Victoria L. Bernhardt, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Education for the Future Initiative, and Professor in the College of Communication and Education at California State University, Chico (on leave). Dr. Bernhardt received a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology Research and Measurement, with a minor in Mathematics, from the University of Oregon. Her B.S. and M.S. degrees are from Iowa State University in the fields of statistics and psychology. Dr. Bernhardt has directed the Education for the Future Initiative, since 1991.

Dr. Bernhardt is the author, or co-author, of numerous books, including:

• Bernhardt, V.L. (2013). Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement. Third Edition. New York, NY: Routledge.
• Bernhardt, V.L. (2016). Data, Data Everywhere: Bringing All the Data Together for Continuous School Improvement. Second Edition. New York, NY: Routledge.
• Tibbals, C.Z. & Bernhardt, V.L. (2016). Shifting to Common Core Literacy: Reconceptualizing How We Teach and Lead. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree. 
• Hooper, M.A. & Bernhardt, V.L. (2016). Creating Capacity for Learning and Equity in Schools: Instructional, Adaptive, and Transformational Leadership. New York, NY: Routledge.

Victoria is passionate about her mission of helping all educators continuously improve teaching and learning in classrooms, schools, districts, states, provinces, and countries by gathering, analyzing, and using actual data—as opposed to using hunches and “gut-level” feelings. She has made presentations and keynote addresses at numerous professional meetings, and has conducted thousands of workshops on comprehensive data analysis and continuous school improvement throughout the world.