ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education is grateful to many individuals and organizations for their advice and assistance in the development of Measuring Up 2000. The responsibility for creating, developing and producing the report card, however, rests entirely with the National Center.
The National Center was advised about the feasibility of comparing state performance in higher education by an independent Report Card Feasibility Study Committee, who met in 1998 and 1999 and recommended the project to the National Center's Board of Directors in April 1999. The National Advisory Panel for the Report Card was established in 1999. David Breneman chaired both the Feasibility Study Committee and the National Advisory Panel. Emerson Elliott, Margaret Miller and Richard Wagner served on the Feasibility Study Committee and the National Advisory Panel.
The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) conducted the first external review of methodology and data for the report card project. NCHEMS President Dennis Jones and Senior Associate Peter Ewell served as Senior Consultants to the report card project. NCHEMS Senior Associate Aims McGuinness, Jr., conducted a survey of state policy initiatives. Peter Ewell and Paula Ries, Research Associates at NCHEMS, surveyed states on student learning and assessment initiatives.
Charlotte Kuh, Executive Director at the National Research Council's Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, conducted the final external review of the data and methodology in July and August of 2000. Anthony P. Carnavale, Vice President for Public Leadership at the Educational Testing Service, analyzed state economic benefits for the report card.
Public Agenda conducted the state-by-state public opinion research included in Measuring Up; President Deborah Wadsworth, Senior Vice President Stave Farkas, and Senior Research Associate Anthony Foleno developed and directed the surveys. The research on employer satisfaction was conducted by Robert Zemsky, Director, and Daniel Shapiro, Director of Research, at the Institute for Research on Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania.
Jay Diskey of Diskey & Associates, Dennis Hunt of Pacific Visions Communications, and William Tyson of Morrison & Tyson Communications advised and assisted the National Center on the communications and dissemination of Measuring Up 2000.
The National Center is indebted to the following individuals for assistance with data and methodology: Clifford Adelman, Office of Educational Research and Improvement at the U. S. Department of Education; Paul Barton and Richard A. Fry, Education Testing Service; Rolf Blank, Council of Chief State School Officers; Dennis Carroll and Drew Malizio, National Center for Education Statistics, U. S. Department of Education; Phil Kauffman and Laura Horn, MPR Associates, Inc.; Tom Mortenson, Postsecondary Education Opportunity and the Center for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education; Julie A. Noble, ACT; Steve Reder, Portland State University and National Institute for Literacy; Larry Stern, Yupin Bae, Karen Bricker, and Steve Agbayani, Pinkerton Computer Consultants, Inc.; Zalman Usiskin, University of Chicago; and David Wright, Wichita State University.
Throughout the development of the report card, many individuals were generous with their encouragement, advice, suggestions, and critiques. The National Center would like to acknowledge the assistance of Jorge Balan, Carol Barker, Cheryl Blanco, William G. Bowen, Joseph Burke, Hodding Carter III, William Chance, Dennis Collins, Lynn Cornett, Joseph Creech, Gordon Davies, Russell Edgerton, Jonathan Fanton, James Furman, Sharon Gallagher, Paul Goren, William Gormley, Vartan Gregorian, John Immerwahr, Craig Jerald, Richard Krasno, Leslie Lawrence, Arthur Levine, David Longanecker, A. Richardson Love, Jr., Gene Maeroff, Joseph Marks, DeWayne Matthews, David Morse, Kenneth Mortimer, Mark Musick, Kenneth Nelson, William O'Hare, Lynn Olson, Jane Patterson, William Pickens, Stephen Portch, Cindy Prince, Peter Schrag, Michelle Seidl, Donald Stewart, Susan Urahn, Carl Van Horn, and Robert Zemsky.
At the National Center, Vice President Joni Finney was responsible for leadership and direction of the report card project. William Doyle provided analytical leadership throughout its three-year development and was the project manager responsible for technical and methodological aspects during the project's completion. Kristin Conklin also provided analytical leadership and project management through the feasibility committee deliberations and subsequent approval by the National Center's Board of Directors.
Thad Nodine led the National Center's editorial, production and communications efforts. Heather Jack served as senior communications consultant, and developed and implemented, with William Doyle, the quality control processes. William Trombley researched and wrote "Some States to Watch." Cerena Gil provided state policy background research and state-level communications planning. Sue Murphy provided support in production, dissemination and proofreading. Noreen Savelle assisted with dissemination and was responsible for ongoing communications with the Board of Directors.
Kathy Reeves Bracco, consultant to and former Policy Analyst at the National Center, provided research and policy support. Frank Bowen, Senior Consultant to the National Center, provided editorial support. Also, several former interns provided assistance with the project: Joy Gambino provided research and technical support; Jonathan Busch and Simon Robertshaw provided data support; and Linda DeAngelo and Dolores Gross Delgado reviewed drafts.
Finally, the Board of Directors of the National Center extensively reviewed and approved the project at each stage of its development and at its completion, and provided invaluable advice, criticism and support.
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