Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., sitting next to the committee’s ranking member Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., listen to testimony during a hearing looking at ways to fix the No Child Left Behind law, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Alexander said he is open to discussion on whether the federal government should dictate standardized testing or leave it up to states. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
 

More than 500 education researchers around the country have signed an open letter to Congress and the Obama administration about how the No Child Left Behind law should be rewritten, saying that they “strongly urge departing from test-focused reforms that not only have been discredited for high-stakes decisions, but also have shown to widen, not close, gaps and inequities.”

Congress is now taking up a rewrite of NCLB, the current version of the Elementary and Secondary School Act (which was supposed to be rewritten in 2007), and the House education committee has already approved legislation that retains an NCLB requirement of annual standardized testing from grades 3-8 and once in high school.  The standardized testing-focused reforms at the center of NCLB have been controversial, and the law is seen now as being severely flawed.

The letter, which educational researchers can sign by Feb. 20, references a policy memo written by Kevin Welner, director of the National Education Policy Center, an attorney and a professor education policy at the University of Colorado Boulder; and William J. Mathis, managing director of the center and a former Vermont superintendent. Here is the unannotated version, and you can find the fully annotated memo here, at the National Center of Education Policy website. The policy memo says in part:

Today’s 21-year-olds were in third grade in 2002, when the No Child Left Behind Act became law. For them and their younger siblings and neighbors, test-driven accountability policies are all they’ve known. The federal government entrusted their educations to an unproven but ambitious belief that if we test children and hold educators responsible for improving test scores, we would have almost everyone scoring as “proficient” by 2014. Thus, we would achieve “equality.” This approach has not worked.

Yet over the past 13 years, Presidents Bush and Obama remained steadfastly committed to test-based policies. These two administrations have offered federal grants through Race to the Top, so-called Flexibility Waivers under NCLB, School Improvement Grants, and various other programs to push states, districts, and schools to line up behind policies that use these same test scores in high-stakes evaluations of teachers and principals, in addition to the NCLB focus on schools. The proposed new Teacher Preparation Regulations under Title II of the Higher Education Act now attempt to expand the testing regime to teacher education programs. These expansions of test-driven accountability policies require testing even beyond that mandated by NCLB.

Not surprisingly, current debates over the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), of which NCLB is the most recent iteration, now center around specific assessment issues such as how many tests should be given and which grades should be tested, as well as the respective roles of state and federal governments. Largely lost in these debates is whether test-based accountability policies will produce equitable educational opportunities through substantially improved schooling. This NEPC Policy Memo explains why they will not. Instead, we argue that as a nation we must engage in a serious, responsible conversation about evidence-based approaches that have the potential to meaningfully improve student opportunities and school outcomes.

Here is an open letter to Congress and the Obama administration from more than 500 educational researcher across the country:

Dear Members of Congress and the Obama Administration:

We are researchers and professors in colleges, universities, and other research institutions throughout the United States with scholarly and practical expertise in public education, including education policy, school reform, teaching and learning, assessment, and educational equity. As Congress revises and reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, we strongly urge departing from test-focused reforms that not only have been discredited for high-stakes decisions, but also have shown to widen, not close, gaps and inequities. The current reauthorization provides an historic opportunity to leverage federal resources to address the deeper and more systemic problems with strategies that research has compellingly demonstrated to be far more effective in improving the educational opportunities and success of all students, particularly those in highest need. Specifically, we write to endorse the concerns, analyses, and recommendations in the recently released policy memo from the National Education Policy Center, “Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Time to Move Beyond Test-focused Policies,” which is available online at http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/esea.

The following researchers endorse the NEPC memo, as of February 13, 2015. Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only. The signature list on this page will be updated daily. Your name will not appear immediately upon signing on. Total number of signers to date: 406

Contact Person: Kevin Kumashiro, Dean, University of San Francisco School of Education, kkumashiro@usfca.edu

Aimee LaPointe Terosky, Faculty, Saint Joseph’s University

Al Schademan, Associate Professor, CSU Chico

Alan Singer, Faculty, Hofstra University

Alan Young, Resource Teacher/Project Manager-JCPS Educator Growth System, Jefferson County Public Schools/Jefferson County Teachers Association (KY)

Alex Molnar, Research Professor, University of Colorado Boulder

Alicia A Bower, Graduate Student/Assistant, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Alisa Leckie, Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University

Amanda Moreno, Assistant Professor, Erikson Institute

Amy Boelé, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver

Amy Brown, Ph.D., Faculty, University of Pennsylvania Critical Writing Program

Amy Frederick, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin River Falls

