Audrey B. Champagne is a professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice in the School of Education and in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She also serves as co-principal investigator of the Students' Construction of Scientific and Mathematical Explanations Project and of the local systemic initiative Assessment in the Service of Learning. Previously, she served as a senior scientist and project director of the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Her involvement in U.S. and international activities in the assessment of science achievement has included membership on advisory committees for the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Champagne participated in the development of the National Science Education Standard, served as chair of the National Research Council's Working Group on Science Assessment Standards, Dr. Champagne received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She is currently a member of the NRC committee on Test Design for K-12 Science Achievement.