Dr. Monica Young (EASN) is Director of the Effective Educator Development Technical Assistance Center, a project of AEM Corporation. She has expertise in developing metrics and methodologies for educator, school, and district accountability systems as well as educator supply and demand. She served as Project Coordinator for Accountability Metrics at the New York State Education Department. She also provided technical assistance to districts in understanding and using growth measures and relevant data collection. Dr. Young previously taught graduate courses to preservice teachers in pedagogy, action research, statistics, and research methods. She also has coauthored research in the field of science teacher beliefs, practices, and preparation.