Courtney Stone

Courtney Stone is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, within the College of Education. She holds a PhD in Educational Policy and Evaluation from Arizona State University and focuses on culturally responsive evaluation, validity theory, and STEM program evaluation.

• Education: PhD in Educational Policy and Evaluation, Arizona State University

Research interests include:

• Classroom observational systems
• Teacher evaluation frameworks
• Validity and reliability in educational assessments
• Equity in STEM education
• Postcolonial perspectives on scientific collaborations

Her recent publications examine classroom observation systems (2025), editorial perspectives on educational urgency (2024), postcolonial analysis of evaluations (2024), and reviews of pandemic policy frameworks (2022). Key subfields span systematic reviews, cultural competence, bias mitigation, and global health governance.