Wayne Camara of West Windsor was appointed to the National Technical Advisory Council (NTAC), which was created to advise the U.S. Department of Education on complex and technical issues regarding the design and implementation of state standards, assessments, and accountability systems. He is one of 16 new members appointed.##M:[more]##
“The National Technical Advisory Council will play a vital role in ensuring that we address the technical needs of states and their accountability systems,” said Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education. “Their work will be invaluable as we move forward in strengthening and improving No Child Left Behind.”
Camera received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana and has graduate degrees in educational measurement and school psychology from Rhode Island College. He was assistant executive director of science at the American Psychological Association, where he directed governance and scientific involvement in policy and federal advocacy initiatives in behavioral science research.
Camara, who joined the College Board in 1994, is vice president of research and development where he is responsible for managing a staff of more than 70 professionals. His principal areas of research are standards and professional practice in testing, test validity, fairness, testing accommodations, and ethical issues in testing.
He has also served on the board of the National Council of Measurement in Education and is treasurer of the Association of Test Publishers, chair of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Technical Advisory Committee overseeing enlisted selection and assessment, and on the research advisory board for USC’s Center for Enrollment Research Policy and Practice.
He has lived in West Windsor since 1994.
