About Us: Our Board
Who We Are
The Center for Assessment is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded
in 1998 by Richard Hill and Brian Gong. Other professional staff include
Charles DePascale, Jenn Dunn, Karin Hess, and Scott Marion. The Center staff
bring extensive experience in all aspects of large-scale assessment and
accountability, development, operations, and policy formation. Five of the
Center staff have worked in state departments of education. Center staff
members experience includes being president of a large test development
company, state assessment director, state director of gifted education,
and director of psychometric services for a private testing company. To
date the Center has had contracts with over 25 states. Center staff have
also served in national professional organizations, on national boards,
and worked extensively with agencies including NSF, CCSSO, and the U.S.
Department of Education.
Board of Directors
The Center is guided by its Board of Trustees, which sets overall policies
and goals for the Center and advises the Center on critical issues facing
education and assessment in the United States.
Board of Trustees
| Richard Hill (Chair) |
Center For Assessment |
| Dale Carlson (Vice Chair) |
California Department of Education (retired) |
| Brian Gong |
Executive Director of Center For
Assessment |
| Ed Haertel |
Stanford University |
| Linda Mabry |
University of Washington-Vancouver |
| Mark Musick |
Former President, Southern Regional
Education Board |
| Michael Nettles |
Senior Vice President for Policy Evaluation
and Research, Educational Testing Service
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| Peter Walcek |
CFO, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital |
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