Paul J. Burkander

Senior Education Researcher, SRI Education

Paul Burkander, PhD, has over 10 years of experience using quantitative analyses to improve student outcomes. He specializes in conducting rigorous descriptive and impact analyses, and in developing and applying evidence review standards.   

Burkander has led impact analyses for the U.S. Departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services, and for school districts such as the School District of Philadelphia and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. These analyses have addressed a wide range of topics, including employment and training programs for adults, college and career preparation programs for students, school reform models, and teacher training and incentives. Burkander also has extensive experience working with the Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs), having led projects for REL Pacific and REL Mid-Atlantic, and having served for 6 years as a REL peer reviewer.

Burkander has co-authored evidence review standards and led the first round of reviews for the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse, and he is a certified reviewer for What Works Clearinghouse group design standards (Version 4.1). He holds a doctorate in economics from Michigan State University and bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and economics from Eastern Michigan University.

Recent publications

SRI Education

2022

*Study of Teacher Coaching Based on Classroom Videos: Impacts on Student Achievement and Teachers’ Practices. Appendix

Authors: Clark, M., Max, J., James-Burdumy, S., Robles, S., McCullough, M., Burkander, P., & Malick, S.

SRI Education

2021

*Advanced Placement Participation, Staffing, and Staff Training in the District of Columbia Public Schools.

Authors: Burnett, A., & Burkander, P.

SRI Education

2021

*The Effects of Employment Counseling on Labor Market Outcomes for Adults and Dislocated Workers: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Experiment

Authors: McConnell, Sheena, Peter Z. Schochet, Dana Rotz, Ken Fortson, Paul Burkander, and Annalisa Mastri

*Publications prior to joining SRI International

Selected publications

Journal Article

2020

SRI Education

*Do educator performance incentives help students? Evidence from the teacher incentive fund national evaluatio

Authors: Speroni, C., Wellington, A., Burkander, P., Chiang, H., Herrmann, M., & Hallgren, K.

2019

SRI Education

*Building College and Career Pathways for High School Students: Youth CareerConnect: Technical Report for the Impact Study

Authors: Burkander, P., Maxwell, N., Shiferaw, M., Jacobus, M., Vigil, A., Tilley, C., Harrington, A., Dillon, E., Hande, I., & Schochet, P.

SRI Education

2017

*Providing public workforce services to job seekers: 30-month impact findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs. Technical supplement.

Authors: Rotz, D., Burkander, P., Grider, M., Fortson, K., Molinari, L., Sanchez-Eppler, E., & Cattell, L.

2012

SRI Education

*Veblen’s words weighed

Author: Burkander, P.

*Publications prior to joining SRI International