Andrew Porter is Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and George and Diane Weiss Professor of Education. He publishes on psychometrics, education policy, student assessment, education indicators, research on teaching and school leadership. His current work focuses on a) curriculum policies and their effects on opportunity to learn and student achievement, b) studies of teacher induction and c) building and validating an assessment of school leadership. Currently, he has research support from the National Science Foundation (co-director, System-Wide Change for All Learners and Educators; senior researcher, How Does Induction and Continuing Professional Development Affect Middle School Mathematics Teachers’ Instruction and Student Achievement? co-principal investigator, Meta-Analysis Study of the Effects of Teacher Professional Development with a Math or Science Content Focus on Improving Teaching and Learning) and the Wallace Foundation (principal investigator, Develop and Test Education Leadership Performance Assessment). He is an elected member and vice president of the National Academy of Education, member of the National Assessment Governing Board, Lifetime National Associate of the National Academies, and past-President of the American Educational Research Association.