Allan R. Odden is a Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA), Director of Strategic Management of Human Capital, and codirector of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
His research includes strategic management of human capital in education, effective teachers and principals, teacher compensation, education finance, school finance adequacy, school-based financing, school-based management, effective resource allocation and use, resource reallocation, strategic use of human resources, and educational policy and its implementation.
Recent publications include:
Odden, Allan and Associates. Strategic Management of Human Capital in Public Education. New York: Routledge, forthcoming, January 2011.
Odden, Allan. (2009). Ten Strategies for Doubling Student Performance. Thousand Oaks: Corwin.
Odden, Allan and Sarah Archibald. (2009). Doubling Student Performance …. and finding the resources to do it. Thousand Oaks: Corwin.
Odden, Allan, & Lawrence Picus. (2008). School Finance: A Policy Perspective (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.
Odden, Allan, Lawrence Picus, & Margaret Goertz. (2007). Intergovernmental Aid Formulas and Case Studies. In Helen Ladd and Ted Fisk, Eds. Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy. Published on behalf of the American Education Finance Association. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Odden, Allan, & Marc J Wallace Jr. (2007). New How to Create World Class Teacher Compensation. St. Paul, MN: Freeload Press.
Odden, Allan, & Carolyn Kelley. (2002). Paying Teachers for What They Know and Do: New and Smarter Compensation Strategies to Improve Schools (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Odden, Allan, & Sarah Archibald. (2001). Reallocating Resources: How to Boost Student Achievement without Asking for More. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. Contact Informationarodden@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-4260
Office: 653A Ed Sciences
Website: http://www.education.wisc.edu/elpa/people/faculty/
Current ProjectsCreating an Integrated Resource Information SystemHelping the Nation Redesign Teacher Compensation: Technical Assistance, Outreach, and Information Completed ProjectsConsortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE)Cost of Teacher Turnover Study Creating and Implementing New Forms of Teacher Compensation Education Compensation and Its Impact on Student Achievement Evaluation of the Second Year of Implementation of the Cincinnati Public Schools' Teacher Evaluation System An Evidence-Based Approach to School Finance Adequacy in Wisconsin Human Resources Management and Improved Student Achievement: The Emerging Linkages Integrated Evaluation of ARRA Funding, Implementation and Outcomes Local Practices Linked to Strategic Management of Human Capital: Practices to Recruit and Retain High-Quality Faculty and Measuring Teachers' Instructional Practice Planning Grant to Develop a New Teacher Compensation Structure for Illinois and Chicago Redesigning the Education Human Resource Management System and Related Teacher and Educator Labor Markets Strategic Management of Human Capital in Public Education Study of Pilot Performance Evaluation in Cincinnati Public Schools Teacher Compensation Outreach and Analysis |
