R&L Education
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John Sabatini is a Senior Research Scientist in the Research & Development Division at Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ. His research interests and expertise are in reading literacy development and disabilities, assessment, cognitive psychology, and educational technology. He is the principal investigator of an Department of Education funded grant to develop pre-K -12 comprehension assessments.
Tenaha O'Reilly is currently a Research Scientist at Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey. His research interests include a variety of topics relating to reading comprehension, metacognition, background knowledge and summative assessment.
Elizabeth R. Albro is acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Her research interests and expertise include the development of reading and language in school settings, as well as the use of findings from cognitive science in education practice. She has spent the past decade overseeing research programs in the areas of reading and writing and cognitive science at the National Center for Education Research.
Our Nation’s goal of becoming a nation of proficient readers requires high quality teaching and useful assessments in every classroom. Our reading tests too often have driven out instruction because our teachers are not trained to use these tools to advance the learning and development of their students. “Measuring Up” offers the needed content for a successful professional learning community opportunity for America’s teachers to break out and to sustain strong advances in their students’ reading performance.
— Pascale D. Forgione, Formerly Austin, TX Superintendent of Schools and Delaware State Superintendent, now Executive Director, The Center for K-12 Assessment and Performance Management, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