Eric M. Carbaugh, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Middle, Secondary, and Mathematics Education at James Madison University, where he has received the College of Education’s “Distinguished Service Award” and been twice nominated for the College’s “Distinguished Teacher Award.” Eric is an international education consultant as well ASCD Faculty member. To date, he has worked with over 65 schools and districts on differentiated instruction, the Understanding by Design curriculum framework, quality formative and summative assessment design, and other various educational best practices. Eric has authored numerous articles and book chapters and is also journal editor and board member for the Virginia ASCD chapter. Eric taught secondary school social studies as well as elementary language arts and history. He currently lives outside of Charlottesville, Virginia and can be reached at carbauem@jmu.edu.

Kristina J. Doubet, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Middle, Secondary, and Mathematics Education at James Madison University, where she has received the College of Education’s “Distinguished Teacher Award” and “Madison Scholar Award.” As a consultant and ASCD Faculty Member, Kristi has partnered with over 80 schools, districts, and organizations – both nationally and abroad – around initiatives related to differentiated instruction, Understanding by Design, and classroom assessment. In addition to numerous journal articles and book chapters, she co-authored the AMLE book Smart in the Middle: Classrooms that work for Bright Middle-Schoolers (with Carol Tomlinson) and the ASCD book Differentiation in Middle and High School: Strategies to Engage ALL Learners (with Jessica Hockett). Kristi taught secondary English and language arts for ten years, and has also served as an instructional coach in elementary and middle school classrooms. She can be reached at doubetkj@jmu.edu.