Feedback for Continuous Improvement in the Classroom: New Perspectives, Practices, and Possibilities

About Brent DuckorCarrie L. Holmberg

Brent Duckor Ph.D. is professor in the Department of Teacher Education at San José State University. Dr. Duckor also serves as a core faculty member in the Ed.D. Educational Leadership program at the Lurie College of Education. He taught government economics and history at Central Park East Secondary School in New York City in the 1990s. With the passage of No Child Left Behind Brent returned to earn a doctorate at the University of California Berkeley  and study educational measurement testing and assessment in the Quantitative Methods and Evaluation program at the Graduate School of Education. Brents research on formative assessment and teachers understanding and use of classroom assessment is informed by his work as a former high school teacher at a nationally renowned urban high school. He has worked to support innovation in teacher licensure exams in state and national contexts. Both his scholarship and teaching seeks to integrate a developmental perspective on teachers growth and empowerment in the teaching profession. His scholarship has appeared in Teachers College Record Journal of Teacher Education Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School Educational Leadership Phi Delta Kappan Journal of Educational Measurement and most recently the 4th International Encyclopedia of Education. He is also co-author of Mastering Formative Assessment Moves: 7 High Leverage Practices to Advance Student Learning (ACSD 2017) with Dr. Carrie Holmberg. Once an avid windsurfer Brent now enjoys long walks and exploring the Pacific Northwest and the Columbia River Gorge with his wife Barbara. He can be reached at brent.duckor@ sjsu.edu Carrie Holmberg Ed. D. is a lecturer in the Department of Teacher Education and preservice teacher educator at San José State University. She taught at a Title I comprehensive high school in Silicon Valley for nearly a decade and has extensive experience mentoring new teachers. Carrie has twice earned her National Board Certification. She also worked with the Stanford Partner School Induction Program and the Santa Cruz/Silicon Valley New Teacher Program for many years. Carrie obtained her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership in 2017 from SJSU. Her scholarship has appeared in The English Journal California English Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School Educational Leadership Phi Delta Kappan Journal of Educational Measurement and most recently the 4th International Encyclopedia of Education. Carrie has served as chair of the Classroom Assessment Special Interest Group (SIG) for the American Educational Research Association (AERA). In addition to exploring the Sierras with her husband Bob and family Carrie enjoys playing water polo competitively and surfing in the Pacific. She can be reached at carrie.holmberg@sjsu.edu