Margie Jorgensen

Margie Jorgensen joined Harcourt Assessment in June 1999 and was responsible for the development of the tenth edition of the company's flagship educational product, the Stanford Achievement Test Series, as well as the eighth editions of the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test and the Metropolitan Achievement Tests.

In 2003 she was named to her current position as senior vice president for product research and innovation, with responsibility for the research and conceptual design of innovative new products.

For the past 28 years, through research and test development, Jorgensen has focused on finding better ways to assess what students know and can do. Throughout her career, Jorgensen has overseen the development of hundreds of achievement tests and other assessments, including customized standards-based tests for state and corporate clients.

Before joining Harcourt, Jorgensen was assistant vice president for development at ACT, Inc., a non-profit testing company known mainly for its college admission test, the ACT Assessment. In this position, Jorgensen supervised secondary and postsecondary assessment development, English language proficiency tests and research projects focused on enhancing the test development process.

Prior to that, Jorgensen held several positions at Educational Testing Service (ETS) and was responsible at various times for test development for the K-12 market, new business development and continuous process improvement in test development.

Early in her career, Jorgensen was an assistant professor at Emory University's Division of Educational Studies, and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in measurement, statistics and special education.

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