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D-Index
68
Citations
18190
World Ranking
854
National Ranking
408

Dan Goldhaber publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dan Goldhaber sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 347 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Dan Goldhaber D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dan Goldhaber sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 68 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dan Goldhaber is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has an extensive research record within the social sciences. Their work primarily focuses on education, with significant contributions in the subfields of Education, Information Systems and Management, Safety Research, Demography, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their research topics span several key areas such as School Choice and Performance, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Higher Education Research Studies, Parental Involvement in Education, Educational Assessment and Improvement, Education Systems and Policy, and Disability Education and Employment.

Notable recent papers authored by Dan Goldhaber include:

  • Teacher Attrition and Mobility Over Time, 2021, Educational Researcher
  • Teacher Attrition and Mobility in the Pandemic, 2022, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
  • The Educational Consequences of Remote and Hybrid Instruction during the Pandemic, 2023, American Economic Review Insights
  • Teacher Staffing Challenges in California: Examining the Uniqueness of Rural School Districts, 2020, AERA Open

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dan Goldhaber include Roddy Theobald, James Cowan, John M. Krieg, Kristian L. Holden, and Ben Backes. The volume of joint publications ranges from seven to thirty-six per co-author, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

The regular publication venues for Dan Goldhaber's work are:

  • Educational Researcher
  • Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
  • AERA Open
  • American Educational Research Journal
  • Education Finance and Policy

Best Publications

  • Does Teacher Certification Matter? High School Teacher Certification Status and Student Achievement:

    Dan D. Goldhaber;Dominic J. Brewer

  • Can Teacher Quality Be Effectively Assessed? National Board Certification as a Signal of Effective Teaching

    Dan Goldhaber;Emily Anthony

  • Why don't schools and teachers seem to matter? : assessing the impact of unobservables on educational productivity

    Dan D. Goldhaber;Dominic J. Brewer

  • Do teachers' race, gender, and ethnicity matter? : evidence from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988

    Ronald G. Ehrenberg;Daniel D. Goldhaber;Dominic J. Brewer

  • Evaluating the Effect of Teacher Degree Level on Educational Performance.

    Dan D. Goldhaber;Dominic J. Brewer

  • Uneven Playing Field? Assessing the Teacher Quality Gap Between Advantaged and Disadvantaged Students

    Dan Goldhaber;Lesley Lavery;Roddy Theobald

  • Feeling the Florida Heat? How Low-Performing Schools Respond to Voucher and Accountability Pressure

    Cecilia Elena Rouse;Jane Hannaway;Dan Goldhaber;David Figlio

  • Everyone’s Doing It, But What Does Teacher Testing Tell Us About Teacher Effectiveness?

    Dan Goldhaber

  • The effect of certification and preparation on teacher quality.

    Donald Boyd;Daniel D. Goldhaber;Hamilton Lankford;James Humphrey Wyckoff

  • The Gateway to the Profession: Assessing Teacher Preparation Programs Based on Student Achievement

    Dan Goldhaber;Stephanie Liddle;Roddy Theobald

  • Teacher Career Paths Teacher Quality and Persistence in the Classroom Are Public Schools Keeping Their Best

    Dan Goldhaber;Betheny Gross;Daniel Player

  • School Choice: An Examination of the Empirical Evidence on Achievement, Parental Decision Making, and Equity

    Dan D. Goldhaber

  • Building a More Complete Understanding of Teacher Evaluation Using Classroom Observations

    Julie Cohen;Dan Goldhaber

  • Missing Elements in the Discussion of Teacher Shortages.

    James Cowan;Dan Goldhaber;Kyle Hayes;Roddy Theobald

  • Public and private high schools: Is school choice an answer to the productivity problem?

    Dan D. Goldhaber

  • Can Teacher Quality Be Effectively Assessed

    Dan Goldhaber

  • Race, Gender, and Teacher Testing: How Informative a Tool Is Teacher Licensure Testing?:

    Dan Goldhaber;Michael Hansen

  • Using Performance on the Job to Inform Teacher Tenure Decisions

    Dan Goldhaber;Michael Hansen

  • Teacher Quality and Student Achievement. Urban Diversity Series.

    Dan Goldhaber;Emily Anthony

  • Everyone's Doing It, but What Does Teacher Testing Tell Us about Teacher Effectiveness? Working Paper 9.

    Dan Goldhaber

  • Why Don't Schools and Teachers Seem to Matter?: Assessing the Impact of Unobservables on Educational Productivity

    Dominic J. Brewer;Dan Goldhaber

  • CENTER for ANALYSIS of LONGITUDINAL DATA in EDUCATION RESEARCH

    Ben Backes;Dan Goldhaber;Cyrus Grout;Cory Koedel

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominic J. Brewer
Dominic J. Brewer University of Southern California
Susanna Loeb
Susanna Loeb Brown University
David N. Figlio
David N. Figlio University of Rochester
Stephen W. Raudenbush
Stephen W. Raudenbush University of Chicago
Grover J. Whitehurst
Grover J. Whitehurst Stony Brook University
Douglas O. Staiger
Douglas O. Staiger Dartmouth College
Helen F. Ladd
Helen F. Ladd Duke University
Richard Startz
Richard Startz University of California, Santa Barbara
Linda Darling-Hammond
Linda Darling-Hammond Stanford University
Robert C. Pianta
Robert C. Pianta University of Virginia

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