Measured Progress Names Richard Swartz to Senior Vice President Position

DOVER, N.H., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Measured Progress is pleased to announce that Richard Swartz has assumed the position of senior vice president, strategy, products, and portfolio. Swartz will provide strategic leadership to the Dover, New Hampshire-based company, with a special focus on developing products and services to improve teaching and learning.

A native of Pennsylvania, Swartz is a veteran assessment professional and educator. Before entering the assessment arena, he taught writing at the community college and university levels. During his 25 years in the testing industry, he has distinguished himself as a leader in the areas of assessment research and development, technology, and the creation of innovative products for both the domestic and international markets.

From 1988 to 2005, Swartz worked with Educational Testing Service, where he held positions ranging from senior development leader to president of ETS Technologies, Inc. He comes to Measured Progress after five years at Riverside Publishing, where he most recently served as president.

"Working with the many talented people at Measured Progress to shape strategy and build new products is a great opportunity for me," said Swartz.  "This is a time of profound change in the assessment industry, and a unique opportunity to have meaningful impact on the quality of teaching and learning."

Swartz's quarter century in the assessment field parallels Measured Progress's history. The company was founded 26 years ago with four employees and has grown to 450 employees. It holds testing contracts in nearly half of the states, affecting more than two million students. The company is poised for further growth through the use of technological applications in testing, as well as the development of assessment approaches that enrich student learning.

"I am delighted that Rich is on board," said Measured Progress President Martin Borg. "His extensive experience and singular insights into education and assessment are exactly the attributes we need to foster our continued growth and to serve current and future clients by developing products and services to improve teaching and learning in the 21st century classroom."

Measured Progress is a Dover, New Hampshire-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to student learning and improving instruction in the standards-based classroom. For more than twenty-five years, Measured Progress has worked in half of the states across the nation on programs affecting millions of students. The organization develops state- and district-level assessments, and is the nation's leading provider of alternate assessment for students with disabilities. In addition, Measured Progress offers local assessment products and professional development programs to help educators use assessments and assessment data to accurately measure student achievement and improve instruction.

SOURCE Measured Progress