Peggy G. Carr is the Associate Commissioner of Assessment for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), U.S. Department of Education, responsible for national large-scale assessments. Her primary responsibility is for the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP has been congressionally mandated since 1969 and is the country’s only ongoing national monitor of students' academic progress. Dr. Carr received her B.S. in Psychology in 1976 from North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina; and both her M.S. and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology in 1978 and 1982, respectively, from Howard University, Washington, D.C. Before coming to NCES, Carr served as the Chief Statistician for the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), U. S. Department of Education, where she was engaged in the application of statistics and survey methods in the field of discrimination, legislative compliance reviews, and complaints. Earlier, she served as the Director of Howard University's statistical and research computer lab, as well as adjunct faculty. Carr has published in a variety of areas in the psychosocial field, and has a particular interest in issues concerning racial and gender differences in achievement and assessment.