Dr. Erika Landl is committed to helping state and national clients understand and articulate the design implications of their assessment and accountability systems. Since joining the Center in July 2012, she has worked with several states to articulate coherent, defensible theories of action aligned to state goals and policy initiatives and has developed user-friendly resources that support the evaluation and refinement of educator evaluation and school accountability systems. Erika previously served as a Senior Research Scientist at Pearson, where she spent 13 years as a lead psychometrician for a variety of state and national assessment programs. Erika received a Ph.D. in Educational Measurement and Statistics from the University of Iowa.