Janet Looney

Analyst

Janet Looney is responsible for the CERI programme entitled:  “What Works in Innovation in Education”.  The current focus of the programme is on “formative assessment”.  A first report (2002 -2005) combined international reviews of research, case studies and policy analyses to clarify the concept of and approaches to formative assessment and its relation to broader teaching strategies.  The results of this study have been widely disseminated.

A new study (2005- 2006) is examining approaches to “Improving Teaching and Learning for Adults with Basic Skill Needs through Formative Assessment”.  The study will:

1. Develop studies of exemplary teaching and assessment practice for adults with basic skill needs.
2. Bring together international scholarship on teaching and assessment for adults with basic skill needs.
3. Identify effective policy levers for improving the quality of provision in the adult basic skills sector.
4. Create opportunities for policy officials, researchers and practitioners to exchange insights and ideas on promoting effective teaching, assessment and evaluation.

Education/Academic background

Master of Public Administration, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, December 1993

Master of Arts in International Studies, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, December 1993

Intensive Advanced Japanese, Middlebury Language Schools, Middlebury, VT, Summer 1988

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, December 1981

Working experience

Autumn 2002 – present
CERI, OECD

Autumn 1996 – Summer 2002
Assistant Director, Institute for Public Policy and Management,  Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

Winter 1995 – Autumn 1996
Program Examiner, Education Branch, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C.

Autumn 1993 to Winter 1995
Program and Policy Analyst, Office of the Comptroller, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, D.C.

Summer 1990 and Summer 1992 – Fall 1993
Research Assistant, the Institute for Public Policy and Management, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1990 - 1993
Assistant Director of Graduate Studies, Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA

Summer 1991
Research Intern, Kyushu Electric Power Company, Fukuoka, Japan

1987- 1990
Environmental Litigation Clerk, Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA

1986
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, American Cultural Exchange (Seattle University/Tokyo YMCA and the Language School)

1983 - 1985
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, Amvic English Conversation School, Wakayama, Japan 

Languages:

English (mother tongue)
French (advanced)
Japanese (advanced studies)

OECD Publications:

Coordinator and Editor for:

• OECD (2005) Formative Assessment: Improving Learning in Secondary Classrooms, OECD, Paris (also available in French and Hungarian).
• OECD (2005) Policy Brief, Formative Assessment: Improving Learning in Secondary Classrooms, OECD, Paris.
• OECD, (forthcoming, 2006). “Improving Learning through Formative Assessment” in Education Policy Analysis, 2005, OECD, Paris.

Other Publications:

• Anderson, C. Leigh and Janet W. Looney, ed.s. Making Progress: Essays in Progress and Public Policy. (Lanham, MD: Lexington books, 2002).
• Looney, Janet and Betty Jane Narver, “Washington’s WorkFirst Program: Key Policy Challenges,” Managing Welfare Reform in Five States: The Challenge of Change.  (Albany, NY: The Rockefeller Institute Press. in Sarah F. Liebschutz, ed., 2000).
• Looney, Janet, , “Memphis: Importing Intellectual Capital” in Paul Hill, et al., It Takes a City, (Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 2000).
• Campbell, Christine and Janet Looney,  “Seattle: Principal Empowerment” in Paul Hill, et al., It Takes a City, (Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 2000).
• Looney, Janet, “Rethinking Progress in the Twenty-First Century,” The Seattle Times, p. B-5, September 5, 1999.
• Zumeta, William and Janet Looney, “State Budgets and Policy Developments,” in H. Wechsler, ed., The National Educational Association 1994 Almanac of Higher Education.  (Washington, D.C.:  National Education Association, 1993).

Contact details:

2, rue André Pascal
75775 Paris, Cedex 16

ceri.contact@oecd.org
Telephone : 33-1 45 24 92 18
Fax: 33-1 44 30 63 94

Office location:
Tour Europe, La Défense

 

 

 

 

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