, September 2021)

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley

NEPC Review

Anum Ali Mohammed and Adam Black

Pathways to Success: Exploring the Long-Term Outcomes of Alumni from Summit Public Schools

Summit Public Schools reports that its alumni graduated from college at nearly double the national average and self-reported high levels of well-being, fulfillment, and workplace satisfaction. It also reports that alumni from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds now make more than $60,000 per year on average working full time. Although the study may provide some information useful to Summit’s internal decision-making, its serious methodological issues prevent it from having any implications for practice or policymaking in general.