Leslie W. Grant is an associate professor in educational policy, planning and leadership in the William & Mary School of Education. Her research interests focus on classroom-based assessments and international comparisons of teaching and learning. She is involved in several research projects, including international comparative case studies of award-winning teachers in the United States and China and the efficacy of development assessment literacy in pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, and educational leaders. She served as the President for the Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness (CREATE) and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) which serves over 150,000 educators across the globe. Dr. Grant frequently works with schools and school districts, both within the United States and internationally, and presents at international, national, and state level conferences in the areas of classroom-based assessments, the use of data to improve student learning, and cross-cultural comparisons of effective teaching practices. She received her doctoral degree from William & Mary.