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Auditi Chakravarty

AERDF
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Auditi is CEO of AERDF (the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund). AERDF is a national nonprofit that harnesses the power of research and development (R&D) to unlock scientific breakthroughs and deliver research-backed solutions to pressing teaching and learning challenges. Auditi previously spent 12 years at College Board, where she led research for all their programs and assessment development for the SAT suite of assessments, launched the Pre-AP program, was GM of the SpringBoard program, designed AP Computer Science Principles and AP Capstone, and led the redesign of AP science, history, and world language courses. Prior to that she held multiple product development and instructional design roles at Kaplan Test Prep and Kaplan K12 after working in educational publishing, including at Scholastic. A former high school English teacher, Auditi holds a BA in English and M.Ed in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. She is currently a Venture Partner with LearnLaunch Accelerator and is Chair of the National Board of Directors for Bottom Line, a college access and success nonprofit.