Experts tapped to validate Common Core

The Common Core standards process took another step forward in late September, with the announcement of a twenty-five member panel that will immediately be tasked with reviewing and verifying the standards development process and the resulting evidence-based college- and career-readiness standards." The press release (here) gives more detail on the task, and here's the group chosen to do the validation work:

• Bryan Albrecht, President, Gateway Technical College, Kenosha, Wisconsin
• Arthur Applebee, Distinguished Professor, Center on English Learning & Achievement, School of Education, University at Albany, SUNY
• Sarah Baird, 2009 Arizona Teacher of the Year, K-5 Math Coach, Kyrene School District
• Jere Confrey, Joseph D. Moore Distinguished University Professor, William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, College of Education, North Carolina State University
• David T. Conley, Professor, College of Education, University of Oregon CEO, Educational Policy Improvement Center
• Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University
• Alfinio Flores, Hollowell Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Delaware
• Brian Gong, Executive Director, Center for Assessment
• Kenji Hakuta, Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Stanford University
• Feng-Jui Hsieh, Associate Professor of the Mathematics Department, National Taiwan Normal University
• Jeremy Kilpatrick, Regents Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Georgia
• Barry McGaw, Professor and Director of Melbourne Education Research Institute, University of Melbourne; Director for Education, OECD
• James Milgram, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
• David Pearson, Professor and Dean, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley
• Stanley Rabinowitz, Senior Program Director, Assessment and Standards Development Services, WestEd
• Lauren Resnick, Distinguished University Professor, Psychology and Cognitive Science, Learning Sciences and Education Policy, University of Pittsburgh
• Andreas Schleicher, Head, Indicators and Analysis Division of the OECD Directorate for Education
• William Schmidt, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University
• Catherine Snow, Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Christopher Steinhauser, Superintendent of Schools, Long Beach Unified School District
• Sandra Stotsky, Professor of Education Reform, 21st Century Chair in Teacher Quality, University of Arkansas
• Dorothy Strickland, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Professor of Ed., Emerita, Distinguished Research Fellow, National Institute for Early Education Research, Rutgers, The State University of NJ
• Martha Thurlow, Director, National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota
• Norman Webb, Senior Research Scientist, Emeritus, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin
• Dylan William, Deputy Director, Institute of Education, University of London