Dave Heistad is a researcher at the Value-Added Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working on the large-scale teacher effectiveness project funded by the Bush Foundation. He has worked as a program evaluator and researcher in Minneapolis Public Schools for the past 24 years.

Dave has published research in the areas of early childhood assessment, the stability of value-added achievement indicators, and teacher effects in reading. He serves on several federal task forces including the Institute for Education Sciences - Urban Education Research Task Force, American Institute for Research - Evaluation of Restructured Schools Technical Working Group, and the National Center on Response to Interventions - Technical Review Committee and the Federal ARRA Evaluation Advisory Panel. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology from St. Olaf College, a master's degree in educational statistics and a doctorate in educational psychology from the University of Minnesota. Dave was the 2009 recipient of the Council of Great City Schools research leadership award. His current work focuses on the development and implementation of valid and equitable educational accountability and school improvement indicators.

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