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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members and Speakers
Pages 49-54

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... She also worked on a variety of job training and social safety net programs at OMB, as well as cross-agency data access and evidencebuilding policy issues. She has a bachelor's degree from Evergreen State College and a master's degree in public administration from the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington.
From page 50...
... JUDITH GUERON (Member, Steering Committee) is an independent scholar in residence and president emerita at MDRC, a nonprofit organization involved in designing interventions, evaluating programs, and providing technical assistance for social programs using strict research standards.
From page 51...
... REBECCA MAYNARD (Member, Steering Committee) is on the faculty of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, where she previously directed the university's predoctoral training program in interdisciplinary methods for field-based education research.
From page 52...
... Prior to being deputy director she served as commissioner of the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. Her work at IES included reorienting the federal regional educational laboratories network toward research-practice partnerships, increased the reach of the What Works Clearinghouse through improvements in dissemination and communication, and oversaw federal evaluations.
From page 53...
... , where he was responsible for managing data collection and statistical operations, developing administrative records, publishing statistical reports, and coordinating and implementing comprehensive statistical program plans. He also previously served as acting director of the DOJ's National Institute of Justice, as assistant director for homeland security and justice at the U.S.
From page 54...
... Previously, he was the first director of the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, which received a citation from the Office of Management and Budget for having "transformed the quality and rigor of education research within the Department of Education and increased the demand for scientifically based evidence of effectiveness in the education field as a whole." He also served previously as chair of the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and academic vice president of the MerrillPalmer Institute.


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