SARAH ENTERLINE ROCH, PhD

Research and Data Practice Lead

Sarah Enterline Roch is Mission & Data’s Research and Data Practice Lead in which she manages the Data Team and its portfolio of projects. She also oversees the firm’s survey projects for client schools, provides institutional research and data governance consulting and coaching, and collaborates in building interactive data visualizations.

Sarah has led research teams that spanned across the United States and delivered services to states, higher education institutions, public school districts, and charter and independent elementary and secondary schools. She has empowered education leaders to think and act strategically, implement new models and programs, make data-informed decisions, measure a variety of latent traits (e.g., teaching for social justice, student wellbeing/thriving), recruit and market to prospective families, and engage communities. Her methods of program assessment, survey design, and program evaluation have been adopted and cited across the United States and beyond.

Sarah is a Board Member for the Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE) and Immediate Past-President of the New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO). She is a 2025-2026 Fellow with the Center for Institutional Research in Independent Schools (CIRIS). Sarah received her degree from Boston College, in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation, as one of the youngest Ph.D. graduates of the institution, and founded the Office of Assessment and Accreditation at the Lynch School of Eduction and Human Development at Boston College.

A performing artist at heart, Sarah danced and taught ballet for much of her life, has sung in many choirs, and is the proud composer of her independent school’s alma mater. She lives in Northboro, MA with her spouse and two children.