David Baker's Information
POSITION TITLE: Professor of Education and Sociology
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Education; stratification/mobility; organizations--formal/complex.
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1978 Director, Research and Evaluation Unit, Passaic-Clifton Community Mental Health Center, Passaic, NJ
1979-1980 Research Assistant, Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1982-1984 Research Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Human Development and Education, Berlin, West Germany
1984-1986 Visiting Assistant Professor, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
1986-1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
1984-1989 Senior Research Scientist (part-time), American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC
1989-1997 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
1997-Present Professor of Sociology (joint appointment), Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1997-Present Professor of Education, College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1997-Present Research Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2002-2005 Associate Director, Social Science Research Institute
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
The Harry and Marion Eberly Professor of Education, The Pennsylvania State University
2003-2004 Fulbright Senior Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Baker, D.
(1994).
"System for Catholic Historical Research, Institutional Information and Planning." In
Michalek, G.C.
,
N. Sandleback
and
J.J. Treanor
(Eds.)
, Documenting Diversity: The American Catholic Experience.
Chicago, IL:
Mission Press.
Baker, D.
,
C. Riordan
and
M. Schaub
(1995).
"The Effects of Sex-Grouped Schooling on Achievement: The Role of National Context."
Comparative Education Review 39(4):468-481.
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Baker, D.
(1996).
"Convergence among National Education Systems." In
Education Indicators in International Perspective.
U.S. Dept. of Education, NCES.
Baker, D.
and
D.B. Holsinger
(1996).
"Human Capital Formation and School Expansion in Asia: Does a Unique Regional Model Exist?."
International Journal of Comparative Sociology 37(1-2):159-173.
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Baker, D.
,
M. Han
,
C.T. Keil
and
S. Broughman
(1996).
"How Different, How Similar: Comparing Key Organizational Qualities of American Public and Private Secondary Schools."
Statistical Analysis Report, National Center for Educational Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, NCES 96-322.
Hanson, S.
,
M. Schaub
and
D. Baker
(1996).
"Gender Stratification in the Science Pipeline: A Comparative Analysis of Seven Countries."
Gender and Society 10(3):271-290.
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Manlove, J.S.
and
D. Baker
(1996).
"Local Constraints on the Opportunity to Learn Mathematics in American High Schools." In
Hallinan, M.T.
(Ed.)
, Restructuring Schools: Promising Practices and Policies.
New York:
Plenum Press.
(pp. 133-153)
Meyer, J.W.
and
D. Baker
(1996).
"Forming American Educational Policy with International Data: Lessons from Sociology of Education."
Sociology of Education: Special Issue on Sociology and Education Policy:123-130.
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Stevenson, D.L.
and
D. Baker
(1996).
"Does State Control of the Curriculum Matter?."
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 18(4):339-343.
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Baker, D.
(1997).
"Comparing Japan and US School Achievement." In
Levinson, D.L.
,
P.W. Cookson
and
A.R. Sadovnik
(Eds.)
, Education and Sociology: An Encyclopedia.
New York:
Garland Publishing Inc.
Baker, D.
(1997).
"Education Crises and Institutionalization: International Comparisons." In
Levinson, D.L.
,
P.W. Cookson
and
A.R. Sadovnik
(Eds.)
, Education and Sociology: An Encyclopedia.
New York:
Garland Publishing Inc.
Baker, D.
(1997).
"Good News, Bad News, and International Comparisons: Comment on Bracey."
Education Researcher 26(3):16-17.
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Baker, D.
(1997).
"Surviving TIMSS."
Phi Delta Kappan 79(4):295-300.
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Baker, D.
and
T. Smith
(1997).
"Trend 1: The Condition of Academic Achievement in the Nation."
Teachers College Record 99(1):14-18.
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Baker, D.
and
T. Smith
(1997).
"Trend 2: Teacher Turnover and Teacher Quality: Refocusing the Issue."
Teachers College Record 99(1):29-35.
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Baker, D.
and
T. Smith
(1997).
"Trend 3: A College Education for All?."
Teachers College Record 99(1):57-61.
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Han, M.
,
D. Baker
and
C. Rodriguez
(1997).
A Profile of Policies and Practices for Limited English Proficient Students: Screening Methods, Program Support, and Teacher Training (SASS 1993-94).
Washington, D.C.:
U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center : National Center for Education Statistics.
Perie, M.
and
D. Baker
(1997).
Job Satisfaction among America's Teachers: Effects of Workplace Conditions, Background Characteristics, and Teacher Compensation.
Washington, D.C.:
U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics: Educational Resources Information Center.
Perie, M.
,
D. Baker
and
S. Bobbitt
(1997).
Time Spent Teaching Core Academic Subjects in Elementary Schools: Comparisons across Community, School, Teachers, and Student Characteristics.
Washington, D.C.:
U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center: National Center for Education Statistics.
Youniss, J.
,
J. Convey
and
D. Baker
(1997).
"Catholic Schools in a Changing Society."
Catholic Education 1:98-103.
Baker, D.
(1998).
A Feasibility Study of Longitudinal Design for Schools and Staffing Survey.
Washington, D.C.:
U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics : Educational Resources Information Center.
Baker, D.
and
C. Riordan
(1998).
"The 'Eliting' of the Common American Catholic School and the National Education Crisis."
Phi Delta Kappan 80(1):16-23.
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LeTendre, G.K.
and
D. Baker
(1998).
