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Ohio Education Research Center
Ohio Education Research Center
The Ohio Education Research Center addresses critical issues of education practice and policy through a preschool-through-workforce research agenda. The OERC identifies and shares successful practices, responds to the needs educators and policymakers in Ohio and across the nation, and signals emerging trends.
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Current Projects
Ohio’s Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment
In this project, we evaluate the effectiveness of Ohio’s Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program, which aims to help eligible Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants return to work more quickly by providing job search assistance. Using a randomized controlled trial (RCT), the study measures the causal impact of RESEA services on key claimant outcomes, including the duration of UI benefits, reemployment rates, and earnings.
Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes Initiative
The Ohio Department of Higher Education has contracted with the Ohio Education Research Center to facilitate the collection and submission of graduate records from private colleges and universities in Ohio to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) program for inclusion in the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) initiative. The purpose of the data collection and submission is to generate employment and earnings outcomes for college and university graduates by degree level, degree major, and post-secondary institution. This effort will enhance Ohio’s current PSEO participation, which currently includes public institutions of higher education.
Principal Pipeline Study
The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, in collaboration with the Wallace Foundation and Columbus City Schools, is partnering with the Ohio Education Research Center to conduct a statewide study on the school principal workforce. This mixed-methods study aims to examine the characteristics (e.g., prior experiences and persistence) of the current principal workforce in Ohio’s schools. Additionally, the study seeks to learn how the current principal workforce describes the pathways to principalship, the barriers to continuing to serve in administrative roles, and ideas for improving these transitions in the future.
Recent Dashboards
Ohio’s Broadband & 5G Sector Workforce Asset Map
This initial version of the Workforce Asset Map Dashboard displays Ohio’s Broadband & 5G Sector Partnership workforce development resources including education and training programs, labor market trends by geographic region, and skills aligned with the needs of employers.
Ohio's Evidence-Based Clearinghouse
The OERC collaborated with the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce to develop Ohio's Evidence-Based Clearinghouse, an online tool intended to empower Ohio’s districts with the knowledge, tools and resources that will help them identify, select and implement evidence-based strategies for improving student success.
Workforce Success Measures
The Workforce Success Measures Dashboard is a useful tool for finding the education and training resources that are right for you. The dashboard gives users a way to easily access and understand data to gain valuable knowledge for navigating their career journey.