Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

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Mary Shelley is a research associate at the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. She has constructed and managed data systems, and has conducted statistical programming and analysis for evaluations of government programs and public policy research projects for over 10 years.

The Philadelphia SchoolStat Model

Submitted by on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 20:00

Philadelphia’s SchoolStat is a case study of the adaptation of a successful management model, CompStat, developed over a decade ago by new York City’s Police Department. The model has since been adapted by various city agencies in new York; by cities, such as Baltimore’s CitiStat; and by some state governments, such as Maryland’s new StateStat. The School District of Philadelphia is one of the most prominent early efforts to adapt this model to improving the management and performance of schools.

Research Associate
University of Pennsylvania The Jerry Lee Center of Criminology
48 McNeil Building 3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6286
United States
746-5071

mshelley@sas.upenn.edu

Mary Shelley is a research associate at the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. She has constructed and managed data systems, and has conducted statistical programming and analysis for evaluations of government programs and public policy research projects for over 10 years.

Shelley currently oversees data analysis and systems development for the Center’s partnership with the Children and Youth Division of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services. Shelley developed the multi-level data and reporting system that provides monitoring and analysis of the performance-based contracting system for foster care providers. She currently serves as part of the Center’s team working to develop and implement data-driven, performance-based models for other parts of the city’s dependent care system.

Prior to joining the staff of the Jerry Lee Center, Shelley was a research associate at the Urban Institute for four years, where she served as the lead programmer on a number of crime- and corrections-related projects. Shelley holds a B.A. in economics and government from Cornell University and an M.A. in geography from the University of Maryland.