"International Competitiveness in Science: Don't Blame U.S. Adolescents on Middle Schools for a 'Slump'."
Education Week:16-51.
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Baker, D.
(1999).
"Schooling All the Masses: Reconsidering the Origins of American Schooling in the Postbellum Era."
Sociology of Education 72(4):197-215.
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Baker, D.
and
C. Riordan
(1999).
"It's Not about the Failure of Catholic Schools: It's about Demographic Transformations."
Phi Delta Kappan 80(6):462-463, 478.
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Baker, D.
and
G.K. LeTendre
(2000).
"Comparative Sociology of Classroom Processes, School Organization, and Achievement." In
Hallinan, M.T.
(Ed.)
, Handbook of the Sociology of Education.
Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Baker, D.
(2001).
"Invited Commentary: TIMSS-R: Innovation in International Information for American Educators."
Education Statistics Quarterly 3(1):17-19.
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Baker, D.
,
M. Akiba
,
G.K. LeTendre
and
A.W. Wiseman
(2001).
"Worldwide Shadow Education: Outside-School Learning, Institutional Quality of Schooling, and Cross-National Mathematics Achievement."
Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis 23(1):1-17.
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LeTendre, G.K.
,
D. Baker
,
M. Akiba
and
A.W. Wiseman
(2001).
"The Policy Trap: National Educational Policy and the Third International Math and Science Study."
International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice 2(1):45-64.
LeTendre, G.K.
,
D. Baker
,
M. Akiba
,
B. Goesling
and
A.W. Wiseman
(2001).
"Teachers' Work: Institutional Isomorphism and Cultural Variation in the U.S., Germany, and Japan."
Educational Researcher 30(6):3-15.
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Akiba, M.
,
G.K. LeTendre
,
D. Baker
and
B. Goesling
(2002).
"Student Victimization: National and School System Effects on School Violence in 37 Nations."
American Educational Research Journal 39(4):829-853.
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Astiz, M.F.
,
A.W. Wiseman
and
D. Baker
(2002).
"Slouching Towards Decentralization: Consequences of Globalization for Curricular Control in National Education Systems."
Comparative Education Review 46(1):66-88.
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Baker, D.
,
B. Goesling
and
G.K. LeTendre
(2002).
"Socioeconomic Status, School Quality, and National Economic Development: A Cross-National Analysis of the "Heyneman-Loxley Effect" on Mathematics and Science Achievement."
Comparative Education Review 46(3):291-312.
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Schaub, M.
and
D. Baker
(2002).
"Commentary: Is Social Capital the Self-Esteem of the 1990s?."
Research in Sociology of Education 13:125-132.
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Baker, D.
(Ed.)
(2004).
Inequality Across Societies: Families, Schools and Persisting Stratification.
Amsterdam:
JAI.
Werum, R.E.
and
D. Baker
(2004).
"Commentary: Inequality and Schooling as an Institution."
Research in Sociology of Education 14:275-284.
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Wiseman, A.W.
and
D. Baker
(2004).
"The American Summer Learning Gap From an International Perspective." In
Borman, G.D.
(Ed.)
, Summer Learning: Research, Policies, and Programs.
Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
(pp. 53-69)
Baker, D.
and
G.K. LeTendre
(2005).
National Differences, Global Similarities: World Culture and the Future of Schooling.
Stanford, CA:
Stanford University Press.
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Blair, C.
,
D. Gamson
,
S.L. Thorne
and
D. Baker
(2005).
"Rising Mean IQ: Cognitive Demand of Mathematics Education for Young Children, Population Exposure to Formal Schooling, and the Neurobiology of the Prefrontal Cortex."
Intelligence 33(1):93-106.
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Desimone, L.M.
,
T. Smith
,
D. Baker
and
K. Ueno
(2005).
"Assessing Barriers to the Reform of U.S. Mathematics Instruction from an International Perspective."
American Educational Research Journal 42(3):501-535.
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Baker, D.
(2007).
"Mass Higher Education and the Super Research University: A Symbiotic Relationship."
International Higher Education 49:9-10.
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Baker, D.
,
H. Kohler
and
M. Stock
(2007).
"Socialist Ideology and the Contraction of Higher Education: Institutional Consequences of State Manpower and Education Planning in the Former East Germany."
Comparative Education Review 51(3):353-377.
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Blair, C.
,
H. Knipe
,
E. Cummings
,
D. Baker
,
D. Gamson
,
P.J. Eslinger
and
S.L. Thorne
(2007).
"A Developmental Neuroscience Approach to the Study of School Readiness." In
Pianta, R.C.
,
M.J. Cox
and
K.L. Snow
(Eds.)
, School Readiness and the Transition to Kindergarten in the Era of Accountability.
Baltimore, MD:
Paul H Brookes Publishing.
(pp. 149-174)
Baker, D.
and
G. Lenhardt
(2008).
"The Institutional Crisis of the German Research University."
Higher Education Policy 21(1):49-64.
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Goesling, B.
and
D. Baker
(2008).
"Three Faces of International Inequality."
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 26(2):183-198.
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Mohrman, K.
,
W. Ma
and
D. Baker
(2008).
"The Research University in Transition: The Emerging Global Model."
Higher Education Policy 21(1):5-27.
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Baker, D.
,
J. Collins
and
J. Leon
(2009).
"Risk Factor or Social Vaccine? The Historical Progression of the Role of Education in HIV/AIDS Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa."
Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education.
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