As a Research Associate with the Research-Practice Partnerships team and with the Regional Educational Laboratory West (REL West) at WestEd, Min Huang performs quantitative research to improve practice and policy in education.
Huang focuses on policy and program evaluation, data management, applied statistics, and research methodology. His research interests include college readiness, English Learners, and how to improve student outcomes.
Huang is working in several REL West Research Alliances to help state and district agencies understand mathematics course-taking trajectories in middle grades and high school; patterns of completion of rigorous courses in high school; and the progress and achievement of English Learners.
He has co-authored numerous reports that have been published and disseminated nationwide to education stakeholders, including administrators and policy analysts.
Prior to joining WestEd in 2007, Huang worked on health-related research and worked in an education institute in China.
He received a BE in marine navigation from Dalian Maritime University in Dalian, China, and an MPH in biostatistics from State University of New York at Albany.