Laura Slover is Managing Director of State Strategy and Innovation and leads ETS’ work with states, including Skills for the Future, a joint initiative of ETS and Carnegie Foundation to transform high school and measure what matters in new and innovative ways.

Laura started her career as a high school English teacher in Eagle County, Colorado. She then spent 15 years at Achieve, Inc. was the Senior Vice President at Achieve, Inc. and then the founding CEO of the Partnership for Assessment of College and Careers (PARCC), a consortium of states advancing college- and career-readiness through quality assessments and meaningful accountability. She then launched CenterPoint Education Solutions, which was acquired by Cognia.

A native Washingtonian, she spent eight years on the District of Columbia State Board of Education, including two years as president. She currently serves as a Trustee of the College of the Atlantic, in Bar Harbor, Maine; an Advisor to Mastery.org; and as a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She still lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and daughter.