Steven Kimball

Scientist

Steven M. Kimball, Ph.D., is a scientist with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research and co-Director of the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Steve helped initiate, plan, and launch WEC. He is Principal Investigator for the WCER team that supports the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction in the development and implementation of the state teacher and principal Educator Effectiveness System. For 10 years, Steve served as a content expert for the technical assistance team serving the Federal Department of Education’s Teacher Incentive Fund. Steve has published numerous articles, book chapters, and policy briefs on teacher and principal evaluation, compensation, and other human resource management issues. Steve was the co-Principal Investigator of a 2005-2007 study funded by the Institute for Educational Sciences on performance evaluation of principals. Additionally, he served as Principal Investigator for a multi-year evaluation of the Chicago Community Trust Education Program. Before completing his graduate studies, Steve held legislative analyst positions in the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and the Texas State Office in Washington, D.C. Steve completed his Ph.D. from the U.W.-Madison Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2001.

Contact Information

skimball@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 265-6201
Office: 1186A Ed Sciences

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