HONORS AND CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Annually requested by the Department of Education to be a Peer Reviewer for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) state applications, Teaching American History (TAH) grants, Enhanced Assessment Grants (EAG), Ready To Learn (RTL) grants, State Assessment Grants, and Investing in Innovation (I3) grants
  • Invited presenter at Standards and Assessment Conference, National School Conference Institute, Las Vegas, NV
  • Invited Peer Reviewer for Accreditation on Assessment and Evaluation, Lincoln Public Schools, Lincoln, NE
  • Invited presenter at Effective Schools Conference, National School Conference Institute, Phoenix, AZ
  • Invited panelist at Knowledge Transfer session at National Council for Educational Statistics, Washington DC
  • Invited panelist for No Child Left Behind public forum, League of Women Voters, Ashland and Bayfield Counties (WI)
  • Considered by clients to be knowledgeable, flexible, and creative with strong inter-personal skills
  • 43 years in program evaluation in education and health services, test development in education and employment services, assessment training in education, and marketing research and product management in for-profit business
  • 9 years experience as president and founder of Herrick Research LLC
  • Deep practical experience in blending qualitative and quantitative methodologies into a unified, meaningful, and utilization focused feedback and reporting to clients to inform decision making
  • Broad experience in using experimental and quasi-experimental designs
  • Broad experience in survey design and focus groups