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Dr. Laura Hamilton

Seventy-five years of patient work, and a door held open for you.

Social-emotional learning and assessment.

Senior Behavioral Scientist

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Dr. Laura Hamilton is a researcher in Futurecraft's RAND Network, the world's most trusted intellectual access layer, anchored in 75 years of RAND policy methodology and continuously verified against primary sources (last verified 2026-06-05).

Senior Behavioral Scientist (formerly RAND, now leading work at the American Institutes for Research). Expert in social-emotional learning, assessment, and educational measurement.

Their work spans 1 research domain on Futurecraft, Human Potential, and connects to live Question Networks, Strategic Salons, and Research-to-Reality opportunities organized around those domains.

Biography

Senior Behavioral Scientist (formerly RAND, now leading work at the American Institutes for Research). Expert in social-emotional learning, assessment, and educational measurement.

Research Domains

Key Work

  • , RAND studies on social-emotional learning measurement
  • , Research on the use of assessment data inside schools
  • , Frameworks for whole-child outcome measurement

Suggested Collaboration Questions

  • Which non-academic outcomes are we ready to measure rigorously, and which are not yet ready for high-stakes use?
  • Where does assessment improve practice, and where does it merely add reporting burden?
  • What would a measurement system look like if students were the primary intended audience?

Source Attribution

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