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