The group will work to replace an emphasis on Whole School Reform (WSR) with concentration on Core Curriculum Content Standards (CCCS) as the drivers of school improvement. The group should bolster the capacity of the 30 Abbott districts to help improve the instructional culture in 434 schools. The group should encourage teachers, principals, parents, and administrators to acquire the habit of data-driven, standards-based instruction.

Judy Aaronson, Deputy Director, America's Choice

Leslie Agart-Jones, Dean of Education, William Paterson University

Rosemary Alesandro, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction, West New York School District

Denise Baskerville, Parent, East Orange School District

William Behre, Chair, Special Education, The College of New Jersey

Steve Block, Director of School Reform Initiatives, Education Law Center

Marion Bolden, State District Superintendent, Newark Public Schools

Susan N. Boyer, Area Director, Northeast Success for All

Claudia Burzichelli, Director, Coalition of Essential Schools, NJ, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Donna Chierra, Teacher, NJAFT, Perth Amboy

Tom Corcoran, Co-Director, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania

Ada Beth Cutler, Dean, College of Education and Human Services, Montclair State University

Tina Dabrow, Office of Fiscal Review & Improvement, New Jersey Department of Education

Bari Erlichson, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Department of Public Policy

Susan Fuhrman, Dean, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Eunice Grippaldi, Assistant Superintendent, Livingston School District

Rebecca Guess, Principal, Indian Avenue Elementary School, Bridgeton

Deborah Harvest, Principal, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., Academy, East Orange

Edward Joyner, Executive Director, Child Study Center

Annette Kaplan, Assistant Superintendent, Union City School District

Stan Karp, Teacher, JFK High School, Paterson

Eugenia Lawson, Acting Manager, Program Improvement Regional Center-Central

Larry Leverett, Superintendent, Plainfield School District

M. Ann Levett-Lowe, Deputy Director, School Development Program, Yale University

Griselle Lopez-Diaz, Fairleigh Dickinson University

James H. Lytle, Superintendent, Trenton School District

Gordon MacInnes, Assistant Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Education

Pat Mitchell, Acting Manager, Program Improvement Regional Center-North

Leslie Morrow, Professor, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Joseph Mosley, Parent, New Brunswick

Marilyn Muirhead, Region III Comprehensive Center, The George Washington University Center for Equity & Excellence in Education

H. Gordon Pethick, Superintendent, Phillipsburg School District

Joyce Powell, Vice President, New Jersey Education Association

Muriel Rand, Acting Dean, College of Education, New Jersey City University

Nancy Reid, Director, Office of Program Review & Improvement, New Jersey Department of Education

Dr. Robert Slavin, Executive Director, Success for All

Donna Snyder, Manager, Program Improvement Regional Center-South, NJ Department of Education

Anna Taliaferro, Marilyn Morheuser Parent Resource Center

Sue Taylor, Principal, Franklin Elementary School, Newark

Frank VanCamp, Acting Director, Office of Fiscal Review & Improvement, New Jersey Department of Education

Grant Wiggins, Executive Director, Learning By Design