Dr. Kevin Holbrook is an experienced educator, researcher, and data scientist dedicated to advancing progress in the field of education through rigorous research and data analysis. A new addition to the CSO team, Dr. Holbrook’s responsibilities as Director of Research, Evaluation & Analytics involve supporting the Superintendent and Associate Superintendents on new and ongoing research projects in the Archdiocese; distribution, analysis, and reporting of survey data and projects; administration and analysis of student, teacher, and school assessment, data, and evaluation systems; development of new psychometric scales and assessments; professional development on topics of assessment and data; and support and analysis of financial data and trends. Dr. Holbrook comes to CSO with 10 years of teaching and research experience in both public and private K-12 and higher education, with various roles at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and most recently, the Roche Center for Catholic Education.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
B.A. Secondary Education & History, Boston College
Ph.D. Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, & Assessment, Boston College
“This poem by Fr. Joseph P. Whelan, SJ., ‘Falling in Love,’ has long resonated with me, but feels especially relevant now that I have joined the Catholic Schools Office. It truly is a wonderful privilege to do work that you love, and to be part of a team dedicated to improving the lives of thousands of students, teachers, and the communities they live in.”
Nothing is more practical than finding God, than falling in Love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, whom you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in Love, stay in love, and it will decide everything. Fr. Joseph P. Whelan, SJ.