As Senior Product Manager for the New & Emerging group at NWEA, Linda is responsible

for leading the exploration of new market needs and deciding how NWEA should respond to them, serving as primary liaison with Research on future-looking ideas and experiments, and leading new product development projects.

 

A veteran of the educational assessment industry, Linda came to NWEA two years ago. She has worked on a number of projects, including social-emotional learning, teacher-created tests, how assessments can link to open educational resources, performance assessment, and learning progressions. She coordinates NWEA’s work with ERDI (Educational Research and Development Institute). 

 

Linda holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from the University of California, Riverside, and an M.F.A. and Ph.D. in musicology from Princeton University. She is an avid vegan cook, researcher, and workshop leader.