Joshua Bleiberg is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in School Reform at the Annenberg Institution. His research focuses on using quasi-experimental methods to examine state and federal education policies. In recent research Josh has examined the causal effects of national standards-based reforms (e.g., NCLB, Common Core, ESEA Waivers) on academically vulnerable students using the National Assessment of Education Progress.

Joshua received his Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy studies at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. He has a Master’s Degree in Education Policy and Management from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Josh also holds a Childhood education teacher certification in New York.