Governance

The three companies that have established the project, Cisco, Intel and Microsoft, and the University of Melbourne which has been contracted to lead it play a central role in its governance. To ensure that there is a strong voice from the education policy community, up to six countries will be invited to become Founder members of the project and to be represented on the Executive Board which will govern the project.

Executive Board

Overall policy for the project is set by the Executive Board in which the perspectives of the founder countries and the University of Melbourne are supplemented by an important country perspective from the Founder members. The members of the Executive Board are:

• Michael Stevenson, Vice-President, Cisco
• Shelly Esque, Vice-President, Intel
• Tony Ascito, Vice-President Microsoft
• A senior official from each Founder country
• Patrick Griffin, University of Melbourne and Executive Director of the project

Advisory Panel

The Advisory Panel will provide expert technical advice on the activities of the project and will assist with pilot studies of new assessments of 21st Century skills. The membership of the Advisory Panel will be:

• Patrick Griffin, Executive Director of the project
• Andreas Schleicher, representative of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
• Seamus Hegarty, representative of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
• Technical expert from each Founder country
• Technical expert from other countries that join the project
• Consultant experts appointed by the Executive Board

Project Team

The project team consists of the central group at the University of Melbourne and the five Working Groups. Each Working Group has a leader and a key group engaged to work with the leader. The teams are:

• Project Central Office University of Melbourne
  Professor Patrick Griffin, Executive Director of project
  Ms Pam Firth, Project Officer
• Working Group on 21st Century Skills
  Ms Senta Raizen, WestEd, USA Leader
  Professor Ola Erstad, University of Oslo, Norway
  Dr Joan Herman, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
  Dr Margaret Honey, New York Hall of Science, USA
  Mr Martin Ripley, formerly Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, England
• Working Group on Methodological Issues
  Dr Mark Wilson, University of California, Berkeley, USA Leader
  Dr Isaac Bejar, Educational Testing Service, USA
  Dr Kathleen Scalise, University of Oregon, USA
  Dr Jonathan Templin, University of Georgia
• Working Group on Technological Issues
  Dr Beno Csapo, University of Szeged, Hungary Leader
  Dr John Ainley, Australian Council for Educational Research, Australia
  Dr Randy Bennett, Educational Testing Service, USA
  Dr Thibaud Latour, Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
  Professor Nancy Law, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Working Group on Classroom Learning Environments and Formative Evaluation
  Dr John Bransford, University of Washington, USA Co-leader
  Dr Marlene Scardamalia, University of Toronto, Canada Co-leader
  Dr Edys Quellmalz, WestEd, USA
  Dr Dan Schwartz, Stanford University, USA
• Working Group on Policy Frameworks for New Assessments
  Dr Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University, USA Leader
  Others to be nominated by participating countries

Others with relevant expertise and an interest in collaborating in the work on a self-funding basis are also being recruited. Any interested in being considered are invited to complete the Get Involved form.