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Sean F. Reardon

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sean reardon

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sean.reardon@stanford.edu

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Assistant: Mitch Gilmer

Office: CERAS 526

Biography

My research investigates the causes, patterns, trends, and consequences of social and educational inequality. In particular, I study issues of residential and school segregation and of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in academic achievement and educational success. In addition, my work develops methods of measuring social and educational inequality (including the measurement of segregation and achievement gaps) and methods of causal inference in educational and social science research.

Other Titles

Professor, Graduate School of Education
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Professor (By courtesy), Sociology

Program Affiliations

Race, Inequality, and Language in Education (RILE)
SHIPS (PhD): Economics of Education
SHIPS (PhD): Education Data Science
SHIPS (PhD): Educational Policy
SHIPS (PhD): Higher Education
SHIPS (PhD): Sociology of Education
(MS) EDS
Stanford Accelerator for Learning

Research Interests

Achievement | Data Sciences | Diversity and Identity | Economics and Education | Educational Policy | Poverty and Inequality | Sociology

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Recent Publications

Nonoyama-Tarumi, Y., & Reardon, S. F. (2024). Cross-National Comparison of the Relative Size of Lower-Tail and Upper-Tail SES Achievement Gaps. AERA OPEN, 10.

Leung-Gagne, J., & Reardon, S. F. (2023). It Is Surprisingly Difficult to Measure Income Segregation. Demography.

Matheny, K. T., Thompson, M. E., Townley-Flores, C., & Reardon, S. F. (2023). Uneven Progress: Recent Trends in Academic Performance Among US School Districts. AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL.

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sean reardon in the News & Media

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April 21, 2023
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February 17, 2021
Research Stories
Examining systemic racism, advancing racial equity

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