Joseph D. Pane

Contact Information

Statistical Analyst

Pittsburgh Office

Education

M.S.P. in statistical practice, Carnegie Mellon University; B.S. in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University

Overview

Joseph D. Pane is a statistical analyst at the RAND Corporation. Pane has interest in a broad range of topics in education and health. Pane currently works on projects pertaining to evaluating the efficacy of personalized learning; the evaluation of school expansion; the effect the ACA has on where new physicians (i.e., physicians just finishing GME) decide to set up their first practices; supporting development of new tools for causal modeling of observational data through the estimation and evaluation of propensity score weights; and regulations surround flavored tobacco products.

Pane has experience working with mixture models with and without mixed data type, complex survey designs, experimental and quasi-experimental methods, hierarchical models, propensity score methods, de-duplication, statistical graphics and visualization, and dealing with missing data. He is advanced in the statistical programming language, R, and is experienced in SAS, Stata, Python, and SQL. Pane received his M.S.P. in statistical practice and his B.S. in statistics from Carnegie Mellon University.

Research Focus

Publications

Research Brief
Research Brief
What Teachers Know and Do in the Common Core Era: Findings from the 2015–2017 American Teacher Panel
This brief describes work derived from five reports in RAND Education, which summarize some changes in what teachers know about Common Core standards and what they do in the classroom, based on RAND American Teacher Panel surveys.
Oct 2, 2018
Report
Changes in What Teachers Know and Do in the Common Core Era: American Teacher Panel Findings from 2015 to 2017
RAND Corporation researchers use data from surveys of the American Teacher Panel in 2015, 2016, and 2017 to provide evidence of change in teachers' use of instructional materials and knowledge of state standards and standards-aligned practices.
Sep 27, 2018
Report
Aligned Curricula and Implementation of Common Core State Mathematics Standards: Findings from the American Teacher Panel
This report presents findings from a 2016 American Teacher Panel survey, which gathered information about teachers' instructional materials for mathematics, their understanding of their mathematics standards, and their standards-aligned practices.
Aug 9, 2018
Report
Practice Expense Methodology and Data Collection Research and Analysis
This report proposes alternative methodologies for determining the practice expense (PE) component of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in order to avoid misvalued payment rates. A main concern is the allocation of indirect practice costs.
Apr 11, 2018
Report
Connecting What Teachers Know About State English Language Arts Standards for Reading and What They Do in Their Classrooms: Findings from the American Teacher Panel
In 2016, RAND researchers reported on teachers' understanding and implementation of their state standards for English language arts. This report provides an update based on a spring 2016 survey of the RAND American Teacher Panel.
Feb 21, 2018
Research Brief
Research Brief
How Does Personalized Learning Affect Student Achievement?
Describes the concept and implementation of personalized learning and considers achievement findings in a small sample of schools.
Dec 7, 2017
Report
Informing Progress: Insights on Personalized Learning Implementation and Effects
This report describes the concept and implementation of personalized learning, along with some of the challenges and facilitators, and considers achievement findings in a small sample of schools.
Jul 11, 2017
Research Brief
Research Brief
Observations and Guidance on Implementing Personalized Learning
Schools implementing personalized learning were pursuing a wide variety of approaches and students closed achievement gaps relative to national norms. Observed challenges to implementation lead to recommendations for implementers.
Jul 11, 2017
Report
Use of Open Educational Resources in an Era of Common Standards: A Case Study on the Use of EngageNY
The purpose of this report is to better understand the uses of EngageNY in order to shed light on the channels through which open educational resources could better support teachers and the implementation of state standards.
Mar 27, 2017