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John Carr
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Author:
English Language Development Student Report Card
Making Mathematics Accessible to English Learners
Making Science Accessible to English Learners: A Guidebook for Teachers, Updated Edition
The Bottom-Up Simple Approach to School Accountability and Improvement
The Map of Standards for English Learners,
Grades 6-12
The Map of Standards for English Learners,
Grades K-5
The Map of Standards for English Learners, Set
Since joining WestEd in 1997 as Senior Research Associate, John W. Carr has been developing resource products and consulting on the theme of equity for English learners through the integration of differentiated instruction and assessment.
Carr consults with states on English language development (ELD) standards and their implementation in partnership with staff in WestEd's Assessment and Standards Development Services. Since joining WestEd's Evaluation Research program in 2006, he also conducts educational program evaluation projects.
Carr has conducted numerous teacher-oriented workshops throughout California about how to use the Map of Standards for English Learners to provide standards-based, effective classroom instruction and assessment. Schools, districts, and county offices of education contract for his services. He is co-developer of ELD standards and implementation workshops for Idaho, and conducted ELD standards reviews for other several states. He is co-director of a multiyear evaluation study of Minnesota's Refugee Grant program.
Carr cowrote the best-selling The Map of Standards for English Learners: Integrating Instruction and Assessment of English Language Development and English Language Arts Standards in California. An invaluable resource for thousands of K-12 administrators and teachers, the Map has been published in five editions and is WestEd's best-selling resource, selling over 118,000 copies. This standards-based tool is a side-by-side "map" of California's English language development standards and the state's English language arts standards, organized for teachers to more easily plan standards-based, differentiated lessons. Carr authored an article in Language Magazine (April 2008) about the usefulness of the Map of Standards.
Carr coauthored Making Science Accessible to English Learners: A Guidebook for Teachers in 2006, and Making Mathematics Accessible to English Learners in 2009. These guidebooks succinctly and clearly describe highly effective strategies for teaching language within the content of science and mathematics, offering many examples in grades 6-12. Carr authored an article in Language Magazine (February 2008) that highlights key ideas.
Carr also cowrote The Bottom-Up Simple Approach to School Accountability and Improvement, which helps schools and districts design and implement accountability systems that focus on teacher teams making data-informed decisions at critical periods during the year. He contributed chapters to Grading and Reporting Student Progress in an Age of Standards.
Prior to joining WestEd, Carr was responsible for the assessment and program evaluation systems in two large school districts and conducted workshops related to assessment, organizational change, and effective instructional programs.
Carr received a BA in psychology and an MA in research psychology from California State University, Sacramento, and a PhD in measurement, evaluation, and research in education from the University of California, Berkeley.