Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center

Sam Redding
Sam Redding is the Executive Director of the Academic Development Institute and Director of the Center on Innovation and Improvement. Dr. Redding holds a doctorate in educational administration from Illinois State University and is a graduate of Harvard's Institute for Educational Management. He holds a master's degree in psychology from Illinois State University and a master's degree in English from the University of Illinois. He taught at the high school level in special education and social studies before teaching psychology and education at the college level. He served as the vice president and dean of Lincoln College until becoming the executive director of the Academic Development Institute in 1984. He has consulted with schools and districts throughout the country. In addition to his work with ADI, Dr. Redding was a senior research associate of the Laboratory for Student Success at Temple University from 1995 to 2006. He is the executive editor of the School Community Journal. Dr. Redding has authored a book on continuous school improvement, edited three books on home-school relations, and published more than 40 articles and book chapters on education topics.

Lauren Morando Rhim
Lauren Morando Rhim is a senior consultant with Public Impact. Her work spans a wide range of pressing education issues, including charter schools, school restructuring, special education, state and district support for school improvement, and virtual schools. Dr. Rhim both conducts her own work and leads project teams in the areas of research, evaluation, technical assistance, and consulting. Prior to joining Public Impact, she was a faculty research associate in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she conducted research, external consulting, and evaluations. She holds her doctorate from the University of Maryland, College Park, in Social Foundations of Education Policy and Leadership.

Caitlin Scott
Caitlin Scott assists the Center on Education Policy in conducting case studies and writing reports about the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and Reading First, a federal program aimed at improving reading in the early grades. She researches and writes about education issues, particularly those relating to urban schools, teachers, and students. She began her career in
education as a classroom teacher of students with mild disabilities, administered a public school tutoring program, and most recently worked as a staff writer for CATALYST-CLEVELAND, an education magazine covering Cleveland Municipal School District. Dr. Scott received her doctorate in education from Cleveland State University, an M.T. in education from the University of Virginia, and an M.A. in creative writing from the University of Florida. Her B.A. in English and creative writing is from Oberlin College.

Dave Weaver
As a senior research associate at RMC Research Corporation, Mr. Weaver is responsible for a wide variety of evaluations in the areas of science, mathematics, and technology education. Currently, Mr. Weaver serves as the evaluator for the Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center, which provides technical assistance to 5 state education agencies regarding implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act; the Oregon Mathematics Leadership Institute, an initiative to train a cadre of teacher leaders in mathematics; Washington State's Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform (LASER) project; Across the Sciences, an online science teacher training series developed by Oregon Public Broadcasting and Biological Sciences Curriculum Study; Partners in Discovery, a graduate fellowship project funded by the National Science Foundation; and MASE K–5, a technology-focused local systemic change project in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also directs an experimental research study, funded by the National Science Foundation, on the effectiveness of the Observing for Evidence of Learning professional development model in secondary science instruction.

Mr. Weaver earned a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Mathematics Education from Portland State University in Oregon. Upon completion of the bachelor's degree, he served as a mathematics and computer science teacher for 8 years at Mt. View Intermediate School in Beaverton, Oregon. During this time Mr. Weaver also served as the department chairperson, taught numerous college credit courses for district staff, and served on curriculum development committees.