Mitch Price is an assessment specialist in the ETS Research Institute. He has extensive experience in science education, curriculum design, and large scale assessment development. He currently serves as an Assessment Specialist for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Science Assessment. In this capacity, he is collaborating with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), and the NAEP Science Standing Committee to develop the first assessment aligned to the 2028 NAEP Science Framework.
Before rejoining ETS, Mitch was director of Pre AP STEM Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment at the College Board, where he led the development of formative and summative assessments for national Pre AP STEM programs, managing large cross functional teams and delivering high volume, high quality assessment content used by more than 100,000 students annually.
Earlier in his ETS career, he developed assessments for AP Biology, GRE Biochemistry, and multiple state programs and contributed to AP Biology scoring operations. Mitch began his career as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biology at Penn State University, where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the Biology curriculum, mentored researchers, and conducted work in developmental genetics. He has given numerous talks and symposia at national conferences and has several publications in primary research literature. He holds a Ph.D. in biology from Queen’s University and a B.S. in biology and chemistry from the University of New Brunswick in Canada.
Last updated: 2/12/2026