CRP Associates

Jia Wang, Ph.D.
Statistics Analyst

Email: jia.wang.phd@gmail.com

Jia Wang recently joined the Civil Rights Project at UCLA. Prior to that, she was the vice president of research at a non-for profit educational consulting firm and was a senior researcher at the Center for Study of Evaluation at UCLA. Her research interests emphasize applied educational measurement including designing and managing research studies to evaluate the effectiveness of multi-site intervention programs; investigating how school, teacher, and student factors affect student achievement, and developing, validating, and evaluating assessment systems. Recently Dr. Wang directed research design and data analysis for a statewide evaluation of the California Mathematics and Science Partnerships. She has published regularly in professional journals and authored various technical reports and book chapters. She is a member of the editorial board for Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Educational Assessment, and Social Science and Medicine. Dr. Wang also teaches graduate-level research and statistics courses at UCLA, including Survey Research, Experimental Design, and Linear Statistical Models. She received her PhD at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies with a specialization in Social Research Methodology.

Publications:

• Niemi, D., Wang, J., Steinberg, D., Baker, E. L., & Wang, H. (2007). Instructional sensitivity of a complex language arts performance assessment. Educational Assessment, 12(3&4), 215-237.
• Baker, E. L., Aguirre-Mu–oz, Z., Wang, J., & Niemi, D. (2005). Assessment strategies. In What works in distance learning: Guidelines, edited by H. F. O'Neil, 65-88. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing Inc.
• Jamison, D. T., Lau, L. J., & Wang, J. (2005). "Health's contribution to economic growth in an environment of partially endogenous technical progress." In Health and Economic Growth: Findings and Policy Implications, edited by Guillem Lopez-Casasnovas, Berta Rivera, and Luis Currais, 67-91. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Or, Z., Wang, J., & Jamison, D. T. (2005). Measuring efficiency of health production: A multilevel analysis of OECD countries. Journal of Health Economics, 24, 531-560.
• Wang, J. & Goldschmidt, P. (2003). "How important is middle school course taking on students' high school mathematics achievement?" Journal of Educational Research, 93 (2), 101-112.
• Wang, J. & Jamison, D. T. (2003). "Health and Education." In Encyclopedia of Education, Second Edition, edited by James W. Guthrie, 998-999. New York: Macmillan Reference USA 2003.
• Goldschmidt, P. & Wang, J. (1999). "When can schools affect dropout behavior: A longitudinal multilevel analysis." American Educational Research Journal, 36 (4), 715-738.
• Measham, A., Rao, K., Jamison, D., Wang, J., & Singh, A. (1999). "Reducing infant mortality and fertility, 1975-90: Performance at all-India and state levels." Economic and Political Weekly, 34 (20), 1359-1367.
• Wang, J. & Goldschmidt, P. (1999). "Opportunities to learn, language proficiency, and immigrant status: Determinants of middle school students' mathematics achievement and growth." Journal of Educational Research, 93 (2), 101-112.
• Wang, J., Goldschmidt, P., & Jamison, D. (1999). "Immigrant Status, language Proficiency, and Opportunities to Learn: Determinants of Mathematics Achievement of Pacific Rim students in California." In Comparative Perspectives on Language and Literacy (Leslie Limage, editor). UNESCO, Dakar.
• Wang, J., Jamison, D. T., Bos, E., Preker, A., & Peabody, J. (1999). Measuring Country Performance on Health: Selected Indicators for 115 Countries. ISBN 0-8213-4409-9. Health, Nutrition and Population Technical Series. The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
• Wang, J. (1998). "Opportunity to learn: The impacts and policy implications." Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 20 (3), 137-156.
• Wang, J., Jamison, D. T., Bos, E., & Vu, M. T. (1997). "Poverty and mortality among the elderly: Measurements of performance in 33 countries, 1960-92." Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2 (10), 1001-1010.
• Jamison, D. T., Wang, J., Hill, K., & Londono, J. L. (1996). "Income, mortality and fertility in Latin America: Country-level performance, 1960-90." Analisis Economico, 11 (2), 219-261.