Garrett Baker

Contact Information

Policy Analyst

Off Site Office

Education

M.S.Ed in education policy, University of Pennsylvania; B.A. in sociology, Wake Forest University

One Page Bio

Overview

Garrett Baker is a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation. His work at RAND spans a variety of topics, including out-of-school time programs, measurement of non-cognitive skills, youth sports and youth development, reduction of domestic violence and community violence, and technology in jails. Baker earned a B.A. in sociology from Wake Forest University and an M.S.Ed. in education policy from the University of Pennsylvania.

Research Focus

Recent Projects

Identifying Effective Shared Housing and Other Innovative Housing Models in the Juvenile Justice System
Research on Youth Sports Participation and Funding
Reducing Violence in Communities: An In-Depth Study of Efforts in Durham, NC and Minneapolis, MN
Designing and Conducting Impact Evaluations for Indigenous-Specific Initiatives Against Family Violence
Building a Repository of Measures of Hard-to-measure Competencies

Selected Publications

Uscher-Pines, Lori; Schwartz, Heather L.; Ahmed, Faruque; Zheteyeva, Yenlik; Meza, Erika; Baker, Garrett.; Uzicanin, Amra, "School Practices to Promote Social Distancing in K-12 Schools: Review of Influenza Pandemic Policies and Practices," BMC Public Health, 8(1)

Grant, Sean.; Hamilton, Laura S.; Wrabel, Stephani.; Gomez, Celia J.; Whitaker, Anamarie.; Leschitz, Jennifer T.; Unlu, Fatih.; Chavez-Herrerias, Emilio R.; Baker, Garrett.; Barrett, Mark.; Harris, Mark.; Ramos, Alyssa, Social and emotional learning interventions under the Every Student Succeeds Act: evidence review, RAND Corporation (RR-2133-WF), 2018

Strang, Lucy, Garrett Baker, Jack Pollard, and Joanna Hofman, Violent and Antisocial Behaviours at Football Events and Factors Associated with these Behaviours: A rapid evidence assessment, RAND Corporation (RR-2580-QAT), 2018

Anamarie A. Whitaker, Garrett Baker, Luke J. Matthews, Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Mark Barrett, Who Plays, Who Pays? Funding for and Access to Youth Sports, RAND Corporation (RR-2581-DSGF), 2019

Alice Huguet, Jennifer Kavanagh, Garrett Baker, Marjory S. Blumenthal, Exploring Media Literacy Education as a Tool for Mitigating Truth Decay, RAND Corporation (RR-3050-RC), 2019

Publications

Report
School and Classroom Climate Measures: Considerations for Use by State and Local Education Leaders
This report provides broad guidance regarding assessment of school and classroom climate. It also features a list of resources and databases that focus explicitly on climate measures.
Dec 11, 2019
Report
Who Plays, Who Pays? Funding for and Access to Youth Sports
To better understand sports participation rates for middle and high school-aged youths, the funding landscape, and participation barriers and enablers, RAND researchers surveyed parents, school administrators, and community sports program leaders.
Jul 18, 2019
Report
Exploring Media Literacy Education as a Tool for Mitigating Truth Decay
The authors examine the ways in which media literacy education can be used to counter Truth Decay -- the diminishing role that facts, data, and analysis play in political and civil discourse -- by changing how people consume, create, and share information.
Jul 11, 2019
Report
Building a Repository of Assessments of Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and Higher-Order Cognitive Competencies
This report describes the development of an online repository of more than 200 assessments of K--12 students' interpersonal, intrapersonal, and higher-order cognitive competencies, including associated descriptive and evaluative information.
Nov 1, 2018
Tool
RAND Education Assessment Finder
This tool is an online database with information on assessments of K-12 students' interpersonal, intrapersonal, and higher-order cognitive competencies, including associated descriptive and evaluative information.
Nov 1, 2018
Report
Violent and Antisocial Behaviours at Football Events and Factors Associated with these Behaviours: A rapid evidence assessment
This report presents the findings of a study on the types of violent and antisocial behaviour that may take place at football matches, and the factors that are associated with such behaviour.
Jul 23, 2018
Journal Article
School Practices to Promote Social Distancing in K-12 Schools: Review of Influenza Pandemic Policies and Practices
Little information is available to schools to develop policies and procedures on social distancing during a flu pandemic. Additional research is needed to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of these policies and procedures.
May 4, 2018
Research Brief
How the Every Student Succeeds Act Can Support Social and Emotional Learning
This brief examines the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and evaluations of social and emotional learning (SEL) interventions to understand how states can use ESSA to support SEL and what SEL interventions meet ESSA evidence requirements.
Dec 5, 2017
Report
Social and Emotional Learning Interventions Under the Every Student Succeeds Act: Evidence Review
This report reviews recent evidence on U.S.-based social and emotional learning interventions for K--12 students to better inform the use of these interventions under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Dec 5, 2017