Shannon Wells, Ph.D.e-mail
CEO, Assessment and Accountability
Dr. Shannon Wells, received her Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology with an emphasis in quantitative data analysis at the University of California, Riverside. She has worked on several large-scale research projects and was the Research Coordinator for the Riverside Accuracy Project for five years. As a Research Coordinator she oversaw data collection and data entry, wrote large-scale federal grants, and conducted complex statistical analyses. She has also gained considerable work experience as a Senior Program Evaluator for a large school district in Southern California. Over the past several years, she has focused on accountability issues related to both the Public Schools Accountability Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, and prides herself on making complex testing information understandable to all with whom she works, whether it be parents, community members, teachers, administrators, or Trustees. Additionally, she focuses on making assessment results meaningful to classroom teachers so that teachers see assessment as part of their instructional process, rather than an end in itself.