Eli Pristoop is the director of attainment analytics in the Carnegie Foundation’s Evidence and Improvement Lab. In this role, Eli collaborates closely with school system partners in gathering and using evidence to deepen our understanding of competency-based models for secondary education, improve attainment, and reduce inequities through the effective implementation of student success systems. 

Before joining the Carnegie Foundation, Eli was a director on the education team at Alvarez & Marsal and prior to that served as a senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and as a data analyst at The Education Trust. Eli spent time working for homeless services organizations in New York City as a GED-prep teacher, case manager, and as the waterfront director at the nation’s first sleep-away summer camp designed to serve kids experiencing homelessness.

Eli holds master's degrees from The Columbia University School of Social Work and The Jewish Theological Seminary of America.