William Schmidt is a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University and the National Research Coordinator and Executive Director of the National Center which oversees U.S. participation in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). A past Chairman of the Department of Educational Psychology and former Acting Dean for Planning and Evaluation in the College of Education at Michigan State University, he was also head of the Office of Policy Studies and Program Assessment for the National Science Foundation.
William H. Schmidt, Curtis C. McKnight, Richard T. Houang, HsingChi Wang, David E. Wiley, Leland S. Cogan, Richard G. Wolfe,
Why Schools Matter: A Cross-National Comparison of Curriculum and Learning, November 2001, Jossey-Bass
Leonard J. Bianchi , Richard T. Houang , William H. Schmidt, Gilbert A. Valverde. Richard G. Wolfe, According to the Book: Using TIMSS To Investigate the Translation of Policy into Practice through the World of Textbooks, 2002, Kluwer Publishing.
