She received her EdD from Harvard University Her research and teaching focus on the relationships between learning and assessment, with emphases on student self-assessment and self-regulated learning (SRL). She has written numerous articles, including an award-winning article on rubrics for Educational Leadership (1997). She edited a special issue on assessment for Theory Into Practice (2009), coedited The Handbook of Formative Assessment (2010) with Gregory Cizek, and is coediting a special issue of Applied Measurement in Education with Christina Schneider.