Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education; Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment), Mark Spinrad (Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment), Sean Mulvenon, Megan Griffard (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), and Monica Ceja Rodriguez (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education student) presented research at the 48th Annual Conference for the Association for Education Finance and Policy.

Spinrad and Marianno presented work on Title I expenditures were used to reduce class sizes in an urban school district. Marianno also shared his work with Mulvenon on the New Nevada Funding plan for K-12 school and its impact on student achievement. Griffard presented her work with graduate student, Monica Ceja Rodriguez, on teacher vacancies in the southwestern U.S.