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Biography/Research
David Silver is a senior researcher at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, & Student Testing (CRESST). Dr. Silver is an educational statistician with 15 years of experience in the field of evaluation and measurement of educational opportunities and academic outcomes. His recent work models the ways in which achievement gaps are linked to severe disparities in learning conditions across California schools. Dr. Silver has been the lead statistician for a wide variety of academic studies and state and federal program evaluations. He is currently working with Dr. Denise Huang on a large-scale evaluation of California's after-school programs, measuring their effects on a large number of social, health, and academic outcomes. In 2002, he provided statistical evidence for the plaintiffs in Williams v. California, which resulted in a billion dollar settlement to improve California's lowest-performing schools. David Silver is the lead author on a new report and policy brief: "What Factors Predict High School Graduation in the Los Angeles Unified School District?" Education Ph.D., 2007, Education (Program in Advanced Quantitative Methods), UCLA M.Ed., 1995 Education Policy, Harvard University B.A. 1989, English Language & Literature, Brown University
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