Elisa Gallegos

Elisa Gallegos is the Data Operations Lead and an Evaluation Coordinator for The Addy Foundation Center on Research and Evaluation (CORE).

With more than a decade of experience in managing data for research and evaluation projects, Elisa specializes in developing compliant data handling systems that establish high-quality data and yield useful data products. Additionally, Elisa works with CORE partners in building their data capacity and to implement purposeful evaluations. Specifically, Elisa has domain knowledge in learning and development and in the spaces involving youth (e.g., school systems, special education services, out of school time, higher education). She also has interest in shaping policy to meet the needs of youth in their communities (e.g., family, peer, school, city). Elisa is passionate about work that contributes to social justice, and she holds ethical responsibility as her throughline.

Prior to joining CORE, Elisa managed longitudinal databases for Institute of Evidence-Based Education at SMU, in which her primary focus was in studying the effectiveness of several literacy interventions.

Elisa received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Southern Methodist University with a minor in Human Rights. She earned a Master of Science in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience degree from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Publications

Kara, Y., Kamata, A., Gallegos, E., Patarapichayatham, C. & Potgieter, C. J. (2021). Covariate Balance as a Quality Indicator for Propensity Score Analysis. Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology, 12 (4), 374-387.

Baker, D., Ma, H., & Gallegos, E. (2019). Increasing parental knowledge through workshops on early childhood programs, home literacy, and technology us. Bilingual Research Journal, DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2019.1666755.

Weiser, B., Buss, C., Sheils, A., Gallegos, E. & Murray, R. (2019). Expert reading coaching via technology: A mixed methods study investigating the reading, writing, and spelling outcomes of students in grades K -8 experiencing significant reading learning disabilities. Annals of Dyslexia, 69, 54-79.

Conference Presentations

Gallegos, E., LoPiccolo, J., Tufte, J., McNail, M., Arnold, D., Ebaady, S., & Brown, L. (2019, November). Evaluators are Impacted: Reflecting on Racial Equity Work. Panel presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

Kamata, A., Gallegos, E., Patarapichayatham, C., & Kara, Y. (2019, April). Evaluation of Covariate Balance as a Quality Indicator for Propensity Score Matching Analysis. Paper presentation at the American Education Research Association, Toronto, ON.

Gallegos, E., Schneider, J., Lopez, M., Ralph, Y., & Maguire, M. (2018, March). The relationship between a chaotic home environment and language processing in children. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Weiser, B., & Gallegos, E. (2018, January). Expert Reading Coaching Via Technology: Investigating the Literacy Outcomes of Students in Grades K-8 Experiencing Reading Learning Disabilities. Presentation at the Hawaii University International Conferences on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences & Education, Honolulu, HI.

Weiser, B., & Gallegos, E. (2018, January). Pre-Teaching Critical Vocabulary, Background Knowledge, and Word Work to Increase the Reading, Writing, and Spelling Performances for Students with Reading Learning Disabilities. Presentation at the Hawaii University International Conferences on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences & Education, Honolulu, HI.

Weiser, B., & Gallegos, E. (2017, November). Pre-Teaching Critical Vocabulary, Background Knowledge, and Word Work to Increase the Reading, Writing, and Spelling Performances for Students with Reading Learning Disabilities. Poster presentation at the International Association of Dyslexia Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA

Kamata, A., Lan, P., & Gallegos, E. (2016, April). Evaluation of Covariate Selection in Propensity Score Matching Analysis. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX

Baker, D., Ma, H. & Gallegos, E. (2016, April). Effect of Hispanic Parental Workshops on Parent Early Literacy Knowledge and Their Children's Expressive Vocabulary. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX

Rahim, H., & Gallegos, E. (2015, November). The Rise of SEL as a Measure for Assessing Students: The Importance of Measuring SEL and the use of different Tools to do so. Panel presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Wright, A., Farmer, D., Akihito, A., & Gallegos, E. (2015, November). TSZ: Investigating a Complex Interactive Systems Model for Involving Communities in Education: Analytic Approach for Determining Collective Impact of School and Community Inputs on Student Outcomes. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.