Research

• Current Projects
  • External Evaluator, Center for Health Sciences, Health Resources and Service Administration grant for Area Health Education Centers Program, 2017, 5 years.
  • Evaluator, College of Education and Human Sciences, NSF grant.  Transitioning Students to Teacher-Researchers (TSTR), 2017, 3 years.
• Previous Projects
  • Oklahoma State Department of Education, Development and Evaluation of an Effective Accountability System for Oklahoma Schools.  2014-2015.
  • Statistical Data analysis for Church of Christ, Stillwater, OK Spring 2017
  • Consulting Oklahoma State University Assessment and Testing (UAT), Campus Climate Survey Statistical Data Analysis. Spring 2017
  • Consulting Oklahoma State University, Office of Financial Aid, Cost of Attending analyses. 2013-2014.
  • Evaluation of the Oklahoma State University Material Science in Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) 2016-2017.
  • Evaluation of Oklahoma State University’s Learning and Student Success Opportunity (LASSO) Center. 2013-2015
• Related Projects
  • Barnes, L.L.B., Wheeler, D. M., & Khojasteh, J. (In press). Cancer information seeking: Sources and patterns.  Health Education Journal. 
  • Hathcoat, J.D., Penn, J.D., Barnes, L.L.B., & Comer, J.C.  (2016). A second dystopia in Education: Validity issues in authentic assessment practices.  Research in Higher Education, DOI 10.1007/s1162-016-9407-1.
  • Barnes, L. L. B., Wheeler, D. L., Laster, B. B., McGaugh, M., & Morse, A.  (2013). Development of a scale to measure laypersons’ beliefs about medical knowledge.  Health Education Journal, DOI: 10.1177/0017896911430764.
• Presentations
  • Exploring the limitations of composite accountability indicators: A longitudinal analysis of Oklahoma’s A-F School Grading System.  Paper presented to the American Educational Research Association.  OSU Center for Educational Research and Evaluation with OU Oklahoma Center for Education Policy, 2017. 
• Publications
  • Next generation accountability: A vision for improvement under ESSA.  Palo Alto: Learning Policy Institute, 2017.  OSU Center for Educational Research and Evaluation with OU Oklahoma Center for Education Policy, 2017.
  • An empirical test of Oklahoma’s A-F school grades. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24(4), OSU Center for Educational Research and Evaluation with OU Oklahoma Center for Education Policy http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v24.2127.  2016.  
  • Oklahoma school grades: Hiding poor achievement.  A-F Report Card.  OSU Center for Educational Research and Evaluation with OU Oklahoma Center for Education Policy, 2013.
  • An examination of the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s A-F Report Card.  OSU Center for Educational Research and Evaluation with OU Oklahoma Center for Education Policy, 2013.
• Reports
  • Choctaw Nation Partnership of Summer School Education (POSSE): Influence on Reading and ELA Evaluation Report.
  • Transitioning Students to Teacher-Researchers Evaluation Reports