2021 Frank B. Womer Lecture: Michael Nettles
Prechter Lab (SEB 2202)
2021 Frank B. Womer Lectureship in Measurement and Assessment
Michael Nettles has a national reputation as a policy researcher on educational assessment, student performance and achievement, and educational equity.
In August 2014, President Barack Obama appointed Nettles to the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. He was appointed by two U.S. Secretaries of Education to the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), which oversees and develops policies for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
Additionally, he serves on the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) Board of Trustees, the Board of Trustees of the Peddie School, and on the Board of Directors of both the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) and the Urban League of Middle Tennessee.
Nettles has a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Tennessee, master's degrees in political science and higher education, and a Ph.D. in education from Iowa State University.
Lunch will be provided!