Martin Carnoy (back row, center left) and attendees of the February CASGE Distinguished Lecture

Fifty years ago, international testing was launched as a way to collect more data for developing an understanding of educational systems in a comparative perspective. Today, international testing has gained a life of its own, and average test scores are being used to define the quality of educational systems and even the quality of labor forces.

Steve Graham, a Mary Ellen Warner Professor of Education at Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, won the 2018 Sylvia Scribner Award, presented by the American Educational Research Association. Named for American psychologist Sylvia Scribner, the award recognizes researchers whose work over the last decade represents a significant advancement in the understanding of learning and instruction.

Mirka Koro — ASU Graduate College Outstanding Doctoral Mentor

Mirka Koro, professor of qualitative research and director of doctoral programs for Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, was named the Outstanding Doctoral Mentor by the ASU Graduate College for 2019–20. Koro will receive the award in a Feb. 24 ceremony.

ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College placed No. 13 among 393 institutions surveyed in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of America’s graduate schools of education. 

Among public universities, the college was ranked No. 5, ahead of the  University of California-Berkeley, the University of Texas-Austin and the University of Virginia.  This year’s U.S. News & World Report survey reinforces ASU’s ascent to the top tier of colleges of education since 2012 when it ranked No. 35 in the survey. 

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