Amy Levin, Professor, California State University, Northridge

Amy Millikan, Director of Clinical Education, San Francisco Teacher Residency

Anaida Colon-Muniz, Associate Professor, Chapman University

Andrea Gelfuso, Faculty Researcher, University of Central Florida

Andrea Hyde, Associate Professor, Western Illinois University

Anita Fernández, Faculty/Director, Prescott College

Anita S. Charles, Dir of Teacher Education, Bates College

Ann Bracken, Lecturer, University of Maryland

Ann Schulte, Professor, California State University, Chico

Anna Lou Herzer, Independent Researcher, None – Independent

Anna O. Graeber, Faculty/Associate Professor Emeriti, University of Maryland

Anna O. Soter, Professor Emerita, The Ohio State University

Anne E Campbell, Associate Dean and Director TESOL and Bilingual Education Programs, Fairfield University

Annette M. Daoud, Professor, California State University, San Marcos

Annie Adamian, Adjunct Faculty, CSU-Chico

Anthony Costa, Director of Field Experiences, Fairfield University

Anthony J. Moss, Researcher / Data Analyst, Kansas State Dept. of Education

Anthony Kenneth Tufie Francis, Assistant Professor of Teacher Development, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan

Antonette Aragon, Associate Professor, Colorado State University

Arshad I. Ali, Assistant Professor, George Washington University

Barbara Adams, Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Barbara Ferman, Professor of Political Science, Temple University

Barbara Garii, Dean, CEIT, LIU-Post

Barbara McClanahan, Associate Professor, Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Barbara Morgan-Fleming, Professor, College of Education, Texas Tech University

Barbara Torre Veltri, Associate Professor, Northern Arizona University

Beatriz Quintos, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Maryland

Benjamin C. Herman, Assistant Professor of Science Education, University of South Florida

Beth Graue, Sorenson Professor of Childhood Studies, University of Wisconsin Madison

Betsy Gilliland, Assistant Professor, University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa

Bette J. Shellhorn, Associate Professor, Eastern Michigan University

Bettina Mileur, Teacher/Researcher, UAA

Bill Rosenthal, Associate Professor, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY

Brad Alan Biggs, Assistant Professor, California State University Fullerton

Bradley Porfilio, Associate Professor, California State University, East Bay

Brandelyn Tosolt, Associate Professor, Northern Kentucky University

Brandon S. Diamond, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Miami

Bree Picower, Faculty, Montclair State University

Brian Horn, Assistant Professor, Illinois State University

Bruce J. Biddle, Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri

Bruce Marlowe, Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Education, Roger Williams University

Bryan Ripley Crandall, Assistant Professor, Director of Connecticut Writing Project-Fairfield, Fairfield University

Bryan, Faculty, Portland State University

Burcu Ates, Faculty, Sam Houston State University

C.J. Pascoe, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon

Carie Green, Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Carol Burris, Principal and NEPC Fellow, South Side High School

Carol Caref, Researcher, Chicago Teachers Union

Carol M. Pate, Ed.D., Faculty researcher, La Salle University

Carolina Napp-Avelli, Clinical faculty, University of Maryland

Carolyne J. White, Professor, Rutgers University-Newark

Carrie Anna Courtad, Assistant Professor, Illinois State University

Carrie Semmelroth, Lecturer, Boise State University

Casey D. Cobb, Associate Dean, Neag School of Education

Cassondra Gendron, Adjunct Faculty, Supplemental Instruction Coordinator, Westfield State University

Catherine Lugg, Professor, Rutgers University

Catherine M. Koehler, Faculty, Southern Connecticut State University

Cathy Coulter, Associate Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage

Charles Timothy Dickel, EdD, Professor of Education (Counseling and Educational Psychology), Creighton University

Charles Timothy Dickel, EdD, Professor of Education (Counseling and Educational Psychology)Creighton University

Chela Delgad PhD, Coliseum College Prep Academy

Christian Rewoldt, Ph.D. Candidate, Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, University of Texas at Arlington

Christian Z. Goering, Faculty, University of Arkansas

Christine Irujo, Associate Professor, Westfield State University

Christine Nganga, Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University

Christine Purkiss, Associate Professor of Teacher Education, Angelo State University

