Susan Sepanik
Susan Sepanik is a senior associate at MDRC. She is the principal investigator of the long-term follow-up study of the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways, a college developmental math reform; Next Generation California Partnership Academies study, a rigorous evaluation of career academies; an evaluation of the Oregon Early Indicator and Intervention System, a quasi-experimental study of a statewide early warning system; and a study of California State University’s proposal to require an additional high school quantitative reasoning course for enrollment. She has been responsible for running site and student recruitment efforts, managing quantitative and qualitative data collection, designing surveys and interview protocols, analyzing program effects, and coauthoring several reports. Before joining MDRC, Sepanik worked as a research intern at Chicago Public Schools, conducting research on student access to quality teaching and supporting efforts to create a school accountability system for the district. She has also taught middle school language arts and social studies. She has an MPP from the Harris School for Public Policy at the University of Chicago.