Re-purposing Educational Measurement to Better Serve Human Learning

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2:00-3:30 p.m. E.T., March 19, 2025

Join us for a special 90-minute conversation featuring 2024 McGraw Prize winner Dr. Edmund W. Gordon and some of the leading researchers working on educational assessment today.

Dr. Gordon, Director Emeritus of the Gordon Institute for Advanced Study at Teachers College, Columbia University, pioneered using data and evaluation to improve equity in education. He served as the first Director of Research and Evaluation for the federal Head Start program. His work and mentorship have influenced generations of researchers and education leaders.

This webinar is one in a series presented by Catalyst @ Penn GSE featuring winners of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize for Education. Together, Catalyst and the McGraw Prize are advancing innovation in education through a growing array of programming. This live virtual event will be recorded.

Dr. Gordon will discuss the evolution of educational measurement and how a new approach can benefit learners and society with moderator Eric Tucker, President of the Gordon Commission Study Group, and a group of distinguished scholars:

• Dr. Eva Baker, Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA
• Dr. Madhabi Chatterji, Professor of Measurement, and Evaluation, Teachers College, Columbia University
• Dr. Neil Kingston, Distinguished Professor of Education Psychology at Kansas University
• Dr. Roy Pea, a 2022 McGraw Prize winner and Professor of Education and Learning Sciences at Stanford University
• Dr. Stephen Sireci, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

For more than three decades, the McGraw Prize in Education has recognized outstanding individuals deeply committed to harnessing innovation in education to improve the lives of learners worldwide.