Tom Guskey

[Note: Tom will be presenting at the HOPE Foundation How Schools Work events in and Ithaca, NY and Washington D.C..]

Tom Guskey is an expert in evaluation design, analysis, and educational reform. He is an education consultant who has worked with educators in all 50 states, Europe, and Asia, and is currently scheduled to present at the HOPE Foundation How Schools Work event series in 2012.

Dr. Guskey has served as Director of Research and Development for the Chicago Public Schools and as the first Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning, a national educational research center. He is on the Editorial Board of the Elementary School Journal and has served on the Task Force to Develop the National Standards for Staff Development and on the Policy Research Team of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future.

 Dr. Guskey is the author/editor of 12 books and over 100 articles. He is the only person to have twice won the National Staff Development Council's prestigious Book of the Year Award. He has also won the NSDC's Article of the Year Award three times.

Guskey's most recent books on standards, assessment, grading, and mastery learning include:

• Benjamin Bloom: Portraits of an Educator (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006)
• How's My Kid Doing? A Parent's Guide to Grades, Marks, and Report Cards (Jossey Bass, 2002)
• Developing Grading and Reporting Systems (Corwin, 2001)
• Implementing Student-Led Conferences (with J. Bailey) (Corwin, 2001)
• Comprehensive School Reform (with Block & Everson) (Kendall/Hunt, 1999)
• Implementing Mastery Learning (2nd ed.) ( Wadsworth, 1997)
• Communicating Student Learning (Association for Supervision and Curricular Development, 1996)
• High Stakes Performance Assessment (Corwin, 1994)