Marc Tucker

Tucker is a graduate of Brown University.{{cite book |contribution=Appendix C: Biographical Sketches|contribution-url=https://www.nap.edu/read/10023/chapter/14|pages=115–124 |language=en|title=Investigating the Influence of Standards: A Framework for Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education|author=National Research Council|year=2002|location=Washington, DC|publisher=The National Academies Press|doi=10.17226/10023|isbn=978-0-309-07276-2}}

He was president and chief executive officer of the National Center on Education and the Economy, the associate director of the National Institute of Education.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ewa.org/source/marc-tucker|title = Marc Tucker}} He was appointed professor of education at the University of Rochester and was appointed by president Bill Clinton to the National Skills Standards Board, where he served as the chair of its research and policy committee.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeandlearning.org/marc-tucker|title = Marc Tucker|date = 25 September 2011}}

Tucker is the author or editor of:

• A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century (Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy, 1986)Reviews of A Nation Prepared: Robert Laurent, Recherche & formation (in French), [https://www.persee.fr/doc/refor_0988-1824_1988_num_4_1_952_t1_0133_0000_1]{{cite journal | last=Rigden | first=John S. | title=Editorial: The Carnegie report, A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century | journal=American Journal of Physics | publisher=American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) | volume=54 | issue=8 | year=1986 | issn=0002-9505 | doi=10.1119/1.14502 | pages=683|bibcode=1986AmJPh..54..683R}}
• America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages (National Center on Education and the Economy, 1990)Review of America's Choice: Horst Brand, "Setting new standards for skills in the workplace", Monthly Labor Review, {{JSTOR|41843396}}
• Thinking for a Living: Education and the Wealth of Nations (with Ray Marshall, Basic Books, 1992){{cite journal | last1=Kirst | first1=Michael | last2=Marshall | first2=Ray | last3=Tucker | first3=Marc | title=Thinking for a Living: Education and the Wealth of Nations. | journal=Political Science Quarterly | publisher=Wiley | volume=108 | issue=2 | year=1993 | issn=0032-3195 | doi=10.2307/2152024 | page=345|jstor=2152024}} Barry Bluestone, Journal of Economic Literature, {{JSTOR|2728451}};
• Standards for Our Schools: How to Set Them, Measure Them, and Reach Them (with Judy Codding, Jossey-Bass, 1998)[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7879-3894-9 Review of Standards for Our Schools: Publishers Weekly]
• The Principal Challenge: Leading and Managing Schools in an Era of Accountability (edited with Judy Codding, Jossey-Bass, 2002)Review of The Principal Challenge: Harold Wenglinsky, "From Practice to Praxis: Books about the New Principal Preparation", Educational Researcher, {{JSTOR|3699822}}
• Tough Choices or Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce (National Center on Education and the Economy, 2006)
• Surpassing Shanghai: An Agenda for American Education Built on the World's Leading Systems (edited with Linda Darling-Hammond, Harvard Education Press, 2011)Reviews of Surpassing Shanghai: Susan D. Patrick, "Can American Schools Challenge the World's Leading K-12 Educational Systems?", Educational Technology, {{JSTOR|44430046}}

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