Gao Xingyuan

WORK EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor in Educational Policy

January 2025 –  present

Assistant Professor in Educational Policy, Chenhui Scholar
March 2018–2024

Post-doctoral Research Associate

Tate Grant and Innovation Center at Western Michigan University

September 2016 – September 2017 Kalamazoo, Michigan
Doctoral Associate

Tate Grant and Innovation Center at Western Michigan University

January 2014 – July 2016 Kalamazoo, Michigan

Doctoral Associate

Department of Educational Leadership Research and Technology at Western Michigan University

September 2010 – December 2014 (4 years 4 months) Kalamazoo, Michigan

EDUCATION

Western Michigan University

Doctor of Philosophy in Education Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership Research and Technology

Graduation date: July 2016.

East China Normal University

Master of Educational Policy
 Graduation date: June 2010.

East China Normal University

Bachelor of Science, Educational Information Technology
 Graduation date: June 2007.

COURSES TAUGHT

Education Policy: Process and Evaluation (Undergraduate level, English)

Survey Research: Principles and Practice (Graduate level, Mandarin)

Educational Policy: Issues and Challenges (Graduate level, English)

The Foundation of Educational Statistics (Graduate level, Mandarin)

Effective School Leadership (Graduate level, Mandarin)

Quantitative Thinking and Educational Statistics (Undergraduate level, Mandarin)

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Gao, X. Y. (2021).共情能力:源于本能,更需修炼[Empathy: Originating from Instinct, Yet Necessitating Refinement].Shanghai Education, 2021(26), 65-67. (In Chinese).

Gao, X. Y., Chen, H. Y., Wu, J., & Huang, Z. J. (2021).任务能力:中国青少年社会与情感能力测评分报告之一[Task Performance: The First Assessment Report on the Social and Emotional Learning of Chinese Adolescents].Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 39(9), 33. (In Chinese).

Huang, Z. J., Wu, J., & Gao, X. Y. (2021).学生眼中的教育公平是什么?——基于实验研究的证据[What is Educational Equity Through the Eyes of Students?—Evidence Based on Experiments]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 39(1), 107. (In Chinese).

Huang, Z. J., Wang, Q., Chen, H. C., & Gao, X. Y. (2021).交往能力:中国青少年社会与情感能力测评分报告之五[Engaging with Others: The Fifth Assessment Report on the Social and Emotional Abilities of Chinese Adolescents].Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 39(9), 93. (In Chinese).

Gao, X., Shen, J., Alford, A. L., Johnson, M. R., & Krenn, H. Y. (2024). Integrating formal and informal subsystems: A case study of Promise City’s early care and education model. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 32. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.32.7776

Gao, X., Xia, J., & Lin, Q. (2024).School accountability and student social emotional learning: evidence from Survey on Social and Emotional Skills.ECNU Review of Education.https://doi.org/10.1177/20965311231222493

Zheng, Y., Gao, X., Shen, J., Johnson, M. R., & Y. Krenn, H. (2023). A meta-analysis of the predictors of on-time high school graduation in the United States.NASSP Bulletin, 107(2), 130-155.

Gao, X., Shen, J., Johnson, M. R., Krenn, H., & Burkhardt, E. (2022). Build an effective, efficient and equitable early care and education (ECE) system: a case study of system development and evaluation.Early Years, 43(4-5), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2022.2031910

Wu, H., Shen, J., Spybrook, J., & Gao, X. (2021). Closing achievement gaps: Examining the roles of school background and process.Education and Urban Society, 53(8), 909-937.

Shen, J., Ma, X., Mansberger, N., Bierlein Palmer, L., Burt, W., Leneway, R., Reeves, P., Poppink, S., McCrumb, D., Whitten, E., Gao, X., & Wu, H. (2021). Developing and validating an instrument measuring school renewal: Testing the factorial validity and reliability.International Journal of Leadership in Education, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2021.1930187

Shen, J., Ma, X., Mansberger, N., Gao, X., Palmer, L. B., Burt, W., . . . Reeves, P. (2020). Testing the predictive power of an instrument titled “Orientation to School Renewal”.School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 31(4), 505-528.

Wu, H., Gao, X., & Shen, J. (2020). Principal leadership effects on student achievement: a multilevel analysis using Programme for International Student Assessment 2015 data.Educational Studies, 46(3), 316-336.

Gao, X., Shen, J., Wu, H., & Krenn, H. Y. (2019). Evaluating program effects: Conceptualizing and demonstrating a typology. Evaluation and Program Planning, 72, 88-96.

Wu, H., Shen, J., Jones, J., Gao, X., Zheng, Y., & Krenn, H. Y. (2019). Using logic model and visualization to conduct portfolio evaluation.Evaluation and Program Planning, 74, 69-75.

Shen, J., Ma, X., Gao, X., Bierlien Palmer, L., Poppink, S., Burt, W., Rainey, M. (2019). Developing and validating an instrument measuring school leadership.Educational Studies, 45(4), 402-421.

Gao, X., Xia, J., Shen, J., & Ma, X. (2018). A comparison between US and Chinese principal decision-making power: A measurement perspective based on PISA 2015.Chinese Education & Society, 51(5), 410-425.

Zeng, N., Gao, X., Liu, Y., Lee, J. E., & Gao, Z. (2018). Reliability of using motion sensors to measure children’s physical activity levels in exergaming.Journal of Clinical Medicine, 7(5), 100.

Gao, X., Shen, J., & Krenn, H. Y. (2017). Using WWC sanctioned rigorous methods to develop comparison groups for evaluation.Evaluation and Program Planning, 65, 148-155.

Shen, J., Gao, X., & Xia, J. (2017). School as a loosely coupled organization? An empirical examination using national SASS 2003–04 data.Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 45(4), 657-681.

Xia, J., Gao, X., & Shen, J. (2017). School autonomy: A comparison between China and the United States. Chinese Education & Society, 50(3), 284-305.

Xia, J., Izumi, M., & Gao, X. (2015). School process and teacher job satisfaction at alternative schools: A multilevel study using SASS 2007–08 data.Leadership and Policy in Schools, 14(2), 167-203.

Xia, J., Gao, X., & Shen, J. (2015). US" National Teacher and Principal Survey" as a valued resource for teacher and principal studies.Contemporary Educational Research Quarterly, 23(4), 63-91.

HONORS / AWARDS

·2017 CEHD Rising Star - Doctorate Award ­–– College of Education and Human Development, Western Michigan University

·2009 Student A Scholarship –– Department of Education, East China Normal University