Who We Are

The Gordon Commission is a group of outstanding educational leaders who will produce a vision for assessment that is fair and beneficial to improving U.S. education and which will advance technology to improve educational measurement and student achievement.

The members of the Gordon Commission are distinguished scholars in the fields of education sciences, psychometrics and public policy, and thoughtful leaders in the arena of public affairs.

J. Lawrence Aber

Distinguished Professor of Applied Psychology and Public Policy, Department of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University

Bruce M. Alberts

Editor in Chief, Science Magazine; United States Envoy; Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco

John Bailey

Director, Dutko Worldwide

Eva Baker

Distinguished Professor of Education, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies; Director, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)

Randy Elliot Bennett

Norman O. Frederiksen Chair in Assessment Innovation, Research & Development Division, Educational Testing Service (ETS)

John T. Behrens

Director of Networking Academy Technology Strategy & Learning Systems Development at Cisco

Ana Mari Cauce

Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Earl R. Carlson Professor of Psychology, Professor of American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington

James Paul Gee

Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies
Arizona State University

Linda Darling-Hammond

Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Co-Director School Redesign Network (SRN), Stanford University School of Education

Louis M. Gomez

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information

Kenji Hakuta

Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Stanford University School of Education

Irving Hamer

Deputy Superintendent of Academic Operations, Technology & Innovation, Memphis City Schools

Frederick M. Hess

Resident Scholar and Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Andrew Ho

Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III

President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Michael E. Martinez

Professor, Department of Education, University of California, Irvine

Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton

Associate Professor, Psychology Department, University of California, Berkeley

Robert Mislevy

Frederic M. Lord Chair in Measurement and Statistics, ETS

Jim Pellegrino

Liberal Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor, Co-Director of Learning Sciences Research Institute, Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago

Diane Ravitch

Research Faculty, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University

Lauren Resnick

Senior Scientist, Project Director, Learning Research and Development Center, Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Pittsburgh

Charlene Rivera

Research Professor and Executive Director, The George Washington University, Center for Equity and Excellence in Education

Ezekiel Dixon-Román

Assistant Professor of Social Policy and Education, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania Director of the Latino Social Service & Policy Initiative

Lorrie A. Shepard

Dean and University Distinguished Professor, School of Education, University of Colorado at Boulder

Lee Shulman

President Emeritus, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Emeritus, School of Education, Stanford University

Elena Silva

Senior Policy Analyst, Education Sector

Claude Steele

Dean, School of Education, Stanford University

Shael Polakow-Suransky

Chief Academic Officer and Senior Deputy Chancellor
New York City Department of Education

Ross Wiener

Executive Director, Education and Society Program, The Aspen Institute

Governor Robert Wise

President, Alliance for Excellent Education

Constance M. Yowell

Director of Education, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

CHAIRMAN
Edmund W. Gordon

John M. Musser Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Yale University, Richard March Hoe Professor of Psychology and Education, Emeritus, Teachers College, Columbia University