William J. Mathis is the managing director of the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the former superintendent of schools for the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union in Brandon, Vermont. He has published or presented research on finance, assessment, school vouchers, cost-effectiveness, education reform, history, special education, and Constitutional issues. His current work focuses on the financial, programmatic, and "Adequate Yearly Progress" components of the federal "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001." Mathis was a National Superintendent of the Year finalist and was also the Vermont Superintendent of the Year in 2002.
