Thomas Guskey

Thomas Guskey, is a graduate of the University of Chicago's renowned Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistical Analysis (MESA) Program. Prior to his appointment at the University of Kentucky he served as Director of Research and Development for the Chicago Public Schools, and later became the first Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning, a national educational research center. Dr. Guskey is on the Editorial Board of The Elementary School Journal, The NASSP Bulletin, Journal of Research on Professional Learning, and Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice.

He co-edits the Experts in Assessment Series for Corwin Press and has been featured on the National Public Radio programs, "Morning Edition" and "Talk of the Nation." He also served on the Policy Research Team of the National Commission on Teaching & America's Future, on the Task Force to develop the National Standards for Staff Development, and recently was named a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association, one of the Association's highest honors.

At the University of Kentucky, Dr. Guskey has served as Special Assistant to the Chancellor, Department Chair, Faculty Council President, and Director of the Office of Educational Research and Development. He also has been a Visiting Professor at 10 other universities in the U.S., a Distinguished Visiting Professor at universities in Australia and New Zealand, and as Co-Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Assessment at Georgetown College. A frequent speaker at national conferences, Dr. Guskey has served as consultant to educators throughout the U.S., as well as in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe. He is included in the National Staff Development Council's Leaders in Staff Development, and is the only person to have won twice the Council's prestigious "Book of the Year Award" and three times the "Article of the Year Award."

Dr. Guskey's publications include 17 books, 33 book chapters, and over 200 journal articles and professional papers. His most recent books include Practical Solutions for Serious Problems in Standards-Based Grading (2009), The Principal as Assessment Leader (2009), The Teacher as Assessment Leader (2009), Benjamin S. Bloom: Portraits of an Educator (2006), How's My Kid Doing? A Parents' Guide to Grades, Marks, and Report Cards (2002), Developing Grading and Reporting Systems for Student Learning (2001), and Evaluating Professional Development (2000). His course offerings center on research and evaluation design, quantitative analysis techniques, and educational reform and change.

Dr. Guskey holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from Boston College, and a B.A. in Physics from Thiel College.