Christine Sleeter, Professor Emerita, California State University Monterey Bay

Christine von Renesse, Faculty (Associate Professor), Westfield State University

Christopher Bjork, Professor, Vassar College

Christopher C. Martell, Clinical Assistant Professor, Boston University

Christopher P. Brown, Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

Christopher Tienken, Faculty, Seton Hall University

Cindy Cruz, Faculty, UC Santa Cruz

Cindy Lutenbacher, Associate Professor of English, Morehouse College

Claire Fontaine, Adjunct Faculty, Long Island University

Colette N. Cann, Assistant Professor, Vassar College

Colette, Faculty, San Jose State University

Colleen M. Fairbanks, Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Connie North, Counselor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cristen Jenkins, Faculty, Northeastern Illinois University

Cristian Aquino-Sterling, Assistant Professor, School of Education – San Diego State University

Cynthia L. Carver, Associate Professor, Oakland University

Dan Clawson, Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Dan Hanley, Educational Researcher/Evaluator, Western Washington University

Dana A. Robertson, Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming

Dana Wright, Assistant Professor, Connecticut College

Daniel Glisczinski, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Duluth

Daniel Meier, Professor, San Francisco State University

Daniel R. Hittleman, Professor Emeritus of Literacy Education, The City University of New York/Queens

Darlene Yee-Melichar, Professor, Gerontology, San Francisco State University

Dave F. Brown, Ed. D., Educational Researcher, West Chester University, PA

David A. Raker, Ed.D, Professor of Education, Westfield State University

David F. Hemphill, Professor of Education, San Francisco State University

David Goodwin, Associate Professor, Missouri State University

David Gray Matthews, Assistant Professor, University of Memphis

David Kopperud, Education Programs Consultant, California Association of Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance

David Meens, Ph.D. Candidate and Instructor, University of Colorado Boulder

David R. Stronck, Professor, California State University, East Bay

David Spring M. Ed., Educational Researcher, Formerly University of Washington

David Stovall, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

David V. Madrigal, Supervisor, Teacher Ed., California State University, East Bay

Dawn Hunter, Professor, Director of Ph.D. Program, Chapman University

Deborah A. Brown Ed. D., Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas

Deborah Amchin, Doctoral Student/Researcher, University of the Cumberlands

Deborah L. Garvey, Treasurer & Director, Friends of African Village Libraries

Deborah L. Hanuscin, Associate Professor, University of Missouri

Deborah Walker, Grant Manager, Georgia Southern University

Denise Fleming, Professor, California State University, East Bay

Derrick Mears, Ed.S. Program Coordinator/Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction/Educational Technology, University of Arkansas

Diane Horwitz, Coordinator Education Forums, DePaul University

Diane Ketelle, Professor of Education, Mills College

Don Zancanella, Professor, University of New Mexico

Doris A Santoro, Associate Professor, Bowdoin College

Doug Holton, Associate Director, Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Douglas Cosr, Researcher, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Douglas Kaufman, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut

Douglas Larkin, Assistant Professor, Montclair State University, New Jersey

Dr. Arnold Dodge, Associate Professor/Chair, Long Island University/C.W. Post Campus

Dr. Kevin J. Miller, Professor, Chair of Exceptional Education Dept.,SUNY – Buffalo State

Dr. Randal M. Ernst, Curriculum Specialist, Lincoln Public Schools (NE)

Dr. Sandra Howard, Associate Professor, Keene State College

E. Wayne Ross, Professor, University of British Columbia

Edmund C. Short, Associate Faculty, University of Central Florida College of Education and Human Performance

Edward Haertel, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University

Elaine Mo, Assistant Professor, University of the Pacific

Elaine Pierce Chakonas, Associate Professor, Northeastern Illinois University

Elaine Radmer, Assistant Professor, Gonzaga University

Elizabeth DeMulder, Faculty, College of Education and Human Development/George Mason University

Elizabeth H. DeBray, Faculty, University of Georgia

Elizabeth J. Meyer, Assistant Professor, California Polytechnic State University

Elizabeth Kean, Professor Emerita, California State University, Sacramento

Elizabeth V Moore, Associate Professor of Practice, Northern Arizona University

Encarna Rodriguez, Faculty, Saint Joseph’s Unversity

Eric Engdahl, Faculty/Chair, California State University, East Bay

Eric Freeman, Faculty, Wichita State University

Eric Milou, Faculty, Professor of Mathematics, Rowan University

Erin Hurt, Assistant Professor, West Chester University

Erin McCloskey, Chair, Associate Professor of Education, Vassar College

Erin McNamara Horvat, Associate Professor, Temple University

Erin Ramos, Educator & Advocate, Good Shepherd Services, NYC

Ernest Rose, Professor, Loyola Marymount University

Ethan Margolis, Director of Education Leadership, University of Bridgeport

Eunsook Hong, Professor, College of Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Eva Travers, Prof. Emerita, Swarthmore College

