LAURA LIPPMAN

Ms. Lippman is a demographer focusing on indicators of child well-being, education, and positive development.  She directs the Education program at Child Trends.  Ms. Lippman oversees research involving the development of physical, cognitive, social and psychological competencies among students and the family, school, and community supports for that development.  She conducts analyses and research involving, national, international, and state data sets, often contributing new measures and survey designs that fill gaps in current data collection activities. Her research involves the social context of child well-being, including family structure, family processes, and connectivity, including the measurement of youth and family religiosity and spirituality.  She also oversees survey and measure development which contribute to improved data collection in the areas of child care, education, and positive development. 

AREAS OF SUBSTANTIVE EXPERIENCE	AREAS OF METHODOLOGICAL EXPERTISE
Academic Achievement	Applied Research
Child Care	Analysis of Large-Scale Data
Cognitive Development	Indicator Development
Competencies	Literature Reviews and Syntheses
Child Well-Being Indicators and Indices	Measures Development
College Readiness	Policy Analysis
Education	Survey Development
Education Outcomes
Education Programs
Education Statistics
Indicators of Positive Development
Family Well-Being
Family Structure
Family Processes
Family Strengths
Parental Involvement
Positive Development
Positive Indicators
Religiosity
School Engagement
School Environment
School Quality
Schools
Skill Development
Social Context of Child and Family Well-Being
Sprituality
Transition to Adulthood
Workplace Readiness
Youth Development
Youth Positive Development