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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 259-270
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Much of his current work is focused on analyses of complex learning and instructional environments, including those incorporating powerful information technology tools, with the goal of better understanding the nature of student learning and the conditions that enhance deep understanding. A special concern of his research is the incorpora tion of effective formative assessment practices, assisted by technology, to maxi mize student learning and understanding.
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He served on the Committee on the Foundations of Assessment; the Committee on Development Outcomes and Assessment for Young Children; the Committee on Value-Added Methodology for Instructional Improvement, Program Evaluation, and Accountability; and the Committee on Best Practices for State Assessment Systems: Improving Assessment While Revisiting Standards. He chaired the Committee on Test Design for K-12 Science Achievement and current ly serves on the Board on Testing and Assessment.
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He is currently serving as chair of the Board on Testing and Assessment and previously was a member of the Committee on Review of Alternative Data Sources for the Limited-English Proficiency Allocation Formula under Title III, Part A, Elementary and Secondary Education Act. He has served on numerous state and national advisory committees related to educational testing, assessment, and evaluation, including the joint committee responsible for the 1999 revision of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing.
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Scott F Marion is the vice president of the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc., where his current projects include developing and implementing reform-based educator evaluation systems, designing valid ity evaluations for state assessment and accountability systems, including teacher evaluation systems, and designing and implementing high-quality, locally designed performance-based assessments.
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. He also codirects the administration of the New England Common Assessment Program science assessments and cofacilitates Rhode Island's NGSS Strategic Leadership Council.
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She is a fellow and 264 Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards
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Her main research areas are technology-enhanced assessments in science and mathematics education, item-response models with innovative item types, dynamically delivered content in e-learning, computer adaptive testing, and applications to equity studies. She recently served as a core member of the methodological group for the Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills project created by Cisco, Intel, and Microsoft; for the Oregon state task force, writing legislation for virtual public schools; as codirector of the University of California, Berkeley, Evaluation and Assessment Research Center, and for the U.S.
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, and structured English immersion classrooms. His research examines science teaching and learning for culturally and linguistically diverse students with an explicit focus on the relationship of assessment to this larger process.
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Secretary of Education for the Promising Educational Technology Award. In 1995, she received a National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellowship from President Clinton, the first science educator to receive this recognition.
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She has also worked as an independent education writer and researcher. Prior to joining the National Research Council staff, she worked on the National Assessment of Educational Progress and College Board programs at the Educational Testing Service.
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Her work has included studies on the National Assessment of Educational Progress; teacher licensure and advanced-level certification; inclusion of special-needs students and English-language learners in assessment programs; developing assessments for state and federal accountability programs in K-12 and adult education; setting standards for the National Assessment of Adult Literacy; assessing 21st century skills; and using value-added methods for evaluating schools and teachers. Previously, from 1984 to 1999, she worked at the Association of American Medical Colleges on the Medical College Admission Test where she directed operational programs and led a comprehensive research program on the examination.
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in educa tion from Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. 270 Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards
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