About me
Tara Chiatovich has worked as a research and data scientist in industry for over half a decade where her projects have spanned getting AI into products, extracting insights from national education datasets, leading webinars, and using psychometrics in survey development and scoring. Most recently she was Senior Data Scientist at RethinkFirst, a technology company supporting children and adults with neurodiversity. Prior to her time at RethinkFirst, she was Senior Research and Data Scientist at education technology Panorama Education. Tara has focused her attention on issues impacting learners throughout her career. Prior to working in industry sector, she managed the Early Learning Study at Harvard, a large-scale study of young children's formal and informal learning, and spent two years as an SDP fellow, working as a data specialist in an urban school district where her analyses informed policy decisions. Tara holds an Ed.M. in international education policy from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Stanford University.