Haider is a research associate in the K-12 Education policy area and has more than a decade of experience in mixed-methods research, program evaluation, large-scale data collection, and project management. She has also held roles in survey design, random assignment set up, site visits to research sites to study program implementation, and data management. She is currently leading the national study of Reading Partners' virtual tutoring program. She is also directing two projects in the Kansas City region, hoping to build a strong foundation of knowledge to help students reach success in eighth grade, high school, and beyond. The first is the evaluation of PREP-KC's Data in Action course, a student-level randomized control trial of an eighth grade elective data science course in Kansas City middle schools. The second is the Real World Learning (RWL) evaluation, an initiative in the Kansas City metropolitan area funded by the Kauffman Foundation, which seeks to understand how real world learning and earning "Market Value Assets" is affecting high schools and students in the region and to confirm that students exit secondary schooling prepared for success in ongoing education and careers.
Haider has been involved in numerous other evaluations during her tenure at MDRC, including an impact study of Communities in Schools, the evaluation of City Year's Whole School Whole Child model, New York City's Small Schools of Choice study, and the evaluation of ninth grade academies. Haider holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Barnard College and a master’s degree in education policy and management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
