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1 Amy Claessens Harris School of Public Policy Studies 1155 E. 60 th Street Chicago, IL EDUCATION 2007 Ph.D. Human Development and Social Policy, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 2006 M.A. Human Development and Social Policy, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 1998 B.S. Social Policy, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL ACADEMIC POSITIONS Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago Leader, Early Childhood Interventions (ECI) Network, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity: A Global Working Group, University of Chicago Affiliate, Employment Instability, Family Well-being, and Social Policy Network, University of Chicago Affiliate, Urban Education Lab, University of Chicago Faculty Affiliate, Population Research Center, University of Chicago Affiliate, Center for Human Potential and Public Policy, University of Chicago Affiliate, Center for the Analysis of Pathways from Childhood to Adulthood, University of Michigan Postdoctoral Research Associate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago RESEARCH SUPPORT, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS Heising-Simons Foundation, Development and Research on Early Math Education (DREME) Network Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Child Care Research Partnership Grant, Determinants of Subsidy Stability and Continuity of Child Care in Illinois and New York: Phase 2-A Focus on the Subsidy-Quality Intersection, #90YE0151. Awarded $999,910 (Co-investigator with Julia Henly and Heather Sandstrom) Claessens, A., May

2 WT Grant Foundation, The Causes of Truancy and Dropout: A Mixed-Methods Experimental Study in Chicago Public Schools. Awarded $597,811 (Coinvestigator with Jon Guryan, Jens Ludwig, Mimi Engel, subcontract $210,177) Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Child Care Research Partnership Grant, Determinants of Subsidy Stability and Continuity of Child Care in Illinois and New York, #90YE0133. Awarded $1,180,810 (Co-investigator with Julia Henly and Heather Sandstrom) University of Chicago, Population Research Center Small Grant. Awarded $24,000 (through NIH grant #5R24HD ) Administration for Children and Families, Child Care Bureau, Child Care Research Scholar Grant, #90YE0088. Awarded $29, Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences Affiliate Institute for Policy Research Graduate Research Fellow Northwestern University Graduate Fellow PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Watts, T, Duncan, G. J, Chen, M., Claessens, A., Davis-Kean, P., Duckworth, K., Engel, M., Siegler, R., Susperreguy, M. (forthcoming). Self-Concepts, School Placements and Executive Function as Mediators of Links Between Early and Later School Achievement. Child Development. Claessens, A., Engel, M., & Curran, F. C. (2015). The effects of maternal depression on child outcomes during the first years of formal schooling. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 32, Barrow, L., Schanzenbach, D., & Claessens, A., (2015). The impact of Chicago s small high school initiative. Journal of Urban Economics, 87, Claessens, A. & Dowsett, C. J. (2015). Growth and Change in Attention Problems, Disruptive Behavior, and Achievement from Kindergarten to Fifth Grade. Psychological Science, 25, Ryan, R., Claessens, A., & Markowitz, A. (2015). Associations between Family Structure Change and Child Behavior Problems: The Moderating Effect of Family Income. Child Development, 86, Duncan, G., Engel, M., Claessens, A. & Dowsett, C. (2014). Replication and Robustness in Developmental Research. Developmental Psychology, 50, Claessens, A. & Garrett. R. (2014). The role of early childhood care settings on school readiness skills and later achievement in Australia. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 29, Claessens, A., May

3 Chen, J., Claessens, A., & Msall, M. (2014). Prematurity and school readiness in a nationally representative sample of Australian children: Does typically occurring preschool moderate the relationship? Early Human Development, 90, Claessens, A., Engel, M., & Curran, C. (2014). Opportunities sustained: Kindergarten content and the maintenance of preschool effects. American Education Research Journal, 51, Claessens, A. & Engel, M. (2013). How important is where you start? Early mathematics knowledge and later school success. Teachers College Record, 115, Engel, M., Claessens, A., & Finch, M. (2013). Teaching students what they already know? The misalignment between instructional content in mathematics and student knowledge in kindergarten. Educational Evaluation and Policy Administration, 35, Ryan, R. & Claessens, A. (2013). Associations between family structure changes and children s behavior: The moderating effects of timing and marital birth. Developmental Psychology, 49, Claessens, A. & Chen, J. (2013). Multiple child care arrangements and child well being: Early care experiences in Australia. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28, Siegler, R.S., Duncan, G.J., Davis-Kean, P.E., Duckworth, K., Claessens, A., Engel, M., Susperrguy, M.I., & Chen, M., (2013). Precursors of high school mathematics achievement. Psychological Science Claessens, A. (2012). Kindergarten child care experiences and child achievement and socioemotional skills. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27, Claessens, A., Duncan G., & Engel, M. (2009). Kindergarten skills and fifth-grade achievement: Evidence from the ECLS-K. Economics of Education Review, 28, Duncan, G., Dowsett, C., Claessens, A., Magnuson, K., Huston, A., Klebanov, P., Pagani, L., Feinstein, L., Engel, M., Brooks-Gunn, J., Sexton, H., Duckworth, K., & Japel, C. (2007). School readiness and later achievement. Developmental Psychology, 43, REPORTS AND BOOK CHAPTERS Duncan, G., Miller, C., Claessens, A., Engel, M., Hill, H., & Lindsay, C. (2008). New Hope s Eight-Year Impacts on Employment and Family Income. New York: MDRC Claessens, A. (2007). Gatekeeper moms and (un)involved dads: What happens after a breakup? In K. Edin & P. England (Eds.), Unmarried Couples with Children. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Engel, M., Claessens, A., Watts, T., & Farkas, G. The misalignment of kindergarten mathematics content. revise and resubmit, Educational Researcher. Engel, M., Claessens, A., & Watts, T. Rising inequality at school entry: A cross-cohort comparison. Under review. Claessens, A., May

