Susan M. Brookhart, PhD, is professor emerita in the School of Education at Duquesne University and an independent educational consultant and author based in Los Angeles, California. She was the 2007–2009 editor of
Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice and is currently an associate editor of
Applied Measurement in Education. She is author or coauthor of 20 books and more than 80 articles and book chapters on classroom assessment, teacher professional development, and evaluation. She has been named the 2014 Jason Millman Scholar by the Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness and is the recipient of the 2015 Samuel J. Messick Memorial Lecture Award from ETS/TOEFL. She also works with schools, districts, regional educational service units, universities, and states doing professional development. Brookhart received her PhD in educational research and evaluation from The Ohio State University, after teaching in both elementary and middle schools.
Alice Oakley cofounded Education Resource Group (ERG) in 2004. Its mission is to provide high-quality staff development services that promote the growth of all learners. A lifelong educator, Oakley has taught elementary, middle, and high school classes including science, social studies, and English language arts. She was also a curriculum facilitator at the school level and then moved to the district office to be part of the formative assessment team. Since cofounding ERG, Oakley has coached adults and led professional development in a variety of settings in preK–12 education. As a National Board Certified Teacher, she has developed materials for classroom teachers, instructional leaders, administrators, and parents on a variety of academic topics, instructional methods, and human behaviors. Oakley has a bachelor's degree in early and middle grades education from Radford University and a master's degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
