Analyst,
Comisión para el Desarrollo y Uso del Sistema de Medición
de la Calidad de la Educación (Commission for the
Development and Use of the System for Educational Quality Measurement)
convened by the Minister of Education, Chile. Providing
analysis and testimony for the use of this special commission
entrusted with recommending educational testing policy for Chilean
primary and secondary education. August – December, 2003.
Panel Member, Quality Enhancement Review – Pilot Training
Program on National Assessment. The World Bank Institute,
The World Bank. Serving on panel in formative evaluation
of the WBI training program to support the development of educational
assessment in South East Asia, Africa and Latin America. April
21 and 22, 2003.
Evaluation policy specialist, Basic Education Policy and Support.
United States Agency for International Development –
Dominican Republic Mission. Serving as principal specialist
to USAID for development of evaluation plan to study interventions
in the education sector: including the Falconbridge Foundation
School Sponsorship Program (a private foundation of a Canadian
mining company), the Global Food for Education Initiative (a project
of the US Department of Agriculture), and a new USAID School Sponsorship
Program. April, 2001 – present.
Evaluation policy specialist, Basic Education Policy and Support.
United States Agency for International Development –
Dominican Republic Mission. Serve as principal specialist
in USAID technical assistance to the Dominican Secretariat of
Education, charged with drafting specification for technical assistance
project to create and consolidate a reliable system for educational
data collection, validation, and information dissemination for
the Dominican Republic. April, 2001 – present.
Evaluation policy specialist, Grupo de Análisis para
el Desarrollo (Group of Analysis for Development – GRADE),
Perú. Member of multinational team of specialists assisting
this Non-Governmental Organization in providing support to the
Ministry of Education in the area of assessment and indicators
policy. Summer 1998 – Winter 2002.
Lead analyst, Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo
(Group of Analysis for Development – GRADE), Perú.
Leader of team of analysts convened by this Non-Governmental Organization
to prepare a policy analysis for the Ministry of Education of
Perú examining options in the development of standards
and evaluation policy within the context of educational reforms
resulting from the restoration of democratic government. October,
2001.
Evaluation and curriculum policy team specialist, United
States Agency for International Development - Honduras Mission.
Served as member of interdisciplinary team in summative review
of a five-year 12.5 million-dollar program of assistance to Honduran
basic education. Also charged with evaluating Honduran education
sector issues and laying out options and recommendations for new
USAID strategic objective in the area of assistance in evaluation
and curriculum policy. June 17 – July 21, 2000.
Educational research specialist, Unidad de Currículum
y Evaluación (UCE – Curriculum and Evaluation Unit),
Ministry of Education, Chile. In charge of training personnel
in Chile in curriculum analysis methodologies, and responsible
for preparation of Chilean national report benchmarking mathematics
and science curricula in 4th and 8th grades with curricula of
38 other nations. Summer 1999.
Curriculum governance specialist, Grupo de Análisis
para el Desarrollo (Group of Analysis for Development –
GRADE), Perú. Leader of team of consultants convened
by this Non-Governmental Organization to prepare and analysis
brief for the Ministry of Education of Perú to assist in
the development of evaluation policy for a newly established level
of secondary-education, a 2-year final level called the Bachillerato.
July and August, 1999.
Analyst, National Governors’ Association, Center for
Best Practices, Education Policy Studies Division. Authored
policy brief for meeting of National Governors’ Association
concerning policy implications of the Third International Mathematics
and Science Study, July 1998.
Analyst, Unidad de Desarrollo Curricular y Recursos Educativos
de Educación Secundaria (Curriculum and Educational
Resources Unit for Secondary Education), Perú. Providing
assistance in evaluation of curriculum standards policies associated
with reform of secondary education. Additionally, assisted in
design of research and evaluation plans for verification and enhancement
of reform curriculum. May 16 – 23, 1998.
Analyst, Technical Secretariat, Educational High Council,
Chile (Secretaría Técnica, Consejo Superior
de Educación, CSE). Assisting CSE staff in their mandate
to review curriculum standards, programs of study, and educational
evaluation policies proposed by the Ministry of Education. November,
1997 – 1998.
Analyst and external evaluator, Ministry of Education of
Ecuador and United Nations Office for Project Services. Conducted
assessment of evaluation policy related to first national educational
assessment effort in Ecuador, a component of a basic education
quality and equity project directed toward the urban poor (EB
/ PRODEC) financed by the World Bank. Also aided in design of
a new program of educational opportunity research sponsored by
the Ministry in the areas of Mathematics and Reading Comprehension.
November 1997.
Team specialist in evaluation policy, The World Bank. Supervisory
Mission, Chile: Primary Education Improvement Project and Secondary
Quality Improvement Project. Advisor on curriculum, quality
assurance mechanisms, and secondary education strategy in the
context of Chilean concerns with global competitiveness. Delivered
lectures on evaluation and curricula at the Universidad Católica
de Chile as part of this mission. May 1997.
Analyst, The World Bank. Conducted three-month study
of evaluation standards for Mathematics and Biology school-leaving
examinations in Middle East and North Africa. September - November,
1996.
Consultant, Chicago Board of Education, Division of Research
Evaluation and Planning, Bureau of Program Evaluation. September
1989 - June 1990.
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