Craig A. Mertler

Craig A. Mertler is currently a Professor of Action Research & Quantitative Methods at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. He has been an educator for 40 years, 30 of those in higher education (including 12 as an administrator) at Bowling Green State University, the University of West Georgia, Lynn University, and Arizona State University. Dr. Mertler holds degrees from Bowling Green State University, the Ohio State University, and Florida State University. He teaches doctoral and undergraduate courses focused on the application of action research to promote educator empowerment, school improvement, and job-embedded professional development, and also teaches quantitative research methods, introductory statistical analysis, multivariate statistical analysis, and educational assessment methods. He is the author of 10 books, 3 novels, 9 invited book chapters, 25 refereed journal articles, two instructors' manuals, and numerous non-refereed articles and manuscripts. He has also presented more than 40 research papers at professional meetings around the country, as well as internationally. He conducts workshops for in-service educational professionals (at all levels) on classroom-based action research and on the broad topic of classroom assessment. His primary research and consulting interests include classroom-based action research, data-driven educational decision making, professional learning communities, and classroom teachers' assessment literacy. Before teaching and researching at the university level, he taught high school biology and earth science, and also coached track and volleyball. In his leisure time, he enjoys traveling with his family and playing golf.