Evan Sterling, Researcher, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Eve Tuck, Associate Professor of Educational Foundations, State University of New York at New Paltz

Faith Boninger, Researcher, University of Colorado Boulder

Federico R. Waitoller, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

Florence R. Sullivan, Faculty, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Forrest W. Parkay, Professor, Educational Leadership, Washington State University

Frances Julia Riemer, Professor, Northern Arizona University

Francine Hultgren, Professor and Chair, University of Maryland

Francisco Rios, Dean, Western Washington University

Frank Adamson, Senior Policy and Research Analyst, Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education

Frank Bernt, Professor, Saint Joseph’s University

Frank M Bernt, Professor and Chair, Teacher Education Department, Saint Joseph’s University

Gail Sunderman, Senior Research Scientist, College of Education, University of Maryland

Gary Galluzzo, Professor, George Mason University

Gene V Glass, Researcher, Arizona State University

George Lipsitz, Faculty, University of California, Santa Barbara

George Yonge, Professor emeritus, University of California @ Davis

Gil Naizer, Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce

Giselle Abed, Associate Director, Career Center, Westfield State University

Grace Maes, Lecturer Teacher Education, CSU EASTBAY

Graciela Slesaransky-Poe, Professor and Dean, Arcadia University

Gregory J. Marchant, Professor of Educational Psychology, Ball State University

Grisel Y. Acosta, Assistant Professor, Bronx Community College-City University of New York

Gustavo E. Fischman, Professor, Arizona State University

Guy Senese, Professor, Northern Arizona University

Hans Brügelmann, Professor, University of Siegen/ Germany

Heather Hickman, Adjunct Faculty, Lewis University

Heather Lattimer, Assoc. Professor & Chair, University of San Diego

Heinz-Dieter Meyer, Associate Professor, SUNY Albany

Helen Berg, Faculty, Sam Houston State University

Ingrid Seyer-Ochi, Faculty, Mills College, School of Education

IRMA OLMEDO, ASSOC. PROF. EMERITA, U. ILLINOIS-CHICAGO

Isabel Nunez, Faculty, University of San Francisco

Jaekyung Lee, The Graduate School of Education, The University at Buffalo, SUNY

James Bucky Carter, Ph.D., Independent Scholar, Formerly of Washington State University, Pullman, and the University of Texas at El Paso Dean, The Graduate School of Education, The University at Buffalo, SUNY

James H. Nehring, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell

James MaKinster, Professor of Education, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

James Martinez, Faculty/Assistant Professor, Valdosta State University

James P. Burns, Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University

James R. King, Faculty, University of South Florida

Jan Nespor, Professor, The Ohio State University

Jane M. Gangi, PhD, Associate Professor, Mount Saint Mary College

Jane Piirto, Trustees, Distinguished Professor, Ashland University

Janelle Scott, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley

Janet E. Helms, Augustus Long Professor, Institute for the Study & Promotion of Race and Culture at Boston College

Janet Isbell, Assistant Professor, Tennessee Technological University

Janice Koch, Professor Emerita/ Researcher, Hofstra University

Janine Dahms Walker, Associate Professor

Jason Fitzgerald, Assistant Professor, Wagner College

Jason L. Endacott, Assistant Profesdor, University of Arkansas

Jeannie Oakes, Presidential Professor Emeritus, UCLA

Jennifer Barrett-Tatum, Assistant professor, College of Charleston

Jennifer Oloff-Lewis, Assistant Professor, CSU, Chico

Jeong-eun Rhee, Faculty, Long Island University, Post

Jeong-Hee Kim, Associate Professor, Kansas State University

Jerry Page Becker, Professor, Southern Illinois University

Jerry Rosiek, Associate Professor, University of Oregon

Jesse Wilcox, Assistant Professor, Grand View University

Jessica H. Stubbs, Ph.D., Resource Helping Teacher, St. Tammany Parish Public Schools, USM grad

Jessie B. Ramey, Visiting Scholar, University of Pittsburgh

Jim La Prad, Associate Professor, Philosophical and Social Foundations of Education, Western Illinois University

Joan C. Grim, Lecturer, University of TN, Knoxville

Joan T. Wynne, Faculty/Program Leader Urban Education, Florida International University

Joanne Healy, Asssistant Professor of Special Education, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Joanne Olson, Director, Center for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, & Engineering Education, Iowa State University

Joe Bishop, Professor, Eastern Michigan University

John E. McEneane, Professor, Oakland University

John Kohl, Retired Prof and Dean Emeritus, Montana State University

John M. Davis, Ph.D., Chair, Educational Psychology, CSU East Bay

John R. Staver, Professor of Science Education and Chemistry, Purdue University

John Wesley White, Associate Professor, University of North Florida

Jose M. Cobos, Faculty, James Logan H.S.

