Lawrence M. Rudner, 
Graduate Management Admission Council, co-Editor

William D. Schafer, 
Univ of Maryland, co-Editor

Board of Editors

Avi Allalouf, National Institute for Testing and Evaluation (NITE), Israel

Sarah Brem,
Arizona State Univ

Ruth Childs,
OISE, University of Toronto

Cody S. Ding,
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Filip Dochy,
Univ of Maastricht

Mark Fetler,
Consultant

Kurt F. Geisinger,
Univ Nebraska - Lincoln

Gene V Glass,
Arizona State Univ

J. Christine Harmes,
James Madison University

Robin K. Henson,
University of North Texas

Craig Mertler,
Bowling Green State Univ

Denise McKeon,
National Education Assoc

Michalis P. Michaelides,
European University, Cyprus

Gunilla Näsström,
Umeå University, Sweden

Jason W. Osborne,
North Carolina State Univ

Dennis Roberts,
Penn State Univ

Michael Russell,
Boston College

Bruce Thompson,
Texas A&M

Johnny Weissmuller,
US Airforce Personnel Center

Steven L. Wise,
Northwest Evaluation Association

Bruno D. Zumbo,
Univ of British Columbia

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