Susan Janssen Creighton

Susan Janssen Creighton is a senior mathematics associate at Education Development Center (EDC) in Massachusetts, where her work focuses on K–12 mathematics curriculum development and teacher professional development. She has worked in mathematics education for over 30 years, both in schools and at EDC, with particular emphasis on helping teachers adopt and implement formative assessment practices and on supporting their understanding and use of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice.

Creighton is coauthor of Routines for Reasoning: Fostering the Mathematical Practices in All Students, written with Grace Kelemanik and Amy Lucenta, which provides guidance on using classroom-tested instructional routines to develop students’ mathematical reasoning and problem‑solving skills. She is also a coauthor of Bringing Math Students Into the Formative Assessment Equation, which focuses on engaging students directly in formative assessment processes in mathematics classrooms.