The National Academy of Education (NAEd) is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization in the United States that advances high-quality research to improve education policy and practice. Founded in 1965, the NAEd currently consists of over 300 elected regular members, international associates, and emeriti. Members and international associates are elected based on the outstanding scholarship related to education and provide pro-bono service on committees that provide advice to policymakers and practitioners on pressing issues in education.^[1] In addition, Academy members and other scholars are also deeply engaged in NAEd’s professional development programs focused on preparing the next generation of education researchers. Since 1986, NAEd has administered the NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program,^[2] and since 2011, NAEd has administered the NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program, ^[3] both funded by The Spencer Foundation.

The National Academy of Education is governed by a nine-member board of directors.^[4] Current President of the Academy is Carol D. Lee.

• 1965-1969             Ralph W. Tyler
• 1969-1973             Lawrence A. Cremin
• 1973-1977             Patrick Suppes
• 1977-1981             Stephen Bailey
• 1981-1985             Robert Glaser
• 1985-1989             Patricia Albjerg Graham
• 1989-1993             Lee Shulman
• 1993-1997             Carl F. Kaestle
• 1997-1998             Ann L. Brown
• 1998-2001             Ellen Condliffe Lagemann
• 2001-2005             Nel Noddings
• 2005-2009             Lorrie A. Shepard
• 2009-2013             Susan Fuhrman
• 2013-2017             Michael J. Feuer
• 2017-2021             Gloria Ladson-Billings
• 2021-Present         Carol D. Lee

• Evaluating and Improving Teacher Preparation Programs
• Educating for Civic Reasoning and Discourse
• Study on the Implementation and Use of Balanced Assessment Systems
• Addressing Educational Inequities in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Reaping the Rewards of the IES Reading for Understanding (RfU) Initiative (2020)
• Study on Comparability of Large-Scale Educational Assessments (2020)
• Big Data: Balancing Research Needs and Student Privacy (2017)^[5]
• Reaping the Rewards of Reading for Understanding (2020)^[6]
• Methods and Policy Uses of International Large-Scale Assessments (2018)^[7]
• Global Migration, Diversity, and Civic Education: Improving Policy and Practice (2016)^[8]
• Past as Prologue: The National Academy of Education at 50. Members Reflect. (2015)^[9]
• Workshop to Examine Current and Potential Uses of NCES Longitudinal Surveys by the Education Research Community (2014)^[10]
• Evaluation of teacher preparation programs: Purposes, methods, and policy options (2013)^[11]
• Adaptive Educational Technologies: Tools for Learning, and for Learning About Learning (2013)^[12]
• Getting Value Out of Value-Added: Report of a Workshop (2010)^[13]

• Rami Benbenishty
• Michael Fullan
• David Olson
• Manabu Sato
• Anna Sfard
• Yossi Shavit
• J. Douglas Willms

• Paul Black
• Erik De Corte
• Kieran Egan
• Guy Neave
• Sidney Strauss

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