ASCD Faculty Bio

Eric Carbaugh

Eric Carbaugh is a skilled educator with primary and secondary teaching experience; an award-winning, tenured university professor; and an effective and seasoned member of ASCD’s Differentiated Instruction Cadre and Understanding by Design^® (UbD^®) Cadre. In addition, he is a board member and journal editor for Virginia ASCD. He is currently an associate professor at James Madison University in the Department of Middle, Secondary, and Math Education, where he teaches a variety of education classes across all content areas.

Carbaugh began his career in education as a high school social studies teacher before moving to an elementary school to teach 6th grade language arts and social studies. He served as a classroom differentiation and curriculum coach, where he worked with middle and high school teachers to help them implement best educational practices in their classrooms.

Recently, Carbaugh’s work with schools has focused heavily on the design of high-quality performance-based assessments as part of a meaningful curriculum. He has also written and presented extensively on the synergy between differentiation and flipped/blended learning. On behalf of ASCD, he spent more than three years working with Moffat County Schools in Colorado helping them to transform their entire curriculum. What began as a three-day workshop in August 2012 grew to the point of realizing the vision of powerful learning experiences for all students in the district. Carbaugh also regularly presents at both international and national conferences on school improvement and professional development topics related to assessment, differentiated instruction, UbD, and other educational best practices.

Carbaugh holds a Doctor of Philosophy in educational psychology from the University of Virginia, a master's degree in education from Mary Washington College, and a Bachelor of Arts in government and economics from the University of Virginia.

His publications include coauthoring The Differentiated Flipped Classroom: A Practical Guide to Digital Learning (Corwin, 2016). He has also authored or coauthored several articles, book chapters, policy briefs, and reviews. He wrote multiple ASCD Express articles, including "Differentiating Instruction Using Mobile Technology Tools," "A Practical Guide to Personalization in a Standards-Based World," and "Designing Reliable and Valid Math CCSS Aligned Assessments." Carbaugh was also a coauthor of "Social Studies Curriculum for Middle Grades" and "The Parallel Curriculum Model: Key Elements and Implications for Giftedness" in The Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent. He designed an ASCD PD Online^® course on formative assessment for both math and English/language arts state standards.