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Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 95-100

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... Previously, he worked in the U.S. government in the area of defense and intelligence and as a vice president at Personnel Decisions Research Institutes.  His research and development work has been in the areas of assessing critical skills in national security settings (e.g., cyber, foreign language)
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From page 96...
... is on the staff of the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, where she directs measurement-related studies designed to inform education policy. 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; setting standards for the National Assessment of Adult Literacy; assessing 21st-century skills; and using value-added methods for evaluating schools and teachers.
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... He is a recipient of the Lindquist Award for career contributions from the American Educational Research Association, the Samuel J Messick Memorial Lecture Award from the International Language Testing Association, and a Career Contributions Award and four annual awards for technical contributions from the National Council on Measurement in Education.
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From page 98...
... He has written and published widely on issues related to foreign and secondlanguage teaching methodology, as well as teaching and testing of second language listening and oral communicative competence. He is a recipient of the award for best article in language testing by the International Language Testing Association for "Video Listening Tests: What Are They Measuring?
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... at Michigan State University and codirector of the university's SLS Eyetracking Lab. She teaches assessment for classroom and research purposes and individual differences in second language acquisition.
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