CAROL COMMODORE, Ed.D., is the founding member of Leadership, Learning and Assessment, LLC. She is also one of the founding members of the Wisconsin Assessment Consortium. She has served as an assistant superintendent for instruction and a coordinator for assessment and has over twenty years of experience as a classroom teacher, having taught students from kindergarten through graduate school.
As a district educator, she facilitated the development and implementation of a district-wide elementary world language program, teacher mentor program, a reading intervention program for first graders and a district-wide K-12 Standards and Balanced Assessment program for students.
Dr Commodore’s research interests focus on the impact of assessment and instruction on learners and their learning and on the innovation and improvement of organizations. Her work with assessment, learning, creativity, systems thinking, motivation and leadership takes her across North America, Asia, and the Middle East. She has presented numerous keynote addresses, workshops and consultations for school districts, schools and educational and nonprofit organizations.
In addition to articles Dr Commodore is also a co-author of four books, The Power of SMART Goals: Using Goals to Improve Student Learning; Beyond School Improvement: The Journey to Innovative Leadership; Assessment Balance and Quality: An Action Guide for School Leaders 3ed., and Balanced Assessment Systems: Leadership, Quality and the Role of Classroom Assessment.
