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Torie Gorges

Research Social Scientist

Torie Gorges is a research social scientist in the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International. Her evaluation experience includes work in both formal and informal learning environments and uses both qualitative and quantitative methods. Since 2005, she has been working on the formative evaluation of Build IT, a technology fluency program for middle school girls, and she had led Build IT evaluation efforts since 2006. Torie has led evaluation of the Intel Teach Getting Started program, an introductory technology course for teachers, and she worked on evaluation of Intel Learn, a community-center-based technology program for youth. Additionally, Torie has managed the Microsoft Innovative Schools Program evaluation, a multinational effort working toward school reform and integration of technology into classrooms. In 2006-2007, she co-led SRI’s evaluation of the HERO program, which aims to enable college access for low-income youth in Washington State.

Education 

• M.A., International Educational Administration and Policy Analysis, Stanford University, 2005
• B.A., Psychology, Williams College, 2000

Professional Experience 

• Research Social Scientist, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (2005-present)
• Interim Field Director, WorldTeach, Antofagasta, Chile (2004)
• GEAR UP Coordinator, East Boston High School, Boston, MA (2004)
• Academic Coordinator, Kaplan Test Prep, Waltham, MA (2003-2004)
• English Teacher, WorldTeach, El Cajón, Costa Rica (2002)
• Project Coordinator, Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Cambridge, MA (2000-2001)

Research Areas at CTL

Evaluation

Current Projects at CTL

• Build IT: Girls Building Information Technology Fluency Through Design (Staff)
• College Success Foundation (CSF) evaluations (Staff)
• Evaluation of the Microsoft Innovative Schools Program (Staff)
• InnovaTE³ Girls Innovating with Technology as Entrepreneurial Environmental Engineers (Staff)
• Knowledge Management for Program Improvement: Evaluation of the San Diego County Office of Education's Knowledge Management Systems (Leader)

Past Projects at CTL

• Educator's Knowledge Network Evaluation (Leader) ended 2007
• Evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's National High School Program ended 2006
• Oklahoma Star Schools Evaluation Project ended 2006
• Technology & Math Learning Strategic Alliance ended 2006
• TechPALS: Getting Fractions Right with Technology-Mediated Peer-Assisted Learning ended 2008

Publications

• Koch, M., & Gorges, T. (2008 February). Scaling Build IT. Presented at NSF’s ITEST PI Meeting, Washington, DC.
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• Shear, L. & Gorges, T. (2008, March). Knowledge management for Program Improvement: Developing and leveraging capacity at the San Diego County Office of Education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
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• Shear, L., Means, B., Mitchell, K., House, A., Gorges, T., Joshi, A., Smerdon, B., & Shkolnik, J. (2008) "Contrasting Paths to Small School Reform: Results of a 5-year Evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s National High Schools Initiative." Teachers College Record, 110(9), p. 1986-2039.
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• Michalchik, V., Sussex, W., & Gorges, T. (2007). Intel^® Learn Program evaluation findings. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• SRI International. (2007). "I think it makes me not give up on dreams. What students say about HERO." Interim Report for College Success Foundation. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Koch, M. (2006) Build IT curriculum. Featured in Consumers Guide to After School Science Resources at http://www.sedl.org/cgi-bin/mysql/afterschool/science.cgi?location=search&show_resource_id=45
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• Koch, M. et al. (August, 2006). Build IT: Girls Developing Information Technology Fluency through Design. Annual Report Year 1. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Gorges, T. (2005). Teaching to the test? A comparison of two high schools’ responses to mandated testing. Presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Stanford, CA.
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