Department of Research, Evaluation and Assessment Staff

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    District Headquarters - 360 Colborne Street, 3rd Floor
    Staff Contact Information Typical Responsibilities
    ADMINISTRATION
    Kara Arzamendia
    Title: Director
    Email: kara.arzamendia@spps.org
    Phone: 651-744-1708
    		Reporting to the public, Board of Education, district and school staff; ESSA; Optimizing REA capacity.
    Pang Nhia Yang
    Title: Assistant Director
    Email: pang.nhia.yang@spps.org
    Phone: 651-744-5780
    		Implementation and reporting of accountability framework supporting the Strong Schools, Strong Communities strategic plan, including VisionCards, and data for school continuous improvement plans (SCIPs); information management; data agreements.
    Maria Wollensak
    Title: Management Assistant II
    Email: maria.wollensak@spps.org
    Phone: 651-744-1814
    		Communication and scheduling; Coordination of research proposals; preparation of correspondence; assistance in test administration and reporting.
    ASSESSMENT
    Jessica Lang
    Title: District-wide Testing Coordinator
    Email: jessica.lang@spps.org
    Cell: 651-435-0179
    Ofice: 651-744-2119
    		Coordination of MCA/MTASs, ACCESS for ELLs, and ACT, ACCUPLACER and Graduation Assessment Requirements. Test Coordination website management
    Dr. Lynette Scott
    Title: District-wide Testing Coordinator
    Email: lynette.scott@spps.org 
    Office: 651-744-6401
    Cell: 651-335-3594
    		Coordination of MCA/MTAS, ACCESS for ELLs, and CogAT7
    EVALUATION
    Mike Dosedel
    Title: Program Evaluator
    Email: michael.dosedel@spps.org
    Phone: 651-744-6043
    		Evaluation of SPPS programs centering on the implementation of programs, curricula and instructional practices and the professional development provided to support these practices.
    Holly Miller
    Title: Program Evaluator
    Email: holly.miller@spps.org
    Phone: 651-767-3476
    Lio Fuentes
    Title: Research Analyst I
    Email: lionel.fuentes@spps.org
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    		Evaluation data support.
    Elsa Mundt
    Title: Research Analyst I
    Email: elsa.mundt@spps.org
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    INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
    Kelsey Curran
    Title: Research Analyst I
    Email: kelsey.curran@spps.org
    Phone: 651-767-8115
    		Manage Data Center and REA website; data requests including assessment, demographics, attendance and course data; military recruiter requests; data cleaning; data visualization for reporting and presentations. 
    Mark Gruen
    Title: Research Analyst III
    Email: mark.gruen@spps.org
    Phone: 651-744-4646
    		Data analysis and reporting for Office of Specialized Services.
    Alison Horner
    Title: Research Analyst I
    Email: alison.horner@spps.org
    Phone: 651-744-1013
    		Data Requests including MCA, SUTR data support.
    Cindy Porter
    Title: Research Analyst III
    Email: cindy.porter@spps.org
    Phone: 651-767-8371
    		Analysis and mapping of student demographic and enrollment data; internal/external data requests relating to demographics and enrollment, including discipline, graduation rate, mobility, and attendance data.
    Neelam Sethi
    Title: Student Information System Support Analyst
    Email: neelam.sethi@spps.org
    Phone: 651-767-8226
    		Creating database reporting solutions; managing data systems and interfacing with data architects to prepare data for migration, and assisting in the migration of data.
    Phi Vu
    Title: Research Analyst II
    Email: phi.vu@spps.org
    Phone: 651-767-8192
    		Data analysis and reporting for Office of Multilinqual Learners; ACCESS Assessment contact.
    Sally Williams
    Title: Research Analyst III
    Email: sally.williams@spps.org
    Phone: 651-744-7413
    		Analysis of student assessment data; internal/external data requests that intersect assessment, demographics and enrollment, including discipline, graduation rate, mobility, course and attendance data.

  • REA Mission & Vision:

     

    Inform Toward Improvement

    We will support the District's Mission—"Inspire students to think critically, pursue their dreams and change the world."—through our expertise in:

    • Research & Evaluation
    • Data & Collection
    • Training & Guidance
    • Dissemination