Scott Marion
- Current Position
- Principal Learning Associate, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment (Center for Assessment)
- Board Term
- October 2021 - September 2029
- Board Category
- Testing and Measurement Expert
- Representative Board Activities
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Member — Committee on Standards, Design, and Methodology
Member — Nominations Committee - Education
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Ph. D. University of Colorado, Boulder – Research and Evaluation Methodology
M.S. University of Maine – Science and Environmental Education
B.S. State University of New York, Syracuse – Zoology and Forest Biology
Scott Marion is a principal learning associate at the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment. He is a national leader in conceptualizing and designing innovative and balanced assessment systems to support instructional and other critical uses. Dr. Marion has also led extensive work across the country to design and implement school accountability systems. His current projects include supporting states and districts in designing and implementing assessment and accountability initiatives, providing technically defensible policy guidance, and implementing high-quality, locally designed performance-based assessments.
Dr. Marion is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and coordinates and/or serves on 10 state or district technical advisory committees for assessment and accountability. He has served on multiple National Research Council committees, including those that provided guidance for next-generation science assessments, investigated the issues and challenges of incorporating value-added measures in educational accountability systems, and outlined best practices in state assessment systems.
Dr. Marion is a co-author of the validity chapter in the 5th edition of Educational Measurement, a co-editor of the National Academy of Education’s Reimagining Balanced Assessment, and a co-author of Instructionally Useful Assessment. He has published dozens of articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes, and he regularly presents his work at the national conferences of the American Educational Research Association, National Council on Measurement in Education, and the Council of Chief State School Officers.
Dr. Marion served his community for nine years as a member of the Rye, N.H. School Board and continues to serve as the chair of the Rye Water District.