Drummond, Todd
Todd Drummond has a BA in History from Indiana University and an MA in Political Science from the University of Florida. From 1994-97 he taught English as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kyrgyzstan. After his service, Todd worked until 2006 for the non-profit, non-governmental organization, American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. From 2001 to 2005 he served as the director of Kyrgyzstan's National Testing Initiative, a program launched by the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and funded by USAID. The initiative resulted in the development of a non-governmental assessment center and the creation of a new university admissions testing and enrollment regime for State Universities in the Republic. He has worked in education on short-term assignments in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Georgia and Ukraine. Todd’s main academic interests are comparative education, testing and assessment policies and their impact on learning and education systems, the history of education in Russia and Eurasia, and institutions and institutional change.
Awards
Dean's Scholar Award, Michigan State University, 2006.
Honorary Award for "Outstanding Contribution to the Educational Development of the Kyrgyz Republic," Presented by the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Askar Akaev, August, 2002.
President's Award for Outstanding Service to the American Councils for International Education:ACTR/ACCELS, July, 2002.
Publications
Drummond, T. & DeYoung, A. (2004) “Perspectives and Problems in Education Reform in Kyrgyzstan: The Case of National Scholarship Testing, 2002,” in Challenges for Education in Central Asia, ed. S. Heyneman and A. De Young (Information Age Publishing), pp. 225-242.
Russian Language Publications:
Drummond, T. (2003) “Resultati Testirovaniya - Otsenka Kachestvo Obrazivaniya: Za I Protiv,” in Mektep, (The Fund for Support of Educational Initiatives), vol. 4, pp. 3-14. Drummond, T. & Valkova, I. (2003) “Iz Opita Provedeniya Obshe- Respublikanskova Testirovaniya v Kirgizskoi Respublikii,” in New School, New Teacher, (Fund SOROS Kyrgyzstan), vol. 1, pp. 118-131.
