Terry Bergeson

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Teresa "Terry" Bergeson is the three-term Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

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Dr. Bergeson graduated from Emmanuel College in 1964 with a B.A. in English. In 1969 she earned a master’s degree in counseling and guidance from Western Michigan University. She earned her doctoral degree from the University of Washington.

Bergeson worked as a counselor at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington, and as a teacher and guidance counselor in Massachusetts and Alaska. During this period Bergeson served as chair of the National Education Association's Women's Caucus and implemented their National Women's Leadership Training Project. In 1981 Bergeson was elected vice-president of the Washington Education Association, and in 1985 she was elected president.

In 1989 she was hired as an executive director in the Central Kitsap School District where she had a supervisory role over 9 of the 21 schools in the district. From 1993 to 1996 Bergeson was the executive director of the Washington State Commission on Student Learning, in which capacity she led the development of statewide standards for students, as well as the Washington Assessment of Student Learning.

In 1996 Bergeson launched her first successful bid for the non-partisan office of Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 2000 she was elected again, and in 2004 Bergeson became a three-term Superintendent. [1] [2] As superintendent Bergeson led further development of statewide standards and standardized tests, particularly after the Commission on Student Learning was dissolved in 1999.[3]

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  1. ^ Washington Learns Steering Committee Members.
  2. ^ (n.d.)About the Author. New Horizons for Learning website.
  3. ^ A Brief History of Essential Academic Learning Requirements and the Washington Assessment of Student Learning. Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Retrieved 2/19/08.

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