Pete Goldschmidt
Pete Goldschmidt is a Professor in the College of Education at California State University Northridge, where he teaches graduate courses in statistics, research methods, and program evaluation. His expertise includes advanced methods in quasi-experimental analyses and longitudinal modeling, which he applies to program and school evaluations, as well as state accountability.
Dr. Goldschmidt provided technical support to 35 states as they developed their state accountability plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). He serves on several state technical advisory committees that provide guidance to support state assessment and school accountability systems. He is also a principal investigator on a project funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Competitive Grants for State Assessment that is developing innovative approaches to monitoring English Learners’ progress toward English language proficiency.