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Gary Phillips, Ph.D.

Chief Scientist

Dr. Gary Phillips is a Chief Scientist at AIR. He served as the Acting Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the U.S. Department of Education from 1999 – 2002. Prior to that Dr. Phillips served as the Deputy Commissioner. Previous responsibilities at NCES include overseeing the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), The National Adult Literacy Study (NALS), and the Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS). He also was the architect, and served as the Executive Director, of President Clinton’s Voluntary National Test (VNT). Dr. Phillips has published or presented over 200 papers, taught dozens of advanced graduate level statistics courses, and presented hundreds of workshops on advanced statistical and psychometric topics. His areas of interest are in structural equation models, hierarchical linear models, item-response theory models and Bayesian inference. He is nationally and internationally known for his expertise in large-scale assessments and complex surveys.