A Framework and Principles for International Comparative Studies in Education (1990) / Chapter Skim
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Biographical Sketches of Board Members and Staff
Biographical Sketches of Board Members and Staff
Pages 36-42
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Prior to joining Whittaker, he was associated with the Raytheon Company for IS years, lastly as senior vice president. He is the former chair of the California Business Roundtable Task Force on Education.
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Board on international Comparative Studies in Education and is a member of the Committee on National Statistics at the National Research Council. He is president-elect of the American Association of Public Opinion Research and is a fellow of the American Statistical Association, the international Statistical Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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He has served as vice president of the American Educational Research Association and currently edits that organization's journal, Educalional Evaluation and Policy Analysis. He has been honored as an Alfred North Whitehead postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, visiting fellow at the department of educational studies of Oxford University, and in 1990 was named as the American Education Research Association's first senior fellow.
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His research interests are in survey design and methods with emphasis on cost-effective ways to improve data quality. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Statistical Association, which he has served as vice president, and a member of the international
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He has served as a member of several boards, commissions, and committees of the National Research Council. Among his recent publications are several that focus on differential trends in U.S.
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His involvement in international assessment dates from 1972 when he received a Spencer Fellowship at Stockholm University for analysis of data collected by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. His most recent field research has dealt with primary school effectiveness issues in Burundi.
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His current work is In the areas of international research and educational evaluation. He is currently an individual member of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement and serves as chair of its editorial committee ant} member of its technical advisory committee and steering committee for the computers in education project.
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