1. Katherine Burnett
4160 Woodcreek Dr. | Ypsilanti, MI 48197 | (703) 297-9668 | burnetk@hotmail.com
Survey Researcher
Early Childhood and Education Specialty
 Effective survey researcher with more than 10 years of experience contributing to research projects,
including recruiting, focus groups,interviewing, and other data collection, project coordination, data
processing,data coding, and data entry.
 Professional experience includes conducting and training field staff to conduct child assessments,
classroomobservations, early childhood program staff interviews, and family interviews.
 More than 1 year experience as lead teacher in a preschooland pre-k classroom. Knowledge of early
childhood educational practices, social programs, child development, and assessment.
Papers, Publications, and Presentations
Shah, Harshini, Jillian Stein, Katherine Burnett, and Tim Bruursema. “Does Classroom Observer Reliability Differ
by Approach to Data Collection? Poster presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research
Conference, Boston, May 2013.
Burnett, Katie, Tim Bruursema, and Annalee Kelly. “FACES 2009 Observer Training Manual: Spring 2011.”
Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, January 31, 2011.
Buek, Kathy, Katie Burnett, and Amy Raduzycki. “New Jersey Educational Testing Service—Study of 4th and 8th
Grade Students in New Jersey.” Field training manual. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, January 31,
2011.
Bruursema, Tim, Katherine Burnett, and Cassandra Meagher. “FACES 2009 Observer Training Manual.” Princeton,
NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, October 31, 2010.
Burnett, Katherine, Susan Sprachman, Katherine Buek, and Chris Pefaure. “Universal Preschool Child Outcomes
Study (UPCOS-3) Observation Manual.” Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, February 31, 2010.
Bruursema, Tim, Katherine Burnett, and Cassandra Meagher. “FACES 2009 Observer Training Manual.” Princeton,
NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, February 31, 2010.
Bruursema, Tim, Melissa Thomas, Katherine Burnett, and Ashley Kopack. “Classroom Observation Pilot Study
Classroom Observation Manual.” Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, November 16, 2009.
Ainbinder, Alisa, Barbara Hoffman, Tiffany Waits, and Katherine Burnett. “Clinician Measures Formative Testing
Results.” Draft report submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Washington,DC: Mathematica
Policy Research, July 25, 2008.
Burnett, Katherine. “Inequality in Ohio’s Urban High Schools: Enrollment Size as an Ecological Factor in Explaining
Academic Achievement and Student Behaviors.” Unpublished master’s thesis.Toledo,OH: University of Toledo,
2007.
Burnett, Katherine. “Structural Inequality in Ohio’s Urban High Schools: High School Enrollment Size as an
Ecological Factor in Student Behaviors.” Paper presented at the North Central Sociological Association Annual
Meeting, Chicago, April 2007.
Burnett, Katherine. “Structural Inequality in Ohio’s Urban High Schools: High School Enrollment Size as an
Ecological Factor in Academic Achievement.” Paper presented at the North Central Sociological Association
Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 2007.
Burnett, Katherine. “Employing the Sociological Imagination in Examining the ‘Acting White’ Thesis in Education
Research.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, August
2005.