New commissioner for education evaluation and regional assistance
Posted on: Friday, 7 November 2003, 06:00 CST
In September, Phoebe Cottingham became the commissioner of the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
The center, which is part of the Institute of Education Sciences, conducts studies of the impact of federal education programs and distributes information on their effectiveness through the What Works Clearinghouse. The Institute of Education Sciences was established by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and includes the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Center for Education Research.
The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance includes the National Library of Education and the Education Resources Information Center, known as ERIC.
Cottingham was previously the senior program officer for domestic public policy at the Smith Richardson Foundation, where she developed priorities and strategies to fund innovative projects on school reform and early childhood education. She has also served as associate director of the Rockefeller Foundation's Equal Opportunity Program, where she was responsible for overseeing projects dealing with minority single parenting, community-based employment programs and child care policy.
Cottingham has a bachelor's degree in political science from Pennsylvania State University and a master's and Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
"Phoebe Cottingham is taking on the vital mission of determining what works in education and translating that information so that it will enhance policy and practice," says Education Sciences Director Grover (Russ) Whitehurst. "She is uniquely qualified for the task before her, and I am delighted that she has agreed to be commissioner and look forward to working with her to transform education into an evidence-based field."
Copyright Association for Career & Technical Communications Oct 2003
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