Stanford University School of Education

Michael W. Kirst

Member of Academic Council
Professor of Education, Emeritus

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EDUCATION
A.B. Dartmouth College; M.P.A. Harvard University; Ph.D. Harvard University , Political Economy and Government

EXPERIENCE
Professor of Education; courtesy appointment, Business Administration; affiliated faculty, Political Science and Public Policy, Stanford University.

President, California State Board of Education, 1977-1981; Member, 1975-1977.

Staff Director, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Manpower, Employment and Poverty

Director, Program Planning and Evaluation, Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Office of Education.

Associate Director, President's Commission on White House Fellows; National Advisory Council on Education of Disadvantaged Children.

Budget Examiner, U.S. Bureau of the Budget (Office of Education).

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Management Board, Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) (federally funded national policy center).

Co-Director, Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE).

Member, Learning Committee, California State Master Plan for Education.

Co-Chair, Technical Advisory Committee, California High School Exit Exam.

Chairman, Board of International Comparative Studies in Education, National Academy of Sciences.

Member, Board on Testing and Assessment, National Academy of Sciences.

Member, Federal Advisory Commission on Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.

Co-Editor, Educational Researcher, published by AERA.

Commissioner, Education Commission of the States. Elected member of Steering Committee.

Associate Editor, Journal of Educational Evaluation and Policy, published by AERA. Responsible for manuscript review and interview section.

White House Fellows Association.

Research travel grants, German Academic Exchange Service, U.S.-Japan Foundation, and U.S. State Department ( Italy, Spain, France, Hungary).

HONORS

Member, National Academy of Education

Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

Member, International Academy of Education.

Vice President, American Educational Research Association (AERA); President, Division G AERA-Social Context of Education; Chairman, AERA Special Interest Group in Politics of Education.