Dr. Jason C. Snipes, Vice President, Education

Dr. Jason C. Snipes, a nationally recognized expert on United States urban education policy and research,has more than 15 years of experience designing, implementing, and leading rigorous research and evaluation projects in education and social policy including a number of large scale national studies. Prior to joining IMPAQ, Dr. Snipes was Vice President at the Academy for Educational Development (AED) where he served as the Director of AED’s Center for Education Research and Technology and managed a broad portfolio of research and evaluation projects with the U.S. Department of Education’s Midwest, Southwest, and Southeast Regional Education Labs. He has also served as the Director of Research for the Council of the Great City Schools, where he oversaw a program of research and dissemination aimed at tracking core student achievement outcomes and arming the nation’s largest urban school districts with research based strategies for addressing their core educational challenges, improving academic achievement, and reducing achievement gaps.

Prior Experience

Dr. Snipes has played a lead role on several major Department of Education sponsored studies, including the national random assignment evaluation of Career Academies, and random assignment studies of teacher professional development strategies in reading and mathematics. Dr. Snipes was the principal investigator and lead author for the national evaluation of Project GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams). He also served co-principal investigator and lead author of Foundations for Success, an influential set of case studies examining the policies and practices driving improved achievement in large urban school districts. He has extensive experience in the development and application of sophisticated experimental and quasi-experimental methods for estimating the effects of education programs on student outcomes.

Education

Dr. Snipes holds a B.A. in political science from Stanford University and a Master’s Degree and Doctorate in public policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.