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CRESST researchers publish well over 150 articles every year, primarily in distinguished peer-reviewed journals but also in more practice- or policy-focused publications such as Educational Leadership, Education Next, Phi Delta Kappan magazine, the American School Board Journal, and the National PTA’s Our Children magazine. CRESST partners publish scholarly books and are regularly quoted for their expertise in America’s newspapers such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, or Chicago Tribune. Our researchers serve as editors, co-editors, and reviewers for a number of national journals including the journal Educational Assessment.
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CRESST Director Robert Linn is quoted in the Atlanta Constitution Journal article, "Most Who Fail Georgia CRT Are Moved Up." "I'm not a big fan of having a policy that is bandied about that's saying, 'We're really doing something about social promotion,'" [Robert Linn] said, "... and that being somewhat misleading to the public." Linn was discussing Georgia's state test that was originally designed to end social promotion in the state. Read the full article.
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"There's some gap-closing going on for sure, but whether it's sustainable is another question," given the slumping economy's effect on schools, says Pete Goldschmidt, an education researcher at the University of California at Los Angeles. Goldschmidt was commenting on a recent report which found that minorities were gradually closing gaps on state assessments. Read the full article in the Christian Science Monitor.
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As part of the California Dropout Research Project, CRESST Senior Researcher
David Silver is the lead author on a new report and policy brief, "What
Factors Predict High School Graduation in the Los Angeles Unified School
District?" The authors of this study analyzed district data to track the
educational progress of all first-time 2001-02 9th graders, from the 6th
grade through to their expected graduation in the spring of 2005. The study
and brief report troubling rates of academic failure, but also
recommendations for improvement. View a related Los Angeles Times article.
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Pete Goldschmidt, an assistant professor at California State Northridge and a CRESST researcher, was recently appointed to the U.S. Department of Education panel "Differentiated Accountability: Targeting Resources to Schools with the Greatest Need." The panel will be reviewing 17 state applications for a new pilot study to distinguish between those schools in need of improvement that are just missing the mark and those that need significant reform under NCLB. Read the U.S. Department of Education news release.
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"How fast the scores come back up is debatable," said CRESST director Robert Linn when discussing the new Georgia state math test and its corresponding
drop in scores. "Usually you see some improvement in the next couple of
years but then it tends to level out," Linn added. "If the scores drop 20 or
25 percentage points, to get back to where you were is going to take some
time."
Click here for the full article in the Atlanta Constitution Journal.
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Referring to plans by the U.S. Department of Education to require states to use consistent measures when determining that a child has become fully English proficient, Jamal Abedi, an education professor at the University of California, Davis, and an expert on the testing of English-language-learners, said that what's not clear is how much the federal government plans to dictate the criteria.
"Is it in the hands of the states to make that decision, or is it the federal government's decision?" he said. Abedi is a longtime CRESST partner
Read the full article.
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"By raising the stakes for students, scores will rise, though probably not
by as much as might be expected," said CRESST Director Joan Herman in the
Eugene, Oregon Register-Guard. Oregon may require students to reach a
minimum score on an existing state test as one possible requirement for
receiving a high school diploma. They are concerned that there is little
incentive for students to perform well on the tests. Read the full article now.
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