Edys Quellmalz is Director of Technology-Enhanced Assessment and Learning Systems in WestEd’s Math, Science and Technology program. In that position, she leads SimScientists projects funded by NSF and the U.S. Department of Education related to simulation-based science curricula and assessments for formative and summative assessments that can serve as components of balanced state science assessment systems. Projects include NSF-funded Calipers II: Using Simulations to Assess Complex Science Learning, Foundations of 21st Century Science Assessment; Carnegie Corporation-funded Transformative Assessments for Science; IES-funded, SimScientists Assessment System; SimScientists: Interactive Simulation-based Learning Environments; Mutilevel Assessments of Science Standards, and Integrating Science Simulations into Balanced State Science Assessment Systems. Dr. Quellmalz is recognized nationally and internationally as an expert in technology-supported assessment and has published her research widely. She co-directed the development of the framework and specifications for the 2014 Technological Literacy National Assessment of Educational Progress and served on the Steering Committee for the 2011 NAEP Writing Framework. She has consulted for numerous state, national, international assessment programs. She was Associate Director of the Center for Technology and Learning at SRI International and the Director of Assessment Research and Design. She served on the faculty at the Stanford School of Education and as research faculty in the UCLA Graduate School of Education.