Reaching Higher - Common Core State Standards

R. James MilgramEmeritus Professor at Stanford University’s Department of MathematicsMilgram, one of the authors of the California Mathematics Standards andthe California Mathematics Framework, has worked with a number ofstates, and with the Achieve Mathematics Advisory Panel, on standards ineducation.As a member of the National Board for Education Sciences, hehas worked with the U.S. Department of Education on the math that preserviceK-8 teachers need to know and understand.David PearsonProfessor and Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University ofCalifornia–BerkeleyPearson, a literacy expert, conducts research on practice and policy inliteracy instruction and assessment. He was president of the NationalReading Conference and served on the board of directors for theInternational Reading Association, National Reading Conference, andAmerican Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, all of whichbestowed on Pearson several honors and awards for his service.Steve PophalPrincipal, D.C. Everest Junior HighStanley RabinowitzDirector of Assessment & Standards Development Services at WestEdin San Francisco, CaliforniaAt WestEd, Rabinowitz oversees program activities and directsassessment development for the Kentucky and Nevada statewideassessment programs. He also directs the WestEd/CRESST Assessmentand Accountability Comprehensive Center. He has authored papers onthe use of integrated standards and assessment systems in high-stakesstate programs and worker-training initiatives and directed the statewideassessment program for the New Jersey Department of Education.Lauren ResnickProfessor and Director of the Institute for Learning at the University of PittsburghResnick is an internationally known scholar in the cognitive science oflearning and instruction whose research involves the learning andteaching of literacy, math, and science. She is former director of theLearning Research and Development Center at the University ofPittsburgh. Resnick also co-founded the New Standards Project, a nearly10-year effort to develop performance-based standards and assessmentsthat widely influenced state and school district practices.Andreas SchleicherHead of the Indicators and Analysis Division with the Organisation for EconomicCo-operation and Development’s (OECD) Directorate for EducationSchleicher also directs OECD’s Programme for International StudentAssessment (PISA) and the Indicators of Education Systems program.She previously served as director for analysis at the Institute forEducational Research in the Netherlands. She was awarded the TheodorHeuss prize for exemplary democratic engagement in association withthe public debate on PISA.William SchmidtUniversity Distinguished Professor and Co-Director of Michigan StateUniversity’s Education Policy CenterSchmidt also co-directs the US–China Center for Research on EducationalExcellence and the Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Math and ScienceEducation Project. He has provided recommendations for internationallycompetitive K-12 math standards for Minnesota and participated in theThird International Mathematics and Science Study.Christopher SteinhauserSuperintendent of Schools for the Long Beach Unified School Districtin CaliforniaSteinhauser possesses extensive knowledge about California’s ELAstandards and their implementation across a very large school district.During his previous tenure as deputy superintendent, students in allmajor racial and ethnic groups throughout the district madeunprecedented gains on rigorous state tests.Sandra StotskyEndowed Chair in Teacher Quality at the University of Arkansas’s Departmentof Education Reform and Chair of the Sadlier Mathematics Advisory BoardStotsky has abundant experience in developing and reviewing ELAstandards.As senior associate commissioner of the MassachusettsDepartment of Education, she helped revise pre–K-12 standards. Shealso served on the 2009 steering committee for NAEP reading and onthe 2006 National Math Advisory Panel.Dorothy StricklandDistinguished Research Fellow at the National Institute for Early EducationResearch and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Chair in Education at RutgersUniversityA national expert on literacy, Strickland assisted the New JerseyDepartment of Education with developing its ELA standards for youngchildren. She has served on many national panels and task forces overher multi-decade career in education, most recently on the NationalCenter for Learning Disabilities professional advisory board and on aHead Start research and evaluation board at the U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services.Martha ThurlowDirector of the National Center on Educational OutcomesThurlow focuses on implications of contemporary U.S. policy andpractice for students with disabilities and English language learners,including national and statewide assessment policies and practices,standards-setting efforts, and graduation requirements. She hasconducted research and published extensively on assessment, learningdisabilities, early childhood education, dropout prevention, effectiveclassroom instruction, and integration of students with disabilities ingeneral education settings.Norman L.WebbSenior Research Scientist with the Wisconsin Center for Education Researchand the National Institute for Science Education, both based at the Universityof Wisconsin–Madison’s School of EducationWebb works on strategies for evaluating reform and rethinking aspectsof math and science education. He also conducts research on assessingstudents’ knowledge of math and science and aligning standards andassessments, and directs evaluations of curriculum and professionaldevelopmentprojects.Dylan WilliamDirector of the Learning and Teaching Research Center at the EducationalTesting ServiceWilliam has taught Master’s and doctorate-level courses on educationalassessment, research methods, and the use of information technology inacademic research. He served as the academic coordinator for theConsortium for Assessment and Testing in Schools, which developed avariety of statutory and non-statutory assessments for the nationalcurriculum of England andWales. He is currently exploring howassessments can be used to support learning.Catherine SnowHenry Lee Shattuck Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate Schoolof EducationAn international expert on literacy instruction, Snow has chaired severalmajor committees on literacy, has studied low-income students, and haswritten about bilingualism and its relation to language-policy issues.6