John Michaelson

AdvancED

AdvancED is the world's largest education community, serving more than 30,000 public and private schools and districts across the United States and in more than 70 countries that educate over 16 million students. We believe that students must be prepared to succeed in a constantly-evolving and diverse world and that educational institutions have a deep responsibility to deliver quality education to students from all walks of life. On June 26, 2018 the collective Boards of Measured Progress and AdvancED made a historic decision to merge as a new, unified organization. The focus of Measured Progress is assessments of and for learning with an emphasis on helping educators understand and apply assessment outcomes so that students benefit. The focus of AdvancED is understanding and measuring the quality of the school environment and its practices within a continuous improvement system. The combination of these capabilities will create an organization that will be unique in the school improvement market and, most importantly, meet a demand and need from institutions.