Lucrecia Santibanez

Lucrecia Santibañez

UCLA GSE&IS - Education
BOX 951521, Moore Hall 3331
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521

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Curriculum Vitae

Lucrecia Santibañez

Professor

Lucrecia Santibañez is a Professor at UCLA’s School of Education and Information Studies. She previously worked as an Economist at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, and taught at CIDE in Mexico City and Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas in San Salvador. Her research focuses on understanding and improving teaching and learning for low-income, english learner classified, and other vulnerable student populations in the United States, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. Her papers have been published by Educational Researcher, Economics of Education Review, Journal of Teacher Education, Teachers College Record, and Review of Educational Research. Her research has been funded by the Institutes of Education Sciences, the National Science Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the WT Grant Foundation, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Inter-American Development Bank and The World Bank. She loves to bike, hike, run, and spend time with her husband and three kids.

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Awards, Honors and Fellowships

  • Editorial Board Member at American Education Research Journal, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, International Journal of Educational Development
  • Outstanding Reviewer, American Education Research Journal (2019)
  • Outstanding Reviewer, International Journal of Educational Development (2019)
  • Outstanding Reviewer, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (2016)
  • Member of the Technical Committee of the “ENLACE” National Standardized Student Test in Mexico (2014-2015)
  • Presidential Appointment to Board of Instituto Nacional para la Evaluación de la Educación, Mexico (2011-2012)
  • Member of the OECD International Steering Committee for Teacher Evaluation, Mexico (2008-2009)
    RAND Silver Merit Award
  • Mexican Science and Technology Council (CONACyT) Award for Graduate Studies

Education

Ph.D., Education, Stanford University (specialization in Economics of Education and International and Comparative Education)

M.A., Economics, Stanford University

M.A., Latin American Studies, Stanford University

B.S., Economics, Tecnológico de Monterrey. Monterrey, Mexico

Select Publications

  • Santibañez, L., Snyder, C. and Centeno, D. (2021) “Missed Opportunity: How Induction Policy Fails to Explicitly Address Emergent Bilinguals.” Journal of Teacher Education, p. 1-16.
  • Santibañez L. and Guarino, C. (2021) “The Effects of Absenteeism on Cognitive and Social-Emotional Outcomes: Lessons for COVID-19.” Educational Researcher. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3102/0013189X21994488
  • López, F. and Santibañez, L. (2018). Teacher Preparation for Emergent Bilingual Students: Implications of Evidence for Policy. Educational Policy Analysis and Archives. 26 (36).
  • Santibañez, L. (2016) “The Indigenous Achievement Gap in Mexico: The Role of Teacher Policy under Intercultural Bilingual Education.” International Journal of Educational Development, 47, pp. 63-75.
  • Santibañez, L. and Fagioli, L. (2016) “Nothing Succeeds Like Success? Equity, Student Outcomes, and Opportunity to Learn in High and Middle-Income Countries.” International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40(6), 517-525.
  • Martorell, P., Miller T., Santibañez, L. and Augustine, C. (2016) “Parent and Student Incentives to Boost Attendance of Disadvantaged Children: Evidence from a Summer Learning Program.” Economics of Education Review, 50, pp. 113-126
  • Santibañez, L., Abreu-Lastra, R. and O’ Donoghue J. L. (2014) “School-Based Management Effects: Resources or Governance Change? Evidence from Mexico.” Economics of Education Review, 39, pp. 97–109.
  • Martinez, J. F., Santibañez, L., and Servan-Mori, E. (2013) “Educational Opportunity and Immigration in Mexico: Exploring Individual and Systemic Relationships.” Teachers College Record, 115 (10), pp. 1-24.
  • Guarino, C., Santibañez L. and Daley, G. (2006) “Teacher Recruitment and Retention: A Review of the Recent Empirical Literature.” Review of Educational Research, 76 (2), pp. 173-208.
  • Santibañez, L. (2006). “Why We Should Care if Teachers Get A’s: Teacher Test Scores and Student Achievement in Mexico.” Economics of Education Review, 25 (15), pp. 510-520.