Jennifer Broussard is the Director of Accountability Research and Evaluation Activities within the Division of Research and Analysis at the Texas Education Agency. Jennifer has been with the agency since 2009 and has more than 20 years of professional experience in designing, conducting, and managing program evaluations in the field of education research. She is responsible for overseeing four technical units within the division that are responsible for the development of data files for state and federal accountability reporting; the execution of federal and state grant program evaluations; short- and long-term research studies; and the production of evaluation and research reports, statistical reports, and web products. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas where she studied psycholinguistics and applied research methods.