Olivia Chi
Assistant Professor
Dr. Olivia Chi is an assistant professor in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Department at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research uses quantitative methods to study the economics of education, with a focus on teacher labor markets and measures of teacher quality. She is affiliated faculty with the Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC).
Dr. Chi’s work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Education Finance and Policy, and Educational Researcher. Previously, she taught elementary grades in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Education
PhD, Education (Education Policy and Program Evaluation), Harvard University
EdM, Education Policy and Management, Harvard Graduate School of Education
AB, Economics, Public Policy, Brown University
Courses
Teacher and School Leader Policy in the K-12 Sector
Understanding and Using Research as Evidence
Research
Selected Publications
Bacher-Hicks, A., Chi, O. L., & Orellana, A. (forthcoming). Two years later: How COVID-19 has shaped the teacher workforce. Educational Researcher. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X231153659
Chi, O. L., & Lenard, M. A. (forthcoming). Can a commercial screening tool help select better teachers? Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737221131547
Stark, K., Bettini, E., & Chi, O. (forthcoming). Momentary affective experiences of teachers serving students with emotional and behavioral disabilities in self-contained settings. Remedial and Special Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325221135613
Chi, O. L. (forthcoming). A classroom observer like me: The effects of race-congruence and gender-congruence between teachers and raters on observation scores. Education Finance and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp_a_00367
Kraft, M. A., Papay, J. P., & Chi, O. L. (2020). Teacher skill development: Evidence from performance ratings by principals. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 39(2): 315-347. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22193
Selected Presentations