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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.
Abby Reisman Appears in "Reading Like a Historian" Video
CRESST Senior Researcher Abby Reisman recently shared her education expertise in a video highlighting the "Reading Like a Historian" program. View the video here.
Find out more about the "Reading Like a Historian" program here.
Download a copy of Dr. Reisman's dissertation, Reading Like a Historian: A Document-based History Curriculum Intevention in Urban High Schools.
CRESST Mourns the Loss of Professor Robert Glaser
CRESST joins with the entire education research community in mourning the passing of Professor Robert Glaser, co-founder of the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh and a long-time CRESST partner and colleague. A complete news release is available here.
A former president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the National Academy of Education, Professor Glaser, age 91, received more than a dozen distinguished awards for his outstanding teaching and research. In 1997, CRESST honored Dr. Glaser with a Distinguished Achievement Award for his research that improved learning and instruction across the United States. Click here for more information about Professor Glaser’s numerous contributions to learning and assessment across the globe.
Professor Li Cai Named CRESST Co-Director
UCLA associate professor of education Li Cai has been named co-director of the Center for the Study of Evaluation and National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CSE/CRESST) at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS).
"I am very excited about Li Cai's joining the leadership team of Joan Herman, Robert Linn and myself," CSE/CRESST Director Eva Baker said. "His productivity and ingenuity are unprecedented. It is a brilliant appointment of a bright, visionary scholar who will greatly enhance CRESST's leadership in quantitative methods and psychometrics, now and into the future."
Please welcome Professor Cai to the CRESST family. A full UCLA news release is available here.
CRESST Welcomes Christine Ong
CRESST is extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Christine Ong as a new senior researcher. Her past work has examined approaches in assessing student learning and classroom quality, particularly within early childhood programs. Dr. Ong also has expertise in the research of English Language Learners’ academic language proficiency.
Prior to CRESST, Dr. Ong worked as a research analyst at First 5 LA and participated in the planning and dissemination of several large-scale evaluation studies, including the Los Angeles Universal Preschool Child Outcome Study (UPCOS) and the LA County Healthy Kids evaluation.
A warm welcome to Dr. Ong.
CRESST International Collaboration
Each year, CRESST collaborates with dozens of international scholars, sharing research that contributes to improved learning and accountability systems throughout the world.
CRESST Director Joan Herman (center) and Senior Researcher Yunyun Dai (left) recently met with Professor Gangping Wu to discuss possible joint work between CRESST and East China Normal University and its Institute for Curriculum and Instruction.
Dr. Wu has been a leader in China's K-12 curriculum reform and a visiting scholar at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studes.
Welcome to Roy Stripling
CRESST is very pleased to welcome Dr. Roy Stripling as our new Assistant Director for Assessment. His research interests include educational technology, focusing on computer-based assessment, decision support, information visualization, and distance learning.
Prior to joining CRESST, Dr. Stripling served as the program officer for Human Performance, Training, and Education in the Office of Naval Research.
CRESST Partners Named to Distinguished Commission
CRESST Director Eva Baker, together with center partners Lorrie Shepard and Robert Mislevy, were recently appointed to the "Gordon Commission on the Future of Assessment in K-12 Education." The commission is considering what educational assessment will look like and what it should be capable of doing now and through the middle of the 21st century.
Visit the Gordon Commission's website.
CRESST Partner Considered Major ELL Expert
Longtime CRESST Partner and current University of California Davis Professor Jamal Abedi is considered by many to be one of the top experts in the field of assessment. Education Week says that "Abedi is definitely a heavyweight in the field of assessing English-language learners."
