The association includes a small number of individual and honorary members whose election is based on their excellent contributions to the work of IEA over many years.
Gordon Ambach
Retired in June 2001. Chief Executive Officer of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) 1987-2001, and Commissioner of Education for the New York State (1970-1987). Serves on numerous policy and advisory panels on international studies in education, educational assessment, and educational reform and improvement. In 1990 appointed as representative of the United States to the IEA General Assembly and has served on its Standing Committee since 1991. Played a key role in transforming IEA into a professional organization. Contributed significantly to the creation of an IEA-policy for the cycle of studies and to the development of links with funders.
Zoltán Báthory
Professor of Education, University of Szeged. Affiliated with IEA since 1968, and was a representative of Hungary to General Assembly until 1994. Member of the Academia Europeana, Chairman of the Educational Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and member of various other scholarly boards and committees. His main field of interest is the theory of teaching and learning, curriculum development and educational assessment. He published 8 books and more than 150 articles and papers.
Albert E Beaton
Professor Emeritus at the Graduate School of Education at Boston College, and former director of Boston College's Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy. Spent 27 years at the Educational Testing Service (ETS), where he directed research in psychometrics and data analysis, and, later, was director of design, research, and data analysis for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Chairman of IEA's Technical Advisory Committee (1989-1993). International Study Director of the IEA Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 1995).
Benjamin Bloom
(1913-1999)
Charles H Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Education at the University of Chicago at Hyde Park. At this university he founded and chaired the program in Measurement, Evaluation and Statistical Analysis (MESA). Founding member of IEA (1958). Initiator of the IEA Pilot Study (1960) and First International Mathematics Study (1964). Consultant on evaluation and curriculum to nations throughout the world. Past President of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Member of the United States National Academy of Education. Author and co-author of 17 major books.
Christiane Brusselmans-Dehairs
Retired in 2007. Since 1970, as a researcher at the University of Gent, involved in IEA. Researcher in the Six-Subject Study (1970–71), Second International Mathematics Study (1980–82) and Computer in Education Study (1989, 1992). National Research Coordinator for the IEA Trends in Mathematics and Science Project (1995, 1999, and 2003). IEA General Assembly Representative for the Flemish Community (1992–1997). In September 1995 elected member of the IEA Standing Committee, representing both the Flemish and Walloon communities of Belgium. Author of numerous IEA related publications and reports.
Gilbert L de Landsheere
(1922-2001)
Professor of Education, former Head of the Laboratoire de Pédagogie Expérimentale and Dean of the School of Psychology and Education, University of Liège. (1972-1980 and 1982-1983). President of Belgium University Foundation. Chair of the European Regions Foundation for Educational Research. Chair of the International Academy of Education. Founding member of the Academia Europeana. Deputy Chair of the King Baudouin Foundation. Member of the Council of the International Bureau of Education. Fellow of several learned societies. Author of 17 books, translated into nine languages, and 260 articles.
Robert Garden
Retired 1992. Degrees in education and mathematics/science (London). Teacher of mathematics and science in secondary schools (1957-1971). Deputy Principal (1972-1974). Curriculum Officer, Department of Education (1974-77). At the Division of Research and Statistics, New Zealand Ministry of Education since 1984, and Director of the Division from 1989 to 1992. National Research Coordinator for New Zealand, in the IEA Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS, 1977-1979). Mathematics coordinator in the IEA Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, and TIMSS Advanced 2008).
Torsten Husén
(1916-2009)
Professor Emeritus of the University of Stockholm. Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Education, the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the Finnish Academy of Sciences. Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Has served on various UNESCO committees. Consultant to OECD. Chair of IEA (1962-1978), and its Honorary President from 1978. Honorary doctorates from several universities in Europe and the US. Coeditor-in-Chief of the International Encyclopedia of Education. Chair of the International Academy of Education (1986-). Author of some 40 books.
John P Keeves
Professorial Fellow in the School of Education, Flinders University of South Australia (1991-). Teacher of mathematics and science in secondary schools in South Australia (1947-1962). Senior Research Officer at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) from 1962 to 1967. Federal Secretary of the Australian Science Teachers Association (1963-1967). Research Fellow at the Australian National University (1967-1971), and at University of Stockholm (1971-1972). Associate Director ACER (1972-1976) and Director (1977-1984). Visiting Professor, University of Melbourne (1985-1986).
Rainer Lehmann
Professor of Educational Research and Research Methods at Humboldt University in Berlin (1994-). Earlier (1980-1994) Professor of Empirical Research at the University of Hamburg. Engaged with IEA studies since the 1980s, serving as National Research Coordinator in Germany for the Written Composition Study (data collection 1985), Reading Literacy Study (1990-1991) and TIMSS (1995). International Coordinator for the IEA CIVED Study (1999-2000). In 1994 appointed IEA General Assembly Representative for Germany, a position from which he retired in 2007. Doctoral degrees in Theology and Education. In 2005 awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa at Hamburg University. Author or co-author of 15 books and more than 80 articles.
Kimmo Leimu
Retired in 1999. Degrees in education (Helsinki and Jyväskylä). Since 1967 researcher and leader of the evaluation research group at the Institute for Educational Research at the University of Jyväskylä. National research coordinator for the IEA Six Subject Survey, Second International Science Study (also a member of the International Steering Committee) and Civic Education Study. Finland’s representative to the IEA General Assembly (1974-1996). Member of the IEA Standing Committee (1983-1987), Chairman of the IEA Training Committee (1983-1985), member of the Policy and Procedures Committee (1983-1985), member of Publications and Editorial Committee (1986-1989). Author of numerous IEA and assessment related publications and reports.
