Stacy Ehrlich is a senior research analyst for the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research. Her research interests include using quantitative and qualitative methods to measure student learning and growth, with a particular interest in early childhood education.
Ehrlich is currently working on several studies. The first is a study of YOUmedia, a digital learning space for teenagers housed at the Chicago Public Library's downtown Harold Washington Library Center. Her second study examines how well the freshman on-track indicator predicts high school graduation for ELL students in CPS. Ehrlich is also leading a project studying chronic absenteeism in preschool and the early grades, to better understand reasons for and impacts of early chronic absenteeism.
Prior to joining UChicago CCSR, Ehrlich worked at Education Development Center, Inc. with the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands, and as a research coordinator and analyst on several IES- and NSF-funded research projects.
Ehrlich holds a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Chicago and a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
