Education WOW!
National Expert to Handle Transition
of MEAP
The Michigan Department of Education has hired a nationally-recognized
expert in student assessment testing to coordinate the transition
of the Michigan Educational Assess-ment Program (MEAP) from the
Michigan Department of Treasury to the Department of Education.
Dr. Edward D. Roeber, Ph.D., former vice president for the New
Hampshire-based school assessment consulting firm Measured Progress,
serves as the Senior Management Executive of MEAP. Roeber is a
former supervisor of MEAP, having directed that program from 1976-1991.
He then served as the director of student assessment programs
for the Council of Chief State School Officers until 1998, where
he assisted states in the development of their statewide assessment
programs. Roeber has helped design national assessment tools for
special education students, workplace readiness, health education,
as well as the core academic subjects of science and social studies.
For more information, contact:
Ed Roeber, Michigan Department of Education, 608 W. Allegan St.,
P.O. Box 30008, Lansing, MI 48909, (517) 373-3324, roebere@michigan.gov.
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