José Paez, Full Time Lecturer, California State University, Northridge

Joseph J. Ferrare, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky

Joseph Levine, Professor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Joyce Strand, Faculty, University of Minnesota Duluth

Judith A. Gouwens, Professor of Elementary Education, Roosevelt University

Judith Brooks-Buck, PhD, Professor, Virginia State University

Judith Calhoon, Associate Professor, College of Education, University of New Mexico

Judith Reed, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Education, Keene State College

Judy Helfand, Instructor of Humanities, Santa Rosa Junior College

Julia Sass Rubin, Associate Professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University

Julian F. Fleron, Professor of Mathematics, Westfield State University

Julian Vasquez Heilig, Professor, California State University Sacramento

Julie F. Mead, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Julie Westerlund, Associate Professor, Texas State University

June M. Robinson, Director of Special Education programs, University of St. Francis

Kaia Tollefson, PhD, Associate Professor of Education, California State University Channel Islands

Kara Mitchell Viesca, Faculty, University of Colorado Denver

Karen Cadiero-Kaplan, Professor, San Diego State University

Karen DeMoss, Faculty, Wagner College

Karen Kusiak, Faculty-Education Program, Colby College

Karen M. Wieland, Assistant Professor, Graduate Literacy Education, St. Bonaventure University

Karl Lashley, Faculty, UNC Greensboro

Karl Wheatley, Associate Professor, Cleveland State University

Kate Bielaczyc, Associate Professor, Clark University

Katherine Bertolini, Faculty-Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University

Katherine Ryan, Professor Emerita, University of Illinois at Urbana

Katherine Schultz, Dean, Mills College, School of Education

Kathleen A. Gormley, Professor, The Sage Colleges

Kathleen Crawford, Faculty, Georgia Southern University

Kathleen Nolan, Lecturer, Princeton University

Kathleen Riley, Faculty, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Kathleen Scott, Adjunct Faculty, Ashland University

Kathleen Wagner, Assistant Professor, Eastern New Mexico University

Kathy Escamilla, Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder

Kathy M. Newman, Associate Professor of English, Carnegie Mellon University

Katie Brkich, Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education, Georgia Southern University

Katie Zahedi, Assistant Professor, State University of New York, New Paltz

Katya Aguilar, Associate Professor, San Jose State University

Kay Ann Taylor, Associate Professor, Kansas State University

Keith Adolphson, Associate Professor, Eastern Washington University

Kelly Mogiefsky, Instructor, University Supervisor, California State University, East Bay

Kenneth Haar, Associate Professor, Westfield State University

Kenneth Jerich, Professor Emeritus, Illinois State University School of Teaching and Learning, College of Education, Illinois State University

Kerry Enright, Associate Professor, University of California, Davis

Kerry Kretchmar, Assistant Professor of Education, Carroll University

Kevin Brown, Richard S Melvin Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Kevin D. Finson, Faculty, Bradley University

Kevin Gary, Associate Professor, Valparaiso University

Kevin Welner, Faculty, University of Colorado Boulder

Kimberly E. Lewinski, Assistant Professor, La Salle University

Kimberly Kopfman, Researcher, George Mason University

Kris, Director of Assessment, USF College of Education

Kristien Zenkov, Associate Professor, George Mason University

Kurt Killion, Professor, Mathematics Education, Missouri State University

Kyounghee Seo, St. Cloud State University

Lacey Peters, Assistant Professor, Hunter College, CUNY

Laura Ramirez, Faculty, Concordia University

Laurel Puchner, Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Lauren Anderson, Assistant Professor, Connecticut College

Lauren Gatti, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska

Lauren Gatti, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska

Lauren Madden, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, The College of New Jersey

Laurence Parker, Faculty, University of Utah

Lawrence Baines, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, University of Oklahoma

Lawrence Blum, Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Education, University of Massachusetts Boston

Lee Anne Bell, Professor, Barnard College

Leigh Patel, Associate Professor, Boston College

Leslie P. Steffe, Research Professor, University of Georgia

Leslie Rebecca Bloom, Faculty, Roosevelt University

Lettie Ramirez, Faculty, CSU East Bay

Linda M Espinosa, Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia

Linda Valli, Faculty, University of Maryland

Lindsay Portnoy, Assistant Professor, Hunter College, CUNY, NYC

Ling Liang, Associate Professor, La Salle University

Lisa A. Escarcega, Chief Accountability/Research Officer, Aurora Public Schools

Lisa M. Jones, Ph.D., Program Evaluator, Aurora Public Schools

Lisa Martin-Hansen, Professor, Science Education, California State University, Long Beach

