Bess Goodykoontz (August 21, 1894 – July 29, 1990) was an American educator and federal official.

[6] During World War II, she testified before a 1943 Senate hearing on childcare programs to meet the needs of working mothers.

[1] Goodykoontz wrote many articles for scholarly and professional journals, including Childhood Education,[15] The Elementary English Review,[16] Teachers College Record,[17] Bulletin of the American Library Association,[18] Hispania,[19] Pi Lambda Theta Journal,[20] and National Altrusan.

[21] She also created publications for the Office of Education, including The Elementary School Principalship: Some Aspects of Its Development and Status (1938, with Jessie A.

[33] She died in 1990, aged 95 years, at her daughter's home in South Newfane, Vermont.