Bart Liguori is the research division manager in the Office of Education Accountability (OEA) within the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (LRC). The OEA research division is tasked with implementing the research agenda for the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee within Kentucky's General Assembly. Among other topics, the OEA study agendas have included topics in school funding; career and technical education; preschool and full-day kindergarten; state funding to higher poverty schools; homeschooling; and school attendance. Since 2017, OEA publications have been awarded four Notable Document Awards from the National Conference of State Legislatures and three Certificates of Impact. Prior to joining LRC in 2016, Dr. Liguori was a senior research analyst in the office of strategic planning and research (OSR) at the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE). At KDE, Dr. Liguori oversaw several KDE research initiatives, including measuring Teacher Effectiveness and how to best close the achievement gap among students at all grade levels. He was brought to KDE through the Strategic Data Project Fellowship at Harvard University. Dr. Liguori received his Ph.D. in Sociology at Cornell, where he conducted research on the role of high stakes testing on teacher behavior. Prior to earning his doctorate, Dr. Liguori was a physics and chemistry teacher in the New York City Public Schools.