Action Research: Improving Schools and Empowering Educators

About Craig A. Mertler

Craig A. Mertler is currently an Associate Professor of Action Research and Quantitative Methods at Barry University in Miami Florida. He began his career as a high school biology teacher. He has been an educator for 39 years29 of those in higher education at Bowling Green State University the University of West Georgia Lynn University Arizona State University and Barry University and 12 years as an administrator (department chair doctoral program director and education dean). Over his career he has taught courses focused on the application of action research to promote educator empowerment school improvement and job-embedded professional development as well as classroom assessment research methods and statistical analyses. He has served as the research methodology expert and/or chair on more than 140 doctoral dissertations and masters theses. He is the author of 30 books 9 invited book chapters and 25 refereed journal articles. He has also presented more than 40 research papers at professional meetings around the country as well as internationally. He conducts workshops for in-service educational professionals (at all levels) on classroom-based action research and on the topics of classroom assessment and assessment literacy as well as data-driven educational decision making. His primary research and consulting interests include classroom-based action research data-driven educational decision making professional learning communities and classroom teachers assessment literacy. In his leisure time he enjoys traveling with his family to the beach and sometimes writing a little fiction. Dr. Mertler can be reached at craig.mertler@gmail.com for consulting professional development and speaking engagements. Additionally you can visit his website at www.craigmertler.com.