Michael A. Gottfried
Overview
Research Focus
Selected Publications
Gottfried, M.A., "Absent Peers in Elementary Years: The Negative Classroom Effects of Unexcused Absences on Standardized Testing Outcomes," Teachers' College Record, 113, 2010
Gottfried, M.A., "Evaluating the Relationship between Student Attendance and Achievement in Urban Elementary and Middle Schools: An Instrumental Variables Approach," American Education Research Journal, 47:434-465, 2010
Gottfried, M.A., ""Excused Versus Unexcused: How Student Absences in Elementary School Affect Academic Achievement," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 31:392-419, 2009
Honors & Awards
- Outstanding Publication, Advances in Methodology Category, American Education Research Association
- Institute of Education Sciences Fellow of the Year, University of Pennsylvania
- Fellowship in Education and Adolescent Health, American Education Research Association - Spencer
Education
Biography
Michael A. Gottfried is an adjunct researcher at RAND and holds a Ph.D. in applied economics from Wharton Business School at the University of Pennyslvania. During his graduate tenure, he was also an Institute of Education Sciences Pre-Doctoral Fellow, administered through Penn's Graduate School of Education. His work focuses on the economics of education, employing empirical methods and using large-scale, longitudinal datasets. His interests pertain to education issues at student, classroom, and management levels, and have included research in urban education and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Selected Publications
Gottfried, M.A., "Absent Peers in Elementary Years: The Negative Classroom Effects of Unexcused Absences on Standardized Testing Outcomes," Teachers' College Record, 113, 2010
Gottfried, M.A., "Evaluating the Relationship between Student Attendance and Achievement in Urban Elementary and Middle Schools: An Instrumental Variables Approach," American Education Research Journal, 47:434-65, 2010
Gottfried, M.A., "Excused Versus Unexcused: How Student Absences in Elementary School Affect Academic Achievement," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 31:392-419, 2009
Honors & Awards
- Institute of Education Sciences Pre-Doctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
- AERA - Spencer Research Fellowship in Education and Adolescent Health, American Education Research Association (AERA)
- H.R. Warwick Research Award for Outstanding Published Scholarship, Council for Advancement and Support of Education
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