Connie M. Moss, EdD, is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership in the School of Education at Duquesne University. Dr. Moss serves as the Director of the EdD in Educational Leadership program at Duquesne University, teaching courses and seminars at the doctoral level. She partners with school districts, state departments of education, universities, colleges, educational associations, and organizations to advance evidence-based improvement and professional learning. Prior to joining the Duquesne faculty, she spent 25 years as a K-12 public school educator. Dr. Moss has received numerous awards for her teaching, including the Duquesne University Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. Her research engages educators at the nexus of classroom assessment, educational leadership, evidence-based decision making, and social justice.
Susan M. Brookhart, PhD, is professor emerita in the School of Education at Duquesne University and an independent educational consultant and author based in Los Angeles, California. She was the 2007-2009 editor of Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice and is currently an associate editor of Applied Measurement in Education. She is author or coauthor of 18 books and more than 70 articles and book chapters on classroom assessment, teacher professional development, and evaluation. She has been named the 2014 Jason Millman Scholar by the Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness (CREATE) and is the recipient of the 2015 Samuel J. Messick Memorial Lecture Award from ETS/TOEFL. Dr. Brookhart's research interests include the role of both formative and summative classroom assessment in student motivation and achievement, the connection between classroom assessment and large-scale assessment, and grading.