Casey D. Cobb
Associate Professor of Education Policy
Director of the Center for Education Policy Analysis

Casey Cobb is associate professor of education policy and Director of the Center for Education Policy Analysis at the University of Connecticut. His current research interests include policies on school choice, desegregation, and accountability, where he examines the implications for equity among historically marginalized populations. He teaches courses in policy studies, research methods, and program evaluation.

•Ph.D. in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Arizona State University, 1998

•M.S. in Educational Leadership, University of Maine, 1995

•A.B. in Economics, Harvard University, 1989

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Contact Information: 

Bishop Center - 225

Phone: (860) 486-0253
Fax: (860) 486-4028

Email: casey.cobb@uconn.edu

Office Hours:
Wed & Thurs, 9:30 - 11:30

Mailing Address:
Dept of Educational Leadership
Neag School of Education
249 Glenbrook Road, Unit 2093
Storrs, CT 06269-2093

Current Courses Taught:

Educational Policy and Politics

Program Evaluation for School Improvement

Contemporary Issues in Education Policy

Micro Theories for Policy Research

Administration of Educational Organizations

Honors/Awards:

Magnet Schools of America’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Leadership

Associations/Committees/Outreach:

Past-President, New England Educational Research Organization

Editorial Board, Education Policy Analysis Archives

In the News:

Center for Education Policy Analysis and CAPSS sponsor a Presentation by Gene Glass

Center for Education Policy Analysis releases research report on Connecticut Magnet Schools

Areas of Expertise:

Educational Policy

Research Methodology

School Choice

Testing & Accountability

Education Reform

Evaluation

Funded Research:

PI, Research on Connecticut Public School Choice Programs, CSDE

Co-PI, NEA-sponsored Research on CommPACT Schools

PI, New England Secondary School Consortium Policy Analysis

Selected Publications/Presentations:

1. Bifulco, R., Cobb, C. D., & Bell, C. (in press). Can interdistrict choice boost student achievement? The case of Connecticut’s interdistrict magnet school program. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

2. Cobb, C. D., & Glass, G. V (in press). School choice in a post-desegregation world. Peabody Journal of Education, 84(2).

Cobb, C. D., & Rallis, S. F. (2008). District responses to NCLB: Where is the justice? Leadership and Policy in Schools, 7(2), 178-201.

Coladarci, T., Cobb, C. D., Minium, E. W., & Clarke, R. C. (2008). Fundamentals of statistical reasoning in education (2nd Edition). New York, NY: Wiley.

Rallis, S. F., Rossman, G. B., Cobb, C. D., Reagan, T. G., & Kuntz, A. M. (2008). Leading dynamic schools: How to create and implement ethical policies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Cobb, C. D., & DeMitchell, T. A. (2006). Fundamental values and policy making. In The Sage Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration, English, F. W., (Ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Cobb, C. D. (2004). Looking across the states: Perspectives on school accountability. Educational Foundations, 18(3-4), 59-79.