Evidently, they weren't aware of what can be accomplished with creative programming within the SAS environment. This programming has been instrumental in helping us assess the influence of school systems, schools, and teachers on student learning. John Schneider earned a B.A. in history from Vanderbilt University and an M.S. in statistics from the University of Tennessee. Since 1991, he also worked to develop the database necessary for the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System. He joined SAS inSchool in 2000.
Teachers assess students every day.
We strive to enhance the quality of that assessment so that educators can determine what works and what doesn't work in the classroom. That's important because the rate at which students learn has a cumulative impact on the kinds of opportunities they will have for the rest of their lives. From 1992 to 2000, he worked as a statistician with the Value-Added Research and Assessment Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. From 1984 to 2000, he was also an instructor in the Statistics Department at the University of Tennessee.