Education professional with outstanding interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
CTB McGraw-Hill	(Confidential)	1/2005 - 10/2005
Merriam-Webster, Inc.	(Confidential)	5/1999 - 2/2000
National Evaluation Systems, Inc.	(Confidential)	1/1994 - 4/2004
Educational Testing Service	(Confidential)	7/1991 - 4/1992

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
University of Pennsylvania	Philosophy	1993	Doctorate Degree
Albion College	Philosophy	1978	Bachelor Degree

Highlights:

Over fifteen years of experience in managing editorial and scoring projects with consistently increasing responsibilities in staff training, client needs analysis, presentation, group negotiation, and systems development and implementation.Doctoral degree in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania (1993).Fulfillment of all requirements except the dissertation for a doctorate in Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania (1982).Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, with a minor in Germanic languages from Albion College (1978).CTB McGraw-Hill, Monterey, CA. (2005)Consultant Test Developer/Content EditorPrimarily responsible for editing assessments of reading and writing skills for the tenth-grade MCAS (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) test.National Evaluation Systems, Inc., Hadley, MA. (1994-2004) Scoring Director/Chief ReaderPrimarily responsible for planning and supervising large-scale performance assessment scoring sessions for state departments of education, developing scorer training programs, leading scorer training activities, monitoring scorer performance to ensure that scorers remain calibrated to proper standards, and applying quality control measures to the performance assessment scoring process. Managed large-scale test development and performance assessment scoring projects for eight client state departments of education (California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oklahoma, Texas). Designed scoring rubrics for performance assessments in a variety of media. Consulted with programmers on the design of scoring software. Planned and participated in marker-paper selection conferences. Project Editor/Test Development SpecialistPrimarily responsible for writing and editing criterion-referenced certification tests in twenty different certification subject areas. Facilitated test item review and standard-setting conferences. Managed development of numerous styles of certification test for teachers of languages other than English. Managed development of certification tests in a wide variety of subject areas, including educational administration, general pedagogy, and business.Merriam-Webster, Inc., Springfield, MA. (1999-2000) Consulting EditorPrimarily responsible for writing, editing, and cross-referencing over three hundred articles for Merriam-Webster’s New Collegiate Desk Encyclopedia (2000: Merriam-Webster, Inc.).Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.(1991-1992) Content Editor/Test Development SpecialistPrimarily responsible for developing multiple-choice items in reading comprehension, logical reasoning, and analytical reasoning for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), and the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).

Companies I like:

Educational Testing Service, Merriam-Webster, McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, Center for Applied Linguistics, Defense Language Institute, Harcourt Education, Vantage Learning

P&L responsibilities
Presentation
Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts.
Technology Solutions
Sales Support
Software Implementation
Requirements Analysis & Specification
Leadership

• Writing
• Editing
• Teaching
• Test Development
• Research

As scoring director at National Evaluation Systems, Inc., I acquired extensive experience in virtually every phase of holistic performance assessment scoring: designing scoring systems and software; managing large-scale scoring sessions; applying quality control to scoring processes; facilitating standard-setting activities; editing performance assessments and scoring rubrics. I also served for six years as chief reader for the MTEL Communication and Literacy Skills Test and facilitated the scoring of written and oral responses to open-ended questions in nearly every certification subject area. As project editor at National Evaluation Systems, Inc., I was responsible for the development of criterion-referenced tests in numerous certification subject areas (including over fifteen different languages) for eight client state departments of education. My work as project editor helped me hone my project management skills and provided me with valuable experience in writing and editing a wide range of educational materials to ensure their alignment both with state and national curriculum frameworks and with teacher performance standards.