Sarah Reber

Sarah Reber
Sarah Reber
Associate Professor of Public Policy,
University of California, Los Angeles

Sarah Reber is an associate professor of public policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and Rubenstein Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. Her research focuses on school desegregation, elementary and secondary education finance policy, and college access. She is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a California Center for Population Research affiliate, and a California Policy Lab affiliated expert. Previously, she was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research at University of California, Berkeley, and a research assistant and staff economist on the Council of Economic Advisers.

updated 2018

Contributing topics
Access, quality & alignment in early childhood education
College access & postsecondary success
Continuous school improvement & support
Education finance
Educational governance & policy
Educator workforce & effectiveness
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Contributing initiatives
COVID-19 Recovery
Getting Down To Facts II
Commentary by Sarah Reber
: UC Regents Should Consider All Evidence and Options in Decision on Admissions Policy
Sarah Reber in the Media
: Opportunity Engines: Middle-Class Mobility in Higher Education
: UCLA Associate Professor of Public Policy Sarah Reber Debates Future of SAT and ACT in Admissions
: Opposition by Three UC Faculty to SAT/ACT as UC Admission Requirement
: UC Experts Offer New Ammunition Against the SAT and ACT as an Admissions Requirement
: Connecting the Dots: Harnessing Integrated Data to Improve Education in California
Publications by Sarah Reber
GDTFII Brief Data
Making California Data More Useful for Educational Improvement
What impact do California’s publicly-financed preschool programs have on kindergarten readiness and student success? Which schools are moving low-income, Hispanic English learners to full English proficiency most successfully? Are smaller…
GDTFII Brief Outcomes and Demographics
Outcomes and Demographics of California’s Schools
Public education in California is a study in contrasts. By many measures, schools are improving and students are doing better. But look deeper and there are significant differences in educational opportunities and, therefore, outcomes based on race…