Doug Sovde leads the Content and Instructional Supports Unit for PARCC. Prior to joining the PARCC team, Doug worked at Achieve as a member of the writing team of the Common Core State Standards, having principal responsibility for creating Appendix A to the mathematics standards, also known as the Model Course Pathways in Mathematics.  Doug spent 12 years in the Bellevue, Washington Public Schools as a teacher, an assistant principal and a principal. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Washington, his master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Western Washington University, and his principal certification from the University of Washington’s Danforth Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Program.