The CALDER Advisory Board provides comment and advice on both the research plans and research products of the center. It includes the following members:

• Richard Colvin, Hechinger Institute, Columbia University
• Christopher Edley, Dean, Boalt Law School, UC Berkeley
• Dan Fallon, Carnegie Corporation
• Michael Feuer, Executive Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, The National Academies
• Michael Fix, Vice President and Director of Studies, Migration Policy Institute
• Pat Forgione, Superintendent, Austin Independent School District
• Kenji Hakuta, Professor, School of Education, Stanford University
• Larry Hedges, Board of Trustees Professor of Statistics and Social Policy, Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
• Frederick Hess, Director Education, American Enterprise Institute
• Paul Hill, Research Professor, CRPE, University of Washington
• David Monk, Dean, Pennsylvania State University
• Lynn Olson, Editor, Education Week
• Isabel Sawhill, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, The Brookings Institution
• Barbara Schneider, John A. Hannah Chair Professorship, Michigan State Univ
• Susan Sclafani, Managing Director, Chartwell Education Group