Elizabeth Ross

Elizabeth Ross serves as the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning (TAL) at the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) in Washington DC. In her role, Elizabeth is incredibly proud to lead OSSE’s Advancing Excellence work, which helps ensure that all DC students have the opportunity to excel by setting high standards, providing robust supports for educators and students, and holding schools and school systems accountable. Prior to joining the OSSE team, Elizabeth served as the Vice President and Managing Director of Teacher Policy at the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), where she oversaw state research and policy and led technical assistance to support states’ efforts to ensure that every student has effective teachers and every teacher has the opportunity to become effective. Before her time at NCTQ, Elizabeth worked at the US Department of Education on myriad equity-focused student support and teacher quality initiatives and policies.

Elizabeth began her career as a third-grade teacher at Simon Elementary School in Washington, DC. She holds a BA from Georgetown University, where she studied English Literature and Government; an MAT from American University in Elementary Education; a JD from Villanova University School of Law, where she was a public interest scholar; and an EdM from Harvard University Graduate School of Education, where she was a Zuckerman Fellow. Elizabeth also teaches US Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing at Georgetown University Law Center and Education Law and Policy at American University.