Clients & Projects
Current & Past
As a senior analyst at Ed First Consulting and SRI Education, Veronica provided research for a variety of clients, including major foundations, large urban school districts and charter networks, and national teacher training and advocacy organizations. Her projects ranged from multisite impact evaluations for U.S. Department of Education grants, to more nimble developmental evaluations for programs in early stages, to landscape scans and literature reviews responding directly to client policy- and grant-making requests. A sought-after collaborator, she has also served multiple clients as an independent researcher, including prime contractors to state agencies, education consulting firms, and education support providers.
School Readiness Consulting
Veronica conducts observations in early childhood facilities for DC’s quality rating & improvement system and pay equity initiative, using the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS-3) to assess the quality of classroom interactions and materials for children’s cognitive, physical and social-emotional development.
Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity (UMD and Morgan State)
With an early literacy expert reviewer, Veronica completed a report on the implementation of policy aligning instruction with the science of reading for one of MD’s largest school districts. She coordinated reviewer school visits; led teacher focus groups, analysis, and draft reporting; and presented findings to the district.
Loom Consulting
Veronica provided support analyzing outcomes of Texas math policy to inform grant-making by a major foundation. She compiled, visualized, and drew relevant insights from publicly available data, developing custom charts and graphs to communicate findings.
Office of Research and Engagement, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
For three years, Veronica served as project manager and qualitative researcher for a National Science Foundation-funded project to increase racial/gender equity in STEM through programming and professional learning. She was lead author of a paper that appeared in the Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), and contributed qualitative findings for a peer-reviewed article published in the Journal of Multicultural Education (2023). Other contributions included co-developing interview protocols, supporting study recruitment, conducting interviews, managing data collection, analyzing data, delivering conference presentations, and supporting facilitation of a teacher PLC.
SchoolKit
Veronica observed dozens of K-12 English Language Arts lessons to collect data on the implementation of Common Core State Standards for a professional learning network of school leaders.