As a Research Associate in WestEd's Comprehensive School Assistance Program, Jaime González services low-performing schools and districts. His responsibilities include managing the collection and organization of student achievement data and drafting summative reports critical to the School Assistance and Intervention Teams (SAIT) and District Assistance and Intervention Teams (DAIT) programs.

He has experience in creating and maintaining database systems that help program directors and managers use longitudinal data as a means to chronologically detail schools and districts achievement by identify trends, educational needs, and measure performance. González also assists with conducting professional development trainings, facilitating workshops and focus groups, and conducting a variety of site-based interviews and classroom observations.

Currently, González is assisting with the management of WestEd’s award-winning school improvement website, SchoolsMovingUp. This is an interactive based website that centers on providing resources to help education professionals make sound decisions and take action in their school reform efforts. He is also the original developer of WestEd’s Schools and Districts Database, an online database that identifies schools and districts where WestEd has provided, or are providing, services. It is centered on facilitating communication and coordination among WestEd staff who work with schools and districts across the country, and will help staff with identifying and articulating the impact of WestEd's collective work.

Additionally, González works on small to large-scale program evaluations encompassing a variety of evaluation designs as well as content areas. He is currently a part of a team of evaluators that is evaluating the Minnesota Department of Education Refugee Subgrants Program (RSIG) and Pearson Opening the World of Learning Program (OWL) programs. The RSIG study focuses on researching the quality and impact of the Refugee Subgrants and school grants in seven districts located throughout the state of Minnesota. The OWL evaluation centers on conducting a multiple state evaluation of the effectiveness and impact of the Opening the World of Learning (OWL) early literacy program on children’s early literacy development. Evaluation responsibilities include conducting local site interviews, focus groups, classroom observations, and drafting summative reports.

Previously, González worked on the Region XI Northern California Comprehensive Assistance Center, where he assisted with the development and implementation of literacy workshops and school site observations based on the Reading Success Network, Secondary Literacy Support Network, and the Reading Excellence Act projects.

Prior to joining WestEd in 2001, González was an English as a second language teacher in South Korea. He also worked for the Migrant Education Program at the U.S. Department of Education and the California Department of Education.

González received a BA in government from California State University, Sacramento and an MA in education from California State University, Dominguez Hills.