Earlier this year, CRESST Director Eva Baker shared a new vision for improved assessment to the National Association of State Boards of Education. Her presentation, "Assessments for 21st Century Learning: Mapping the Path to a New Generation of Assessments," is now available.

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Next Generation Science Standards: A New Report from CRESST Director Joan Herman

The new generation of science standards should be based on lessons learned from current practice and on recent examples of standards-development methodology, says CRESST Director Joan Herman. In a new CRESST report, Dr. Herman cites promising efforts from the NAEP 2009 Science Assessment Framework, the Advanced Placement Redesign, and the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

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The November issue of Kappan Magazine features an article by Ron Dietel, Finding the Right Dose, related to measuring the effects of after-school programs.

On Thursday, October 8, CRESST partner and ELL accountability expert Jamal Abedi was a featured speaker at the Center for Equity for English Learners at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Dr. Abedi, a professor at the University of California, Davis, is a long-time CRESST research partner.

Download Professor Abedi's presentation, Assessments for English Language Learners: Issues, Trends, and Policy Implications.

CRESST Director Robert Linn's expertise was included in a new National Research Council (NRC) "Letter Report" to the U.S. Department of Education. The "Letter Report" provides expert comments related to the evaluation provisions of the Department's "Race to the Top" fund. The report may be downloaded for free.

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CRESST Senior Researcher Richard Wainess was recently named as the Games Paper Chair for the 2010 SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, July 27-29, 2010.

In August this year, SIGGRAPH 2009 welcomed 11,000 artists, research scientists, gaming experts and developers, filmmakers, students, and academics from 69 countries around the globe to New Orleans to share the latest information about computer graphics and interactive techniques. "My goal for 2010," said Dr. Wainess, the new games paper chair "is to place a greater emphasis on applied research and contributions to the field."

Read more information about the 2009 SIGGRAPH Conference.

On September 29, CRESST Director Eva Baker presented on a symposium sponsored by the recently created World Educational Research Association. The title of her presentation was Cumulative Knowledge, Advancement of Theory, and Rigor in Educational Research: Change and Measurement.

See the WERA home page.

Can a single number be a dependable indicator of school quality? CRESST Senior Researcher David Silver discusses this and other important school quality issues with Larry Mantle and Howard Blume.

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The article, "Delivering a Presentation That Zings" by Ron Dietel was published in the September 2009 issue of The School Administrator magazine.

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On August 17, CRESST Director Joan Herman presented at the National Research Council’s "Expert Meeting on Core Ideas in Science" in Washington DC.

View her presentation, Moving to the Next Generation of Standards for Science: Building on Recent Practices .