Dr. Nabors Oláh is the Scientific Director for Assessment for Good, designing and leading the program’s research strategy. Prior to coming to AfG, her research led to the development of a suite of culturally relevant formative assessments in mathematics and the use of process data to better understand student performance on large-scale assessments. She spent two years as a Bill & Melinda Gates Strategic Data Fellow with the ninth-largest school district in the U.S. and has also conducted research in Hungary. She currently teaches research methods for the Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE).

Dr. Nabors Oláh received her doctorate in Human Development and Psychology and a Master’s in Methodology from Harvard University. She also has an M.S.Ed. in teaching from Penn GSE. In addition to speaking English, French, Russian, and Hungarian, she is now enjoying learning Spanish.