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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.
Strategic Plan
Annual Report
OLDA Partnership Research Agenda
Current Projects
Engaging Policy Stakeholders to Inform a Future National Secure Data Service
In a project led by Clarivate, Anand Desai and Joshua Hawley are exploring the development of a National Secure Data Service framework to enable the federal policy community to use data efficiently and effectively for informed, evidence-based decisions. The effort is supported by the National Science Foundation and National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics.
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.
Current Dashboards
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.
Ohio Unemployment Insurance Claims
The Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claims dashboard helps users explore changes in Ohio’s labor market during the novel coronavirus 19 pandemic, including: What are the trends in both initial and continued claims over time? Which demographic groups were most impacted? What industries and occupations were most impacted? What are the differences in initial and continued claims across different geographic locations? To answer these questions, the dashboard provides state, regional, and local level trend analysis.
OhioMeansJobs Workforce Data Tools
The OERC developed a set of Workforce Data Tools for the OhioMeansJobs website. The Workforce Supply tool and the Employment Projections Tool help users understand the workforce in Ohio, with a focus on Ohio's in-demand occupations.
Ohio Higher Education Outcomes
These visualizations display a longitudinal look at employment in Ohio after earning a degree. The first visualization shows the industry a graduate works in by the subject of degree as well as earnings for up to six year after graduation.