Grant Clayton, PhD

Dr. Clayton is a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. He brings an extensive background in K-12 schools prior to joining UCCS. His research interests include education policy, post-secondary readiness, teacher preparation, curricular innovations, the teaching and learning cycle, and causal methods.

• Ph.D. University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• M.A. University of Denver
• B.A University of Texas

• CURR 4800/5800 School, Society, and Diversity
• LEAD 5700 Introduction to Research and Statistics
• SPED 5090 Applied Research Project
• TED 4790 Secondary Curriculum, Instruction, and Evaluation

• Martinez, S. L. M., Witkowsky, P., & Clayton, G. (In Press). Non-traditional student perceptions of collegiate inclusion. Journal of Continuing Higher Education.
• Carpenter, D. M., & Clayton, G. (2014).  Measuring the validity of the relationship between self-efficacy and math performance among first generation college-bound middle school students.
• Mendez, S. L. M., Clayton, G., Hernandez, N., & Elsey, S. (2014). Walking the walk: Student expectations of faculty in the classroom. Understanding and Dismantling Privilege, 4(1) 1-47.

Non-Refereed

• Winters, M. A., Carpenter, D. M., & Clayton, G. (2015). Heading for the Exits: Comparing Characteristics of Leavers from Charter Schools to Traditional Public Schools in Denver Public Schools. Colorado Springs, CO: Center for the Study of Government and the Individual.
• Winters, M. A., Carpenter, D. M., & Clayton, G. (2015). Choices, Choices: Determining Significant Predictors of Choosing a School and Choosing Charters in Denver’s Universal School Enrollment Program. Colorado Springs, CO: Center for the Study of Government and the Individual.

Conference Proceedings

• Clayton, G., Winters, M.A., Ecks, G.B. (April, 2016). What if they don’t come? Early evidence from the opt-out movement. Schools Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Denver, CO
• Carpenter, D. M., Winters, M.A., & Clayton, G. (April, 2016). Choosing charter schools in Denver. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Washington DC.
• Carpenter, D. M., Winters, M.A., & Clayton, G. (April, 2016). Participation in the Denver Public Schools common enrollment system. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of The Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
• Clayton, G., Erjavec, P. (November, 2015). Transfer student production from Colorado community colleges: The effect of math remediation. The annual meeting of the Association for Higher Education, Denver, CO.
• Clayton, G., Anderson-Pence, K.L., & Kaka, S. (October, 2015). Using Video- Based Coaching with Pre-Service Teachers. New Perspectives in Mentoring, Albuquerque, NM.
• Clayton, G., & Clayton, C. D. (July, 2015). The next ACT: Using ACT for writing placement Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Council of Writing Program Administrators, Boise, ID
• Clayton, G. & McGuire, P. (May, 2015). The CAEP crusaders: Navigating the accreditation waters as a UTeach replication site. UTeach Annual Conference, Austin, TX.
• Clayton, G., Winters, M. A., & Carpenter, D. M. (April, 2015). Pushed out? Who leaves and who stays: Characteristics of Students Exiting Charter Schools Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Washington DC
• Clayton, G., & Clayton, C. D. (April, 2014). An investigation into the effects of the Colorado Concurrent Enrollment statute. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
• Clayton, G., & Clayton, C. D. (March, 2014). A regression discontinuity study of the effect of post-secondary writing remediation at a land-grant university. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, San Antonio, TX.
• Clayton, G., & Clayton, C. D. (Oct, 2013). An investigation into advanced English course placement using ACT scores. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Association for Institutional Research, Salt Lake City, UT.
• Harmon, C., Jirous, J., Khaliqi, D., & Clayton, G. (July, 2013). The effect of career and technical education participation on postsecondary success. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the Colorado Association of Career and Technical Education, Pueblo, CO.
• Clayton, G. (April, 2013). The experiences of female, first-year, secondary school administrators in at-risk schools. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
• Martinez, S. L. M., Hernandez, N., Clayton, G., & Elsey, S. (April, 2013).The role of faculty in diversity and inclusiveness efforts: Results of a campus inclusiveness survey. Paper presentation at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)
• Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
• Association for Institutional Research (AIR)

• Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the protection of Human Subjects
• Member Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Board
• Member Assessment and Accreditation Committee, Member