Scott Marion

Scott Marion, Ph.D., Executive Director of the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, is a national leader in conceptualizing and designing innovative and balanced assessment systems and accountability reform to support instructional and other critical uses. Dr. Marion is a member of the National Academy of Education and serves on the National Assessment Governing Board, overseeing the National Assessment of Educational Progress. He coordinates and/or serves on ten state or district Technical Advisory Committees (TAC) for assessment and accountability.

His research focuses on validity, implementing balanced assessment systems, and conceptualizing the instructional usefulness of assessments. Dr. Marion co-edited the recently published Reimaging Balanced Assessment Systems and co-authored UnderstandingInstructionally Useful Assessments. Dr. Marion is a co-author of the validity chapter in the forthcoming volume of Educational Measurement and has published dozens of articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. Scott received a Ph.D. from the University of ColoradoBoulder with a concentration in Measurement and Evaluation.

Contact: smarion@nciea.org