The Education Gadfly Show: How assessment data can drive instruction this fall

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, executive editor of Education Next, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow for Education Commission of the States. An award-winning writer…

David Griffith is the Associate Director of Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he manages or authors reports on a variety of subjects, in addition to co-hosting the Institute's weekly podcast The Education Gadfly Show. A native of Portland, Oregon, David holds a bachelor’s degree in politics and philosophy from Pomona College and a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown…

Tran Le was a research assistant with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and podcast producer of The Education Gadfly Show. A Texan native, she holds a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University and a M.A. in Education Policy Studies from the George Washington University. Tran's research interests include the intersection of racial, socioeconomic, and educational inequalities and school discipline. 

Amber Northern is senior vice president for research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where she supervises the Institute’s studies and research staff.  She has published in the areas of educational accountability, principal leadership, teacher quality, and academic standards, among others. Prior to joining Fordham, she served as senior study director at Westat. In that role, she provided evaluation services…