Abby Javurek is vice president of Solution Vision and Impact at NWEA. A national advocate for meaningful and equitable assessment, she was previously the director of the Division of Accountability Systems for the South Dakota Department of Education. She also served on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium executive committee 2015–18, acting as the committee’s chair in 2017–18. Her goal is to help states solve their biggest educational challenges and to create assessments that are meaningful to the classroom and ensure equity for all students.