Phone:

812-855-4438

Email:

pmuller@indiana.edu

Campus:

IU Bloomington

Dr. Patricia Muller, Director of the Center for Evaluation, Policy, and Research (CEPR) housed at Indiana University, has served as the principal investigator and project director for over $22 million in funded research and evaluation from more than 80 grants and contracts. She is nationally recognized for her application of social science research methodology to critical research and evaluation studies, using both advanced statistical analyses (e.g., hierarchical linear modeling or HLM) and in-depth qualitative case study methodology.

Patty’s leadership of large-scale international, national, regional and state level work includes the following:  developing a theoretical framework for joint evaluation (collaboration) for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); leading two Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education (ED), randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies; designing and implementing a quasi-experimental design longitudinal study of the impact of the Cleveland Voucher Program; conducting a statewide evaluation of the Alaska Administrator Coaching Program (AACP) including intensive case studies; directing a statewide evaluation of Reading First for the Ohio Department of Education; directing a statewide evaluation of Indiana’s 1003(g) School Improvement Grant program and statewide evaluation of the Indiana Statewide Longitudinal Data System; conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of a Race To the Top – District grant; serving as PI for the statewide evaluation of Kentucky’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) and a randomized controlled trial (RCT) study of a reading intervention in rural Kentucky schools; and an evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in meetings its mission and priorities.

Patty also has extensive experience conducting both experimental design studies and mixed method evaluation of science, technology and engineering (STEM) programs, including the following: an Institute of Education Sciences (IES)-funded efficacy study of an online chemistry learning tool; a statewide study of the impact of an educational technology initiative; an evaluation of Amgen Foundation’s national and international STEM internship program; and serving as the external evaluator for numerous NSF-funded projects.