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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 86-92

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From page 86...
... March, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, has served on the National Science Board, on the National Council of Educational Research, and on advisory bodies for the National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the National Research Council. He holds Ph.D.
From page 87...
... degree in physical chemistry is from Princeton University. Baker has served on numerous national commissions and advisory bodies concerned with science, technology, and education, including the President's Science Advisory Committee, the National Science Board, the National Science Board, and the National Commission on Excellence in Education.
From page 88...
... She is a past president of the American Quaternary Association and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
From page 89...
... MICHAEL A GUILLEN teaches mathematics and physics in the Core Curriculum Program at the Harvard University Science Center.
From page 90...
... SAMUEL MESSICK is vice president and distinguished research scientist at the Educational Testing Service, Inc., and adjunct professor of psychology at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Bis research has been concerned with psychometrics, test validity, problems in human assessment, and cognition and personality.
From page 91...
... Previously, she served as study director for committees concerned with the evaluation of educational programs and the assessment of scientific research. From 1914 to 1978, she was associate director of the National Institute of Education, in charge of programs to disseminate and apply research results to education; before that she was a senior researcher at the Rand Corporation and, for 10 years, a program official in science education at the National Science Foundation.
From page 92...
... Previously, he was education study director at the COSMOS Corporation and at James Lowry and Associates, where he conducted a national study of magnet schools. He received a B.A.


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