Assessment Consultants

Contact Information: charmagne@utilization-focusedevaluation.org

School: B'Dote

Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton is the Director of Organizational Learning and Evaluation at Utilization-Focused Evaluation. She brings over a decade of program design, implementation and evaluation experience to her work from across a range of fields, including education and youth civic engagement. Charmagne specializes in qualitative research methods and utilization-focused developmental evaluation. She has extensive experience and training in a range of qualitative research and evaluation methods, including interviewing and focus group facilitation. She holds a BA in Political Science and French from Grinnell College and an MA in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University’s School of International Service.

Contact Information: magnu002@umn.edu

School: Jane Goodall

Dr. Magnusson’s professional career extends to many facets of K-12 and higher education world- wide. Deanne has been a high school English teacher, a district wide administrator for regular and special education services provided to students in a large urban school district, a director of continuing professional studies and a member of the graduate faculty in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development in College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities. She has also served as Dean, Center for American Education, Singapore. During her tenure at the U of MN, Deanne, in collaboration with colleagues, has developed numerous professional development initiatives for educators, including a unique doctorate program for international education professionals—a curriculum which focuses on cross cultural leadership perspectives, and intercultural communication dynamics in diverse organizations, including local, national and international K-12 schools. Through her work at the University of Minnesota , Deanne has made numerous professional conference presentations and worked on-site with educators representing ministries of education, higher education institutions, public and/or private schools in Africa, China, Colombia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. While at the U of MN, Deanne has been the recipient of awards for Outstanding Professional and Academic Achievement, Disability Services Access Achievement, and International Leadership and Education Policy (IEL) Fellows Program Distinguished Service . She recently has been nominated for a University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development Distinguished Teaching Award. Student centered learning strategies, multi-faceted contemporary assessment practices and K-12 data driven school improvement policies and practices have long been professional interests. During her tenure in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Deanne, in collaboration with Minneapolis Public School and University of Minnesota colleagues, designed and implemented a Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM) system in reading and math to identify and continuously monitor the progress of at risk students in regular education classrooms. Classroom teachers used the resultant data for instructional change decisions. The Minneapolis CBM assessment model has been adapted in various school systems throughout the United States. Deanne has also served as a school improvement performance coach for various school systems, including charter schools throughout the U.S. and in international locations. Deanne holds three degrees from the University of Minnesota:PhD Educational Policy and Administration, MA Communication Disorders, Bachelor of Science in English, Speech and Theater Education

Contact Information: fmueller@noctrl.edu

School: BlueSky Online & EdVisions Off Campus

Jon Mueller is a Professor of Psychology at North Central College in Naperville, IL. He is the author of two texts on assessment, one a freely-available text, Authentic Assessment Toolbox, at http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/index.htm and the other on Assessing Critical Skills. Jon has also consulted with teachers, schools and districts, colleges and universities, on the development, review, and revision of assessments and standards/outcomes as well as the development of critical thinking skills.

Contact Information: jimsmith2331@gmail.com & Twitter @MrDataGuy

School: Level Up

Jim Smith’s education career in the public schools has spanned more than two decades. Starting out as a social studies teacher at Centennial Middle School in Minnesota, he developed a fascination with assessment early in his career that continues today. As the school began to adopt a PLC model, Jim developed an assessment and data position to help teachers develop collaborative common assessments and to use the ensuing results. During this time the school became one of the highest-performing schools in the state and won the School Spotlight Award from the Minnesota Academic Excellence Foundation for high levels of student achievement and innovative educational practices.This work continued at Twin Cities International Elementary School in Minneapolis where Jim worked as the Data and Assessment Coordinator. This school featured a highly collaborative structure of classroom assessment focusing on collecting results, responding to these data and refining assessment design. The school has been named a “Beat the Odds” school for work in advancing student learning and closing achievement gaps. Jim continues following his passion for assessment and data by working as a national educational presenter, trainer and consultant as an Assessment Associate with Solution Tree. Jim received a bachelor of science in secondary education from the University ofMinnesota and a master of arts in education from Hamline University.