 As Chair of the New York State Council on Curriculum and Assessment she oversaw the process of developing the state's learning standards, curriculum frameworks, and assessments during the early 1990s.From 1994-2001, Darling-Hammond served as executive director of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, chaired by Governor James B.Hunt, a blue-ribbon panel whose work put the issue of teaching quality on the map nationally and led to sweeping policy changes affecting teaching and schooling.