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Daniel Koretz, Professor of Education

Harvard University

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Daniel Koretz focuses his research primarily on educational assessment, particularly as a tool of education policy. His recent work has included studies of the validity of gains in high-stakes testing programs, the effects of testing programs on schooling, the assessment of students with disabilities, international differences in the influences on mathematics achievement, and characteristics of racial/ethnic differences in performance. His currently funded research focuses on new methods of evaluating progress in high-stakes testing programs and changes in the achievement gap as children grow older. Koretz is associate director of the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), a collaborative effort of several universities and research organizations funded by the U.S. Department of Education. He is also a member of the Board on Testing and Assessment of the National Research Council. Koretz's work experience includes three years of teaching emotionally disturbed students in public elementary and junior high schools. Koretz holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University

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