4 WORKING PAPERS Engel, M. & Claessens, A. Mentoring to Prevent Truancy in the Chicago Public Schools: A mixed methods process evaluation Claessens, A., Ros, A., & Henly, J. Child care subsidy use and child care (in)stability: Evidence from Illinois SELECTED PRESENTATIONS Claessens, A., Engel, M., & Curran, F. C. (April 2013). Maternal depression and children s disengagement in elementary school. Society for Research in Child Development Bienneial Meeting, Seattle, WA. Claessens, A., Engel, M., & Curran, F.C. (April 2013). Optimizing content: Evidence on the importance of content coverage for improving student outcomes. Society for Research in Child Development Bienneial Meeting, Seattle, WA. Claessens, A., Engel, M. et al. (April 2013). Does special education and gifted programming mediate the effects of early academic achievement on later school outcomes? A replication across two datasets. Society for Research in Child Development Bienneial Meeting, Seattle, WA. Claessens, A., Engel, M., & Curran, F.C. (March 2013). Understanding elementary school disengagement: Maternal depression and children s school achievement, attendance, and behavior. Center for Human Potential and Public Policy workshop, University of Chicago. Claessens, A., Engel, M., & Curran, F.C. (February 2013). Understanding elementary school disengagement: Maternal depression and children s school achievement, attendance, and behavior. Leadership, Policy, Organizations seminar, Vanderbilt University. Engel, M., Claessens, A. (presenter), & Finch, M. (October 2012). Teaching students what they already know? The misalignment between instructional content in mathematics and student knowledge in kindergarten. Presentation at School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University. Claessens, A. & Engel, M. (November 2012). Mentoring to Prevent Truancy In Chicago: Early Results From a Mixed Methods Process Evaluation. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Claessens, A., Ros, A., & Henly, J. (November 2012). Child Care Subsidy Use and Child Care (In)Stability: Evidence From Illinois. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Claessens, A. & Garrett, R. (July, 2012). The role of early childhood care settings on school readiness skills and later achievement in Australia. Paper. Australian Institute for Family Studies (AIFS) Conference. Claessens, A., Engel, M., & Curran, C. (April 2012). Opportunities lost: An explanation for the fade-out of intervention effects in education. Paper. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. Claessens, A., May

5 Claessens, A. & Garrett, R. (November, 2011). The role of early childhood care settings on school readiness skills and later achievement in Australia. Paper. Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Claessens, A. & Chen, J. (November, 2010). Multiple child care arrangements and child well being: Early care experiences in Australia. Paper. Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Engel, M, & Claessens, A. (November, 2010). How important is where you start? Early mathematics knowledge and later school success. Paper. Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Claessens, A., Chen, J., & Msall, M. (July, 2010). Early childhood health and school readiness: The moderating role of preschool. Paper. Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference. Claessens, A. (November, 2009). School-age child care and child well being. Paper. Growing Up in Australia Research Conference. Claessens, A. & Dowsett, C. (April, 2009). The inter-relations between attention, behavior, and achievement from kindergarten to fifth grade: Evidence for causal direction. Paper. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference. Claessens, A. (April, 2008). Child Care during the summer and first grade year: How extent and type of care relate to child socioemotional skills. Paper. Population Association of American Annual Meeting. Claessens, A. (November, 2007). Child care during the kindergarten year: How extent and type of care relate to child socio-emotional development. Paper. Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.. Claessens, A. (March, 2007). Extent and type of child care during the kindergarten year and child well-being: A comparison of regression and propensity score methods. Paper. Population Association of American Annual Meeting. Claessens, A. (September, 2005). Gatekeeper moms and (un)involved dads: What happens after TEACHING EXPERIENCE Early Childhood Development and Public Policy School Readiness: Developmental and Policy Perspectives Mixed Methods Approaches to Policy Research Introduction to Statistics (Masters Level) AD-HOC REVIEW American Education Research Journal, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Early Education and Development, Economics of Education Review, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Journal of Policy Analysis and Claessens, A., May

6 Management, Early Child Development and Care, Psychological Sciences, Sociology of Education, Teachers College Record OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Assistant to Greg J. Duncan, Northwestern University Fieldworker, New Hope Ethnographic Study, Directed by Thomas Weisner, UCLA 2005 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Statistics and Research Methods, Northwestern University 2002 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Social Policy, Northwestern University Policy Associate, Act for Children, Chicago, IL Housing Specialist and Retention Coordinator, Oakland, CA Research Assistant to James E. Rosenbaum, Northwestern University PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP American Educational Research Association Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Population Association of America Society for Research in Child Development PH.D COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Anna Markowitz, Georgetown University F. Chris Curran, Vanderbilt University (2015) Elise Chor (2014) Daniel Kreisman (2012) Chen, Jen-Hao (2012) Bedoya, Guadalupe (2011) Claessens, A., May