Connie M. Moss, EdD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership in the School of Education at Duquesne University and Director of the Center for Advancing the Study of Teaching and Learning. She served for 25 years as a K–12 educator, spending 17 of those years in early childhood, elementary, and middle school classrooms. She continued her public school service as an educational leader of multidistrict, regional, and statewide support initiatives in curriculum planning and assessment, early childhood, and instructional support. She has been an invited speaker and presenter in over 600 school districts, 100 universities and colleges, and numerous educational associations and organizations. Her publications and presentations examine the role beliefs play in intentional learning, effective teaching, formative assessment, and educational leadership for social justice. She can be reached at moss@castl.duq.edu.

Susan M. Brookhart, PhD, is an independent educational consultant based in Helena, Montana. She works with ASCD as an ASCD Faculty Member, providing on-site professional development in formative assessment. She has taught both elementary and middle school. She was a Professor in and Chair of the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership at Duquesne University, where she currently serves as Senior Research Associate in the Center for Advancing the Study of Teaching and Learning in the School of Education. She serves on the state assessment advisory committee for the state of Montana. She has been the Education columnist for National Forum, the journal of Phi Kappa Phi, and Editor of Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, a journal of the National Council on Measurement in Education. She is the author or coauthor of several books, including ASCD's How to Give Effective Feedback to Your Students. She can be reached at susanbrookhart@bresnan.net.