Adam Kho
Professor of Educational Policy Studies & Evaluation
Adam Kho is an Associate Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation. His research focuses primarily on using quantitative methods to examine both the intended and unintended consequences school accountability and reform efforts including school choice and school turnaround, teacher workforce issues, and school improvement strategies. He currently serves as the Program Director for the Educational Research Methods & Policy Studies Master's Program and the Research Methods in Education Graduate Certificate Program.
Kho’s research has been funded by organizations such as the William T. Grant Foundation, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). His work has been published in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA), Education Finance and Policy (EFP), the Journal of Educator Human Resources (JEHR), and American Educational Research Journal (AERJ). Kho is also an affiliate of the Tennessee Education Research Alliance and the Los Angeles Education Research Institute. He currently serves as the AERA Division L Section Co-Chair for Policy Implementation, Analysis, and Impact and Program Chair for the AERA Charters and School Choice SIG. He previously served as chair of the AERA Innovative School Transformation and Reform SIG and co-chair of the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) LGBTQ+ Scholars Community Group.
Prior to the University of Kentucky, Kho was an Assistant Professor in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. He received his PhD from Vanderbilt University. He previously taught high school mathematics and served as an instructional coach at an alternative school in Atlanta, Georgia.