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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.
Eva Baker Keynotes World Education Symposium
CRESST Director and President of the World Education Research Association Eva Baker recently shared her innovative vision of learning and assessment at the First World Future Education Symposium 2012. CRESST Director Li Cai is also sharing his research in Beijing.
Click here for a copy of Dr. Baker's presentation, The Future of Learning and Assessment in a Changing World.
Click here for a copy of Dr. Baker's keynote speech with the same title.
Phelan Shares POWERSOURCE Findings
CRESST research has found that the POