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Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
Pages 117-122

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... Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, she directed research on the validity and use of largescale accountability and selection tests. As a senior program officer at the National Research Council, she directed research on the role of licensure tests in improving teacher quality, codirected the congressionally mandated evaluation of NAEP, and worked on the evaluation of the Voluntary National Tests.
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... in economics from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he received postdoctoral training in cognitive psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.  BRIAN GONG is senior associate and cofounder of the Center for Assessment, a nonprofit organization that provides technical assistance around assessment and accountability primarily to states, districts, and related organizations, including the Council of Chief State School Officers and the U.S.
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... Previously, he served held various positions at Educational Testing Service (ETS) , where he served as NAEP social studies coordinator, NAEP development director, NAEP executive director, and cognizant corporate officer for NAEP.
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... This software includes automated essay scoring, short-answer scoring, automated speech scoring, and an engine that detects disturbing content in student responses. In this and previous work, she has contributed to the design, research, and use of multiple automated scoring engines including equation scoring, essay scoring, short answer scoring, alert detection, and dialogue systems.
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... JOHN WHITMER is senior fellow in data science with the Federation of American Scientists. In this position, he works on activities to implement data science into operational programs, expand data access and usability, and support the creation of an ongoing data science fellowship program at the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S.
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