The National Academy of Education (NAEd) announced today that seventeen exceptional education scholars are elected to membership in the Academy. 

The new members, listed here, are leading researchers and educators with wide ranging expertise: 

Randy Bennett, Educational Testing Service
Robert Q. Berry, University of Virginia
Richard Durán, University of California, Santa Barbara
Susan Dynarski, Harvard University
Andy Hargreaves, Boston College
Nancy Jordan, University of Delaware
Irwin Kirsch, Educational Testing Service
Okhee Lee, New York University
Zeus Leonardo, University of California, Berkeley
Ernest Morrell, University of Notre Dame
Jennifer O’Day, American Institutes for Research
Leigh Patel, University of Pittsburgh
Lori Patton Davis, The Ohio State University
Miriam Sherin, Northwestern University
Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California
Matthias von Davier, Boston College
Uri Wilensky, Northwestern University 

The National Academy of Education advances high quality education research and its use in policy and practice. The Academy consists of U.S. members and international associates who are elected on the basis of outstanding scholarship related to education. Nominations are submitted by individual Academy members once a year for review and election by the organization’s membership. In addition to serving on expert study panels that address pressing issues in education, members are also deeply engaged in NAEd’s professional development fellowship programs.