Marc Tucker

Marc S. Tucker (born 1939) is the president and CEO of the National Center on Education and the Economy. He is an internationally recognized expert on education reform and a leader in benchmarking the policies and practices of the countries with the best education systems in the world.

Tucker recently published a report on international education benchmarking entitled Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: An American Agenda for Education Reform. His latest book, Surpassing Shanghai, was published by Harvard Education Press in November 2011. According to the publisher, Surpassing Shanghai aims to answer a simple question: How would one redesign the American education system if the aim was to take advantage of everything that has been learned by countries with the world’s best education systems? [1] Jay Greene has argued, however, that the "best practice" methodology is flawed and is likely to lead to poor policies.

Tucker was influential in creating the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce [2], the New Standards Consortium [3], the National Skills Standards Board, America’s Choice [4] (a comprehensive school reform program), the National Institute for School Leadership [5](a school leadership training organization) and Board Examination Systems Program. Mr. Tucker has testified frequently to the U.S. Congress and state legislatures.

He previously served as executive director at Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy; president at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; associate director at the National Institute of Education, U.S. Department of Education; and a professor of education at the University of Rochester.

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