Peggy G. Carr

"I would say that what has happened is a professional tragedy, not just for me, but for all of NCES and my staff."

"But for me, it really was a personal tragedy because I have spent my career helping NCES build its solid reputation as a premier statistical agency in the federal system."

"Developing a “device agnostic” test would allow students to take it on different kinds of devices, like Chromebooks or school-issued laptops, and adaptive testing could allow for researchers to collect more detailed information about the capabilities of very high-performing and very low-performing students."