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Dr.
J. Douglas Willms
Willms in 2017
Other namesJ. D. Willms, Douglas Willms
TitleCanada Research Chair in Literacy and Human Development
Academic background
Alma materStanford University, University of British Columbia, Royal Military College of Canada
Academic work
DisciplineLiteracy and Human Development
Sub-disciplineStudent assessment, school composition, student achievement, monitoring school performance
InstitutionsUniversity of New Brunswick, University of British Columbia, University of Edinburgh
Notable worksVulnerable Children: Findings from Canada's National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth

J. Douglas Willms is the Founder and President of The Learning Bar Inc. He is a member of the US National Academy of Education,[1] Past-President of the International Academy of Education[2] and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[3] From 1995 to 2018, Willms was Professor of Education at the University of New Brunswick,[4] where for eight years he held the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Chair in Human Development and for fourteen years held the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Literacy and Human Development.[5]

Willms graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1972 with a B.Eng. in Engineering Physics, and after a brief career as an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces he pursued a career in education. He received a teaching certificate in Special Education (1975) and an M.A. in Educational Psychology (1978) from the University of British Columbia.[4] He subsequently taught at the elementary, secondary and university levels before pursuing further graduate training at Stanford University, where he received an M.Sc. in Statistics (1980), an Educational Specialist degree in Program Evaluation (1981), and a Ph.D. in Education (1983). From 1983 to 1995 he held various positions at the University of Edinburgh, where he became an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in 1988, and at the University of British Columbia where he became Professor in 1993. Throughout his career, Willms has been a regular consultant with the World Bank,[6][7] OECD,[8][9] UNESCO,[10] Inter-American Development Bank and Statistics Canada.[11] In 2004, Willms co-founded The Learning Bar Inc., with the aim of bringing his research on children's development and assessment into widespread practice. The company employs over 70 staff in its Canadian and Australian offices, providing research and assessment services in several countries worldwide. The company's flagship products are the Early Years Evaluation, Confident Learners, and the OurSCHOOL / Tell Them From Me suite of school surveys.

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Willms's research contributions span four decades with publications in the areas of child development,[7] children's health,[12] youth literacy,[7] the accountability of schooling systems[13] and the assessment of national reforms.[10] His recent research included the development of an assessment framework called Educational Prosperity,[14] which sets out a small, coherent set of metrics for assessing child and youth development from conception to late adolescence. The framework was adopted by the OECD for its study, PISA for Development and is now being used in nine countries.

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ "J. Douglas Willms - National Academy of Education". National Academy of Education. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  2. ^ "Willms inducted as President of the International Academy of Education - Newsroom". Newsroom. 2015-08-17. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  3. ^ Janes, Brad (July 19, 2005). "UNBF expert elected Royal Society of Canada fellow". University of New Brunswick.
  4. ^ a b Willms, J. Douglas (December 2013). "Jon Douglas Willms" (PDF). University of New Brunswick.
  5. ^ "Dr. J. Douglas Willms | PREVNet - Canada's authority on bullying". www.prevnet.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  6. ^ Young, Mary Eming (2002). "From Early Childhood Development" (PDF). The World Bank.
  7. ^ a b c Dwyer, Victor (September 22, 1997). "The roots of failure: two new studies link poverty and illiteracy". Maclean's.
  8. ^ "PISA 2015 Assessment and Analytical Framework - Science, Reading, Mathematic, Financial Literacy and Collaborative Problem Solving - en - OECD". www.oecd.org. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  9. ^ English, Christy (October 15, 2003). "UNBF's Douglas Willms author of OECD report on student disaffection in schools". University of New Brunswick.
  10. ^ a b Willms, J. Douglas (2006). "Learning Divides: Ten Policy Questions about the Performance and Equity of Schools and Schooling Systems" (PDF). UNESCO.
  11. ^ Canada, Statistics (2005-06-23). "The CRISP-NSLYC files - ARCHIVED". Statistics Canada.
  12. ^ Willms, J. D. (2002). Vulnerable Children: Findings from Canada's National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. University of Alberta Press.
  13. ^ Willms, J. Douglas; Dunleavy, Jodene; Milton, Penny; Friesen, Sharon (September 2012). "What did you do in school today? The relationship between student engagement and academic outcomes" (PDF). EdCan Network.
  14. ^ Willms, J. Douglas (May 2017). "Educational Prosperity in Alberta's Schools" (PDF). The Learning Bar.
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