| 2023 | President, Global Education Analytics Institute |
| 2015- | Global Economic Adviser, LearnCapital |
| 2011-2015 | Director, CollegeSpring (formerly SEE College Prep) |
| 2010-2015 | Member, Education Reform Advisory Group, George W. Bush Institute |
| 2010-2015 | Director, GreatSchools |
| 2007-2015 | Member, Review Board for Broad Prize for Urban Education |
| 2007 | Member, Committee on Social Science Research Evidence on Racial Diversity in Schools, National Academy of Education |
| 2000-2001 | Member, Committee on Scientific Principles of Education Research, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council |
| 2000 | Member, Historic Preservation Commission, Town of Brighton, NY |
| 1998-2001 | Member, Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council |
| 1992-1998 | Member, Committee on National Statistics, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council |
| 1993-1997 | Chairman, Panel on Retirement Income Modeling, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council |
| 1990-1994 | Chairman, Panel on the Economics of Educational Reform (PEER) |
| 1984-1995 | Consultant, The World Bank |
| 1992 | Chairman, Blue Ribbon Commission on Monroe County Finances, Monroe County, NY |
| 1988-1991 | Chairman, Panel to Evaluate Microsimulation Models for Social Welfare Programs, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council |
| 1977-1983 | Consultant, Mathematica Policy Research |
| 1976-1978 | Member, Mayor's Task Force on Education, New Haven, CT |
| 1975-1977 | Senior Research Associate, Institute for Demographic and Economic Studies |
| 1975-1977 | Consultant, Abt Associates |
| 1972-1974 | Member, RFF-Academy for Contemporary Problems, Metropolitan Governance Research Committee |
| 1969-1973 | Consultant, The Rand Corporation |