Lisa Zagumny, Associate dean, College of Education, Tennessee Technological University

Lloyd Komatsu, Assessment and Evaluation Coordinator, Forest Lake Area Schools

Lorena Guillen, Instructor, University of Washington

Lucia Figueras, Math Content Specialist, NYC Department of Education

Luis O.Reyes, Research Associate, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY

Luz A. Murillo, Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Lynn Gatto, Professor/Director of Elementary Education, Warner School/University of Rochester

Lynne E. Houtz, MS, PhD, Professor, Creighton University, Education Department

M Bruce King, Faculty Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison

M Cecil Smith, Professor of Learning Sciences & Human Development, West Virginia University

M. Najeeb Shafiq, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Magali Sarfatti Larson, Professor Emerita, Temple University

Maika Watanabe, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University

Makeba Jones, Faculty and researcher, UC San Diego

Makenzie Selland, Assistant Professor, Utah Valley University

Marc A. Markell, Professor, St. Cloud State University

Marcia B. Imbeau, Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Arkansas

Marco Gemignani, Associate Professor, Duquesne University

Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower, Professor and Chair, Educational Foundations and Research, University of North Dakota

Margaret Austin Smith, Instructor, University of Maryland

Margaret Gail Shroyer, Professor, College of Education, Kansas State University

Margaret Walker, Faculty, University of MD

Margo Dichtelmiller, Professor, Eastern Michigan University

Maria Hantzopoulos, Assistant Professor, Vassar College

Maria Isabel Quita, Professor, San Francisco State University

Maria José Botelho, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Mariana Souto-Manning, Associate Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University

Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Cawthorne Professor of Teacher education for Urban Schools, Boston College

Marilyn Grave, Associate Professor, Teacher Education, University of Minnesota Crookston Professor, Director of Ph.D. Program, Chapman University

Mark Nagasawa, Assistant Professor, Erikson Institute

Mark Stern, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Studies, Colgate University

Marla King Robertson, Researcher, University of North Texas

Martina Nieswandt, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Marvin Lynn, Dean, School of Education, Indiana University South Bend

Mary Ann Wallace, Assistant Professor, Secondary Education, McNeese State University

Mary Beth Noll, Professor, St. Cloud State University

Mary DeKonty Applegate, Professor and Researcher, St. Joseph’s University

Mary Inglis Burke Givens, Faculty, The University of Alabama

Mary Yee Ed.d, Candidate and Research Assistant, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education

Marya Levenson, Professor of the Practice in Education, Brandeis University

Maureen P Hogan, Associate Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Meg Callahan-Steckley, Associate Professor, Nazareth College

Meg J. Petersen, Professor, Plymouth State University

Megan Hopkins, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University

Mel Freilicher, Lecturer, University of California San Diego

Merril Simon, Faculty, California State Univ., Northridge

Meta Van Sickle, Professor, College of Charleston

Michael J. Carter, Assistant Professor, California State University, Northridge

Michael K. Barbour, Director of Doctoral Studies, Sacred Heart University

Michael McVey, Associate Professor, Eastern Michigan University

Michael P. Clough, Professor of Science Education, Iowa State University

Michael Svec, Associate Professor, Furman University

Michele Dornisch, Associate Professor, Long Island University

Michele S. Moses, Faculty, University of Colorado Boulder

Michelle Jewett, Faculty, Central NM Community College

Michelle Proctor, Department Chair – Education, The College of Lake County

Michelle Reidel, Associate Professor of Social Studies Education

Michelle Renee, Associate Director/Adjunct Assistant Professor, Annenberg Institute for School Reform Brown University , Georgia Southern University

Miguel Zavala, Assistant Professor, California State University, Fullerton, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA

Mindy Legard Larson, Associate Professor of Education, Linfield College

Mitchell J. Chang, Professor, UCLA

Moreen Carvan, Director of Assurance for Learning (Admin), Marian University Wisconsin

Morgan V Lewis, Research Scientist, Retired, Ohio State University

Morna McDermott, Professor, Towson University

Nancy Dulberg, Professor of Education, Saint Mary’s College of California

Nancy Flanagan Knapp, Associate Professor, University of Georgia, College of Education

Nancy S. Niemi, Professor and Chair, University of New Haven

Natalia Smirnov, Doctoral Student/Researcher, Northwestern University

Nathan Taylor, Assistant Professor, Robert Morris University

Nelly Stromquist, Professor, University of Maryland

Nicholas D. Hartlep, Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations, Illinois State University

