Temple Lovelace

Executive Director

Assessment for Good, AERDF

Dr. Temple Lovelace is the Executive Director of Assessment for Good, an inclusive R&D program supported by AERDF. AFG focuses on creating new assessment tools that explore how we recognize and maximize each student’s potential as they leverage a unique set of skills to power their personal learning journey. In 2018, Temple launched a groundbreaking cooperative incubator in the School of Education at Duquesne University. There, she developed an innovative research and development methodology now being implemented by organizations across the United States. Her successful community-engaged programs—Youth Leading Change, Education Uncontained, and Girlhood Rising—have empowered educators and students to conduct localized R&D that bridges innovation and effective learning practices. Now, as a visiting scholar at the Gordon Institute for Advanced Study at Teachers College, Columbia University, Temple's research explores the role of context-capable assessment and learning so that we can understand the fullness of how learners explore their world and translate that to more modernized understandings of child development. A respected voice in educational innovation— Temple has published extensively on assessment design and student-centered learning approaches with the hope that educators, caregivers, and even learners themselves can co-create a future where all learners thrive.