Jessica Hall

As a Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Jessica Hall is involved in the research and evaluation of CAST projects focused on improving outcomes for all learners, from well-being and cognitive skills to engagement and academic performance, as well as examining and supporting the efficacy of education agencies’ systems of support.

Prior to joining CAST, Jessica was a Senior Research Scientist at Pearson and at the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching. In those roles, she studied the efficacy of programs designed for professional learners, teachers, university students, and K-12 students. Her background is in first- and second-language learning in impaired and typically developing populations. Her research has focused on understanding and improving the efficacy of products, programs, and interventions for learners from preschool through adulthood. As a former classroom teacher, she is especially interested in employing implementation science methods to better understand the ease with which any suggested change can be made. She has expertise in quantitative methods of analysis and outcomes/impact measurement, and she received funding from the NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders for her doctoral and postdoctoral research. In her early career, she served as an English literature teacher and an English language instructor in high school, university, and community classrooms.