Constantinos Papanastasiou
Professor at the University of Cyprus since 1993. Ph.D. (1982) at the Kent State University, United States. Specializing in Educational Research, Educational Statistics, Measurement and Evaluation in Education. Since 1992 representative to the IEA General Assembly, 1999-2001 at the IEA Standing Committee. National Research Coordinator of the IEA Reading Literacy Study (data collection 1990-91), Languages in Education Study (1995), Civic Education Study (1999), PIRLS 2001, and TIMSS (1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007). An author or editor of more than ten books and many articles related to the IEA studies. Founder of the IEA International Research Conferences, organized the first of them in Cyprus in 2004.
Roy W Phillipps
(1926-2007)
After teaching high school science for 19 years, held senior positions in Curriculum Development in the Ministry of Education of New Zealand over the next 18 years, retiring in 1985. In 1968 appointed New Zealand National Technical Officer for the IEA Six Subject Survey (Civic Education, French and English as Foreign Languages, Literature, Reading Comprehension, and Science). Overall responsibility for editing and publishing Six Subject Survey reports. Executive Director IEA, Stockholm (1972 – 1974). Representative of New Zealand to the IEA General Assembly (1974–1985), member of the Standing Committee. Initiator and the Chair of the IEA International Project Council for the Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS, 1978–1985).
Tjeerd Plomp
Retired in 1999. At Twente University (Enschede, The Netherlands) since 1981. Dean of the Faculty of Educational Science and Technology (1982-85). Director of OCTO - the Institute for Applied Educational Research (1986-1989). Netherlands representative in IEA (1987-1989), and Chair of IEA from 1989 to 1999. Chair of the steering committee of the IEA Studies (TIMSS 1995, SITES Module I and II). Director of the IEA COMPED (1987 and 1992) and SITES 2006. Member of several learned societies. Author of many articles and contributions to books. Honorary Doctorate from the University of Gent, Belgium.
T Neville Postlethwaite
(1933–2009)
Retired in 1995. Since 1976 Professor of Comparative Education at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Research officer, NFER, England (1961- 1963). First Executive Director of IEA (1962-1972) in Hamburg and Stockholm. Staff member IIEP Paris (1972-1976). Second Chair of IEA (1978-1986). Co-editor-in-chief of first (1985) and second (1994) editions of the International Encyclopedia of Education. International Coordinator of the IEA First Mathematics (FIMS) Six Subject, and Reading Literacy studies (1964, 1970-1971 and 1990-1991). Consultant to many international and national organizations. Author and co-author of several book and many articles.
Alan C Purves
(1931-1996)
Professor of Education and Head of the Laboratory School at the University of Illinois (1970-1986). Professor of Education and Acting Director of the Center for Writing and Literacy, State University of New York at Albany (1986-1996). Chairman of IEA (1986-1990). Research in teaching and testing in literature and writing, curriculum educational policy, educational objectives in the humanities and literacy, and literacy criticism. International Coordinator of the IEA Literature Education and Written Composition Studies (1970-1971 and 1985).
David F Robitaille
Retired Professor and Head of the Curriculum Studies Department at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Representative of British Columbia to the IEA General Assembly for 18 years (1978-1996). Member of the IEA Standing Committee (1986-1988). Leader of the IEA SIMS – Second International Mathematic Study (1980-1982). Responsible for the initial development of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 1995), its International Coordinating Center at the University of British Columbia. Author of numerous IEA-related publications. Since 2004 Chair of the IEA Publication and Editorial Committee.
Alejandro Tiana
IEA Chairman (1999–2004). Representative of Spain to IEA as Director of the Centre for Educational Research and Documentation, and subsequently as a Director of the National Institute for Quality of Education of the Ministry of Education (1989-1996). Member of the IEA Standing Committee (1992-1994). 2003-2004 Director at the OEI. Professor of the history of education and of comparative education at the National Distance Education University, Madrid (1987–2003). Since 2004 Secretary General for Education at the Ministry of Education and Science in Spain. Author or joint author of twelve books and over seventy studies on different subjects related to education.
Judith Torney-Purta
Professor of Human Development in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park (1981 – ). Earlier at the University of Illinois, Chicago (1969-1981). Member of the International Committee for the first IEA Civic Education Study (1971), and leader of the second IEA Civic Education Study (1994-2002). Member of the advisory committee to the IEA third study in the area of civic and citizenship education (ICCs 2009). Author of numerous publications in this, and related areas and recipient of many awards and honors. Member of the United States National Committee for Psychology at the National Academy of Sciences.
Aldo Visalberghi
(1917-2007)
Until his death, Professor Emeritus of the University of Rome. In 1943 he fought with the partisans in the liberation war against the Nazi-fascists. Arrested twice, and released in 1945. Fulbright fellow in the USA (1952-53), Professor of Education at the State University of Milan and of History of Education at the University of Turin. President of the Italian IEA-related centre, the European Center for Education (CEDE) in Frascati, from 1979 to 1991, participated in the IEA studies from the very beginning of the Association activities (Six Subject Study), and was Director of the journal "Scuola e città" (School and City). Author of many publications.
Richard M Wolf
(1934-2004)
Retired Professor of Psychology and Education. 1968-1999 at Teachers College, Columbia University. Chair of the Department of Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics. Research in measurement and evaluation. Participated in the IEA First Mathematics Study (FIMS, 1964), Six Subject Survey (1970-1971), Second International Science Study (SISS, 1983-1986), and Computers in Education Study (COMPED, 1989, 1992). Member of the International Academy of Education. Chair IEA Publication and Editorial Committee. Authored more than 50 publications, consultant to various national and international organizations in education.
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