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APPENDIX
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BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARIES
Project Lead and Author, College and Career Readiness Standards
for Adult Education
Susan Pimentel
President, Susan Pimentel, Inc., Hanover, NH
Susan Pimentel is president of Susan Pimentel, Inc. and a founding partner of
Student Achievement Partners, a nonprofit devoted to accelerating student
achievement of all students by supporting effective and innovative
implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Before her
work as the lead writer of the Common Core for English Language Arts and
Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
(ELA/literacy), Ms. Pimentel was a chief architect of the American Diploma
Project Benchmarks designed to close the gap between high school demands
and postsecondary expectations. She has more than 30 years of experience in
working on standards-based education reform. Ms. Pimentel recently guided a
14-state working group in creating curriculum, improving instruction, and
enhancing learner outcomes for the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED’s)
Adult Education Content Standards Warehouse project. As lead content
developer, coach, and trainer for ED’s Standards-In-Action initiative, she
developed a series of standards-based education innovations for adult
education that have been implemented by 15 state teams. Since 2007, Ms.
Pimentel has served on the National Assessment Governing Board, an
independent, bipartisan board that sets policy for the national assessment of
education progress, and she currently serves as the Board’s vice-chairman.
She holds a J.D. and a B.S. in early childhood education, both from Cornell
University.