Dr. Roberta Schorr is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University-Newark, a member of the Ph.D. faculty of the Graduate School and Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University-New Brunswick and an affiliate member of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Rutgers University-Newark.

Professor Schorr has authored or co-authored over 70 articles, chapters, and papers, and co-authored and co-edited The Ambiguity of Teaching to the Test (Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers).    She has delivered over 80 statewide, national and international presentations about her research and work, including invited presentations at the National Academy of Sciences, a Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill, the NJ State Assembly; the NJ State Board of Education, the Board of Directors of the NJ Chamber of Commerce, and Federal Court (where she provided expert testimony regarding the Microsoft antitrust litigation etc.).

Dr. Schorr is currently the Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on grants totaling over 16 million dollars (funded by the National Science Foundation and the Lucent Technologies Foundation—see http://www.metromath.org). These grants combine both research and implementation, which, consistent with her theoretical perspectives, are not regarded as separate activities. She also serves on many statewide and national committees and boards involving educational endeavors.

Dr. Schorr’s research is focused on the following interrelated areas all of which involve pre-K – graduate level education: professional development, assessment, technology, policy, and the development of mathematical ideas in students. The purpose of her research and work is to expand the number of students who are able to acquire the knowledge and abilities that are needed to be successful and productive in a democratic society.  Her scholarship, community service and teaching are inextricably intertwined to move towards that goal.