Mark D. Musick

ACT, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of assessment, research, information, and program management services in the areas of education and workforce development. It offers ACT Aspire, PreACT, ACT Academy, ACT CollegeReady, ACT Certified Educator, and ACT Tessera. The company was founded by E.F. Lindquist and Ted McCarrel in 1959 and is headquartered in Iowa City, IA.

Southern Regional Education Board is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works with states to improve public education at every level, from early childhood through doctoral education and the workforce. The organization is headquartered in Atlanta, GA, and operates in 15 member states. Its work is funded by appropriations from member states, as well as by contracts and grants from foundations and from local, state and federal agencies.

The National Commission on Teaching & America's Future provides educational services. The firm engages education policymakers and practitioners to address the entrenched challenge of recruiting, developing, and retaining teachers in order to ensure that all students have access to teaching in schools. The company was founded by Linda Darling-Hammond and James Baxter Hunt, Jr. in 1994 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

The National Center for the Improvement of Ed Assessment, Inc. operates as education leaders to design, implement, and evaluate assessment and accountability policies and programs, and to design technically sound policy solutions. The company is headquartered in Dover, NH.

Renaissance Learning, Inc. engages in the provision of technology-based school improvement and student assessment programs for kinder to grade 12 schools. Its products include Star 360, myIGDIs, Accelerated Reader, Math and myON. The firm's software solutions offers assessments, early literacy, individualized and balanced instruction, and response to intervention. The company was founded by Judith Ames Paul and Terrance D. Paul in 1986 and is headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, WI.