William D. Schafer, Ed.D

William D. Schafer, Ed.D

William D. Schafer, Ed.D., Affiliated Professor (Emeritus), Department of Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation, University of Maryland—College Park, received his doctoral degree from the University of Rochester) in 1969. He is Affiliated Professor (Emeritus), Department of Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation, University of Maryland—College Park, specializing in measurement and applied research methods. He has also been Director of Student Assessment, Maryland State Department of Education. His professional offices include Chair of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Special Interest Group (SIG): Educational Statisticians, Chair of AERA SIG: Professors of Educational Research, founding Chair of AERA SIG: Classroom Assessment, President of the American Counseling Association’s (ACA) Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education (AACE), and editor of Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development (a journal of the AACE). He serves on the editorial boards of Applied Measurement in Education and Educational and Psychological Measurement and coedits Practical Assessment, Research, & Evaluation, a free, refereed e-journal at http://PAREonline.net. He is also on staff at the Maryland Assessment Research Center for Education Success (MARCES). A professional biography, including recent publications and presentations, may be found at his home page, which can be linked from the MARCES web site (http:// www.marces.org).