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Michael J Feuer Faculty Member
Positions
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Affiliation
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
- It’s Not the Test That Made Them Cheat 2013
- STEM Education: Progress and Prospects. National Academy of Engineering. 2013
- Critical Mess. Harvard Education Press blog. 2012
- Pulling Rank 2012
- Measuring Accountability When Trust Is Conditional 2012
- No Country Left Behind: Notes on the Rhetoric of International Comparisons of Education. Princeton: ETS. 2012
- Answering Auschwitz: Primo Levi’s Science and Humanism After the Fall. New York: Fordham. 2011
- Politics, Economics, and Testing: Some Reflections. Midwestern Educational Researcher. 2011
- The Real S and T Crisis. Huffington Post. 2011
- ’Simple’ Reform Questions, But No Easy Answers 2011
- Rating Teacher Education: A Fork in the Road. The Blog of Harvard Education Publishing. 2011
- “Rating Teacher Education? A Fork in the Road,” in Voices in Education. Harvard Education Press blog. 2011
- Externalities of Testing: Lessons from the Blizzard of 2010. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives. 2010
- Rules for Remembrance. Poetica Publishing. 2010
- Science Advice as Procedural Rationality: Reflections on the National Research Council. Minerva. 2010
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book
- Moderating the Debate: Rationality and the Promise of American Education. Cambridge: Harvard Education Press. 2006
- Uncommon Measures: Linkage and Equivalence of Educational Tests. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 1999
- Transitions in Work and Learning: Implications for Assessment. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 1998
- Testing in American Schools: Asking the Right Questions. Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 1992
- Integrity Testing for Pre-employment Screening and Selection. U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. 1990
- Power On: New Tools for Teaching and Learning. Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 1988
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chapter
- Commentary: Disciplined Education Policy Research. Handbook of Education Policy Research. 2009
- Future Directions for Educational Accountability: Notes for a Political Economy of Measurement. The Future of Test-based Educational Accountability. 2008
- Linking Tests and Democratic Education. Measurement and Research in the Accountability Era. 2005
- The National Academies. The Encyclopedia of Education. 2002
- The Controversy over the National Assessment Governing Board Standards. Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2001. 2001
- Social Policy and Intelligence. Encyclopedia of Intelligence. 1994
- Firm-Financed Education and Specific Human Capital: A Test of the Insurance Hypothesis. Market Failure in Training? New Economic Analysis and Evidence on Training of Employed Adults. 1992
- A Goal Focusing Approach to Manpower Planning in Graded Organizations. Work, Organizations and Technological Change. 1982
presentations
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presentation
- The Global Context of Practice and Preaching: Do High-Scoring Countries Practice What U.S. Discourse Preaches?, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, The George Washington University 2012
- No Country Left Behind: Notes on the Rhetoric and Reality of International Educational Comparisons, Educational Testing Service 2011
- Research for Practice: Comments, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh 2009
- Research and Policy: Lessons from the Beltway, Bard College at Simon’s Rock 2008
- Rational Education: An Oxymoron?, school of education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2007
- Education Policy and Science in the US: Reflections on the National Academy of Sciences, Rothberg School for Overseas Students, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2006
- Policy and Science: Can we Talk?, American Institutes for Research colloquium series, Washington, DC 2006
- Origins and Purposes of the Evidence Movement in Education Research, Mandel Institute, Jerusalem 2005
- How Can Research and the Accumulation of Knowledge Improve the Quality and Potential Returns to Investments in Education?, Israel Academy of Sciences and the Initiative for Applied Education Research, Jerusalem 2005
- Bridging the Gap: Assessment in Support of Instruction, Israel Academy of Sciences and the Initiative for Applied Education Research, Jerusalem 2004
- Policy Analysis after 20 Years, keynote speech, awards luncheon, Wharton School Public Policy and Management, University of Pennsylvania 2004
- The Science of Rationality and the Rationality of Science: Reflections on the Future of Education Policy and Research, Harvard University Graduate School of Education 2004
- Continuous Improvement in Education Research, Initiative for Applied Education Research, Israel Academy of Sciences, Jerusalem 2004
- Testing and Naturalization: Principles for Consideration, United States Senate 1996
- Standardized Tests and the Improvement of Education, United States Senate 1995
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Service
reviewer of
- American Education Research Journal (Journal)
- Harvard Education Press (Journal)
- Minerva (Journal)
- Queens College, CUNY (Journal)
- Review of Educational Research (Journal)
- Science (Journal)
- Spencer Foundation (Journal)
professional service activities
- National Academy of Education President 2013 -
- National Academy of Education Other 2003 -
- American Jewish Congress, National Capital Region President 1997 -
- Murch Elementary School (DC Public Schools), PTA Vice-President 1990 -
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Background
education and training
- BA degree in English/Journalism, Queens College, CUNY
- Graduate studies degree in Classes in politics, literature, international relations, Hebrew, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- MA degree in Public Management, University Of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
- Ph.D. degree in Public Policy Analysis, University Of Pennsylvania, School of Public and Urban Policy, 1980
awards and honors
- Government Affairs Committee American Association for the Advancement of Science, conferred by None, 2006
- Group Staff Recognition Award, conferred by National Research Council, 1999
- Blue Pencil Award, conferred by None, 1992
- First Place, Student Paper Competition, conferred by Institute of Management Sciences, 1980
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Public Management Researcher, conferred by None, 1980
- U.S. Department of HEW Fellow, conferred by None, 1978
- Samuel S. Fels Fellow, conferred by U. Pennsylvania, 1977
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Contact
full name
- Michael J Feuer
mailing address
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Dean's Office GSEHD
2134 G St NW 206
Washington, DC 20052
USA
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