Nikola Hobbel, Associate Professor, English Education, Humboldt State University, California

Noah A. Rubin, Director of Elementary Education, Wellesley College

Norman A Stahl, Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University

Patriann Smith, Faculty Researcher, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Patricia A. Whang, Professor, CSU Monterey Bay

Patricia A. Woodward-Young, Professor, Simpson College

Patricia Burch, Associate Professor, University of Southern California Rossier School of Education

Patricia Donohue, Assistant Professor and Researcher, San Francisco State University

Patricia H. Hinchey, Professor of Education, Penn State

Patricia Irvine, Associate Dean, San Francisco State University

Patricia McGuire, President, Trinity Washington University

Patricia Morrell, Professor, University of Portland

Patricia Stall, Professor, California State University San Marcos

Patrick Henry Smith, Associate Professor Bilingual Education and Literacy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Patrick Pritchett, Visiting Assistant Professor, Amherst College

Paul C. Gorski, Associate Professor, George Mason University

Paul L. Thomas, Associate Professor, Faculty Director First Year Seminars, Furman University

Paul Tractenberg, Board of Governors Public Service Professor of Law, Director, Institute on Education Law & Policy, Rutgers University-Newark

Penelope Earley, Professor, Education Policy, George Mason University

Pete Farruggio, Associate Professor, Bilingual Education

Peter C. Cormas, Assistant Professor, California University of Pennsylvania

Peter Jones, Director, Institutional Effectiveness, California Institute of Integral Studies, University of Texas Pan American

Peter McLaren, Distinguished Professor in Critical Studies, Chapman University

Peter Pereira, Professor Emeritus, DePaul University

Peter Smagorinsky, Distinguished Research Professor, The University of Georgia

Peter Taubman, Faculty, Brooklyn College

Philip P. Patterson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Special Education, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Phillip Harris, Executive Director, Association for Educational Communication & Technology

Pradeep M. Dass, Director, Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Northern Arizona University

Preston D. Feden, Faculty, LaSalle University

Priscilla Sanville, Associate Professor, Lesley University

R. Clarke Fowler, Professor and Chair, Salem State University

Rachel Lambert, Assistant Professor, College of Educational Studies, Chapman University

Rafael Gomez, Independent Researcher, Family & Education Research on Achievement

Raymond R. Isola, Ed.D, Retired Principal, Independent Writer & Researcher, San Francisco Unified School District

Rebecca T. Barber, Faculty Associate, Arizona State University

Regina Figueiredo-Brown, Assistant Professor, East Carolina University

Rhea Settles, Ed.D, Clinical Faculty, California State University, East Bay

Richard L. Allington, Professor of Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee

Richard R. Valencia, Faculty, University of Texas at Austin

Richard Strot, Faculty, Baylor University

Rob Erwin, Associate Professor, College of Education, Niagara University

Rob Linne, Professor, Adelphi University

Robert D Hannafin, Dean, Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions, Fairfield University

Robert L Jarvis, Ph.D., Administrator, University of Pennsylvania

Robert L. Blomeyer, Jr. Ph.D., Retired Ed. Researcher & Teacher Educator, Senior Research Associate @ NCREL

Robert M Gray, PhD, Faculty/Administrator, University of South Alabama

Robert McEntarffer, Assessment/Evaluation Specialist, Lincoln Public Schools

Roberta Ahlquist, Professor, Faculty, San Jose State University

Robin Marion, Faculty, Westfield State University

Robin R. Jones, Retired Faculty, University of South Florida

Rose Marie Codling, Faculty, College of Southern Maryland

Rosemarie Michaels, Assistant professor, chair of Elementary Teacher Preparation, Dominican University of California

Roxana Marachi, Associate Professor of Education, San Jose State University

Ruchi Agarwal- Rangnath, Adjunct Professor, San Francisco State University

Ruth Burkett, Associate Professor of Science Education, University of Central Missouri

Ruth Kermish-Allen, Executive Director, Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance

Ruth Powers Silverberg, Faculty, City University of New York College of Staten Island

Ruthann Kurth-Schai, Professor & Chair, Educational Studies, Macalester College

S. Maxwell Hines, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Winston-Salem State University

Samantha Frizzell, Faculty, Westfield State University

Samuel D. Rocha, Faculty, University of British Columbia

Sandra Mathison, Professor, University of British Columbia

Sandra Torrence, Faculty, Westfield State University

Sandy Grande, Chair, Associate Professor, Connecticut College

Sarah Hochstetler, Assistant Professor of English Education, Illinois State University

