Portfolio
A sample of research, evaluation, and data-use work across learning, wellbeing, opportunity, and organizational learning.
Featured work
Three current engagements that show the range of the work: statewide measurement, longitudinal evaluation, and EIR impact research.
Works with Massachusetts education partners to assess measures, map data assets, and prepare a shared metrics framework for the statewide Birth Through Higher Education Mental and Behavioral Health Framework.
Partners: Massachusetts Executive Office of Education, MA DESE, Department of Early Education and Care, and Department of Higher Education.
Supports statewide evaluation through survey revision, participation and outcomes analysis, multi-year trend checks, and reporting that helps ISBE and grantees understand program implementation over time.
Supports the EIR study of Circle Up, a whole-school model that integrates Universal Design for Learning, social and emotional learning, Check and Connect, and Collaborative and Proactive Solutions. Work includes logic model development, measurement strategy, implementation evidence, and impact study data tied to engagement, behavior, well-being, academic outcomes, and teacher efficacy.
Partners: CAST, Aldine ISD, CASEL, Check and Connect, Lives in the Balance, and EDC.
Current work
Works with university, research, and foundation partners to examine student supports, implementation, and pathway evidence for underrepresented students in engineering, computing, and construction fields.
Partners: Peter Kiewit Foundation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering, and EDC.
Supports Clark University partners with evaluation questions, measurement routines, analysis, and reporting structures that help program teams learn from the work as it develops.
Partners: Clark University, Southbridge Public Schools, and The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts.
Recent projects
Led impact analysis for EDC's evaluation of Acceleration Academies, integrating student outcome measures, attendance records, and implementation data to examine program effects and support state-level learning about accelerated instruction.
Led survey data analysis, supported survey design and administration, reviewed district implementation plans, and co-developed dashboards that helped state and district partners see implementation conditions across participating systems.
Served as lead evaluator for Regions 1 and 2, developing reports, managing survey systems, and analyzing training and technical assistance data to support continuous learning in substance use prevention technical assistance.
Led mixed-methods evaluation work for a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs campaign, including survey and focus group design, analysis, reporting, and stakeholder coordination to understand outreach, message resonance, and opportunities for refinement.
Partner ecosystem
The work has moved across federal agencies, state education systems, school districts, universities, foundations, museums, media organizations, and community partners.
Federal and public programs
State education systems
Districts and schools
Foundations
Research, design, media, and museums
Publications, reports, and engagement
Evaluation report - 2024
Massachusetts DESE report prepared by EDC on implementation of high-quality instructional materials across participating districts.
Evaluation report - 2024
Public-facing summary of findings, implementation considerations, and evidence from the HQIM evaluation.
Evaluation report - 2023
Army Educational Outreach Program summative evaluation report with EDC evaluation-team attribution.
Conference proceeding - 2023
LearnTechLib proceeding with Emily Braham, Heather Lavigne, Alexia Raynal, Alemayehu Bekele, Kelsey Savage, Soledad Machado Corral, and Stan Muller on culturally responsive chemistry videos for multilingual learners.
Research brief - 2021
NSF INCLUDES Coordination Hub research brief on equitable family engagement in STEM, compiled with Coordination Hub members.
Research brief - 2021
NSF INCLUDES Coordination Hub and National Girls Collaborative Project brief on intersectional strategies for broadening STEM participation.
Professional engagement - 2021
Northeastern University annual report documenting a panel on culturally responsive evaluation practice with Dr. Alemayehu Bekele and other evaluation leaders.
Human rights report - 2019
MIT Displacement Research Action Network and Chinese Progressive Association report on displacement, evictions, and housing insecurity in Boston's Chinatown.
Earlier research - 2017
Review of Social Economy article on supply and demand-side constraints to improving dairy value-chain quality in Ethiopia.
Earlier research - 2017
European Journal of Development Research article on household purchasing behavior and dairy retail development in Ethiopia.
Earlier research - 2017
International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management article using a field experiment to study consumer choice for pasteurized milk in Ethiopia.
Earlier research - 2016
International Journal of Consumer Studies article on nutrition information, taste, and consumer preferences for milk products.
Across these projects, the work centers on practical learning: careful measurement, transparent analysis, and reporting that helps partners use findings.
Alemayehu's work often sits between technical analysis and organizational decision-making, translating complex data into usable insights for program teams, funders, agencies, and communities.