Jing Liu

Jing Liu is Assistant Professor of Education Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. A National Academy of Education Sciences/Spencer Dissertation Fellow, he earned his PhD in Economics of Education from Stanford University. Liu employs quantitative methods to evaluate education policies affecting marginalized students, with research focusing on student absenteeism, exclusionary discipline, educator labor markets, and equity in educational opportunities.

Research examines:

• Impact of noncognitive factors on educational outcomes
• Teacher effectiveness across multiple dimensions
• Natural language processing applications in teaching assessment
• Educational disparities in urban contexts

Recent work includes innovations in measuring teaching practices through NLP techniques and examining predictors of long-term student success. His publication in Educational Policy compares the predictive power of academic behaviors versus social-emotional skills for educational attainment.