Sarah Kondratuk, Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University

Sarah La Belle, Staff/Student, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Sergio M. Pesqueira Jr., Assistant Director, Department of Educational Leadership, Loyola Marymount University

Seth A. Parsons, Associate Professor, George Mason University

Sharon Dole, Faculty/Professor, Western Carolina University

Sharon Merritt, Asst. Professor, Director, Master of Arts in Teaching, Fresno Pacific University

Shawgi Tell, Associate Professor of Education, Nazareth College

Sheri Leafgren, Associate Professor/Teacher Education, Miami University

Sherry Sanden, Assistant Professor, Illinois State University

Shirin Vossoughi, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

Siddharth Lodaya, Admin Asst, Westfield State University

Skyler Wiseman, Faculty, Washington University in St Louis

Sonia M. Rosen, Faculty, Arcadia University School of Education

Soonhyang Kim, Assistant Professor, Pace University

Sophia Tatiana Sarigianides, Associate Professor of English Education, Westfield State University

Sophie Degener, Associate Professor, Reading & Language, National Louis University

Stacy Olitsky, Assistant Professor, Saint Joseph’s University

Stephanie Jones, Professor, College of Education, The University of Georgia

Steve Cohen, Senior Lecturer in Education, Tufts University

Stuart Chen-Hayes, Associate Professor, CUNY Lehman College

Sumer Seiki, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of San Francisco

Sunita Mayor, Associate Professor, West Chester University, PA

Suresh Appavoo, Dean for Diversity and Equity/Associate Professor of Education, Dominican University of California

Susan Auerbach, Professor, CA State University, Northridge

Susan F. Bohrer, PhD, Faculty, UC Merced

Susan K. Brown, Faculty, Georgia Southern University

Susan M Moore, Clinical Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder

Susan M. Luppino, Visiting Instructor, Westfield State University

Susan Ohanian, Researcher, New England Society for the Study of Education

Susan P. Maude, Associate Professor, Iowa State University

Suzann Girtz, Assistant Professor, Gonzaga University Educational Leadership, St Cloud State University

Suzanne Ehst, Associate Professor of Education, Goshen College

Sylvia Blake, Dean and Chief Operating Officer, Long Island University Hudson Campuses

Sylvia Y. Sanchez, Associate Professor, George Mason University

Tanya Velasquez, Faculty, University of Washington Tacoma

Teresa Wanser, Psychometrician, Lincoln Public Schools, Nebraska

Theresa Catalano, Faculty, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Theresa Montaño, Professor, CSU Northridge

Thomas Nelson, Associate Professor, University of the Pacific

Thomas Newkirk, Professor of English, University of New Hampshire

Thomas W. Bean, Faculty & Graduate Program Director, Old Dominion University

Timothy G. Larrabee, Associate Professor, Oakland University

Timothy J. Cook, Professor of Education, Creighton University

Timothy J. Voskuil, Coordinator, Calhoun ISD

Tina Trujillo, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley

Tirza Wilbon White, Faculty, University of Maryland, College Park

Toby Daspit, Associate Professor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Tom Meyer, Director, Hudson Valley Writing Project & Associate Professor Secondary Education, SUNY New Paltz

Tomás Galguera, Professor, Mills College

Tomas R Giberson, Associate Professor, Oakland University

Trudy Knowles, Professor, Westfield State University, Westfield, MA

Uma M. Jayakumar, Assistant Professor, University of San Francisco

Vicki Bartolini, Ph.D., Chair, Professor of Education, Wheaton College, MA

Victor L. Willson, Head and Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University

Victoria Gillis, Endowed Chair of Excellence in Literacy, University of Wyoming

Vilma Seeberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services

Virginia Mary Lea, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stout

Vladimir G. Ivanovic, Trustee, Los Altos School District

Vonzell Agosto, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida

Wendy Kohli, Professor of Educational Studies and Teacher Preparation, Fairfield University

Westry Whitaker, Assistant Professor, University of North Georgia

William G. Wraga, Professor

William J. Mathis, Researcher, University of Colorado Boulder, College of Education, University of Georgia

William Sandoval, Professor

Yael Wyner, Assistant Professor/Secondary Education, City College of New York

Yen Yen Woo, Associate Professor, Long Island University, C.W.Post

Yurimi Grigsby, Faculty, Concordia University Chicago

Zeynep Ercan, Faculty/Associate Professor, Rowan University

Zoe Burkholder, Associate Professor of Educational Foundations, Montclair State University