Technical Advisory Panel

An eight-member Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) provided assistance and guidance to the research staff throughout the design, development, implementation, and dissemination phases of the research. The TAP met quarterly the first year and semi-annually in years two, three, and four. All TAP meetings were conducted via videoconference or telephone conference.

The eight-member TAP was composed of two parents of high school students with disabilities, three consumer representatives, and four individuals who have considerable experience at the national level in high school accountability and performance improvement systems, assessment and/or school reform. The two parents of students with disabilities were identified in consultation with the Director of Special Education for the Madison Metropolitan and the Milwaukee School Districts. Particular care was taken to select parent members with background experiences and perspectives that would add balance and depth of perspective to the TAP deliberations.

The three consumer representatives were: two University of Wisconsin-Madison students with a disability selected by the Principal Investigator in consultation with the Director of the UW-Madison's McBurney Resource Center for students with disabilities;. Dr. Jeffery Flesher, Director of Learning at National Laboratories served as a representative of provate employer consumers on the TAP.

Panel Members
Dr. Gene Bottoms - Member at Large
High Schools That Work
Senior Vice President
Southern Regional Education Board
Gene.bottoms@sreb.org

Dr. Jeffrey Flesher - Employer Representative
Director Global Training and Employee Development
Underwriters Laboratories
National Laboratories
Jeff.flesher@abbott.com

Dan Jackson - Parent
Madison, Wisconsin
jakmac@earthlink.net

Dr. Carolyn Kelly - Member at Large
Professor
Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kelley@education.wisc.edu

Ashley Marshall - Student at University of Wisconsin- Madison
asmarshall@wisc.edu

Jay Pfeiffer - Member at Large
Bureau Chief
Workforce Education & Outcome Information Services
Florida Department of Education
Jay.Pfeiffer@fldoe.org

Dr. Martha Thurlow - Member at Large
Professor
National Center on Educational Outcomes
University of Minnesota
http://education.umn.edu/NCEO

Janice Wilberg - Parent
jwilberg@gdinet.com

Lindsay Zweibel - Student at University of Wisconsin-Madison
ldzweibel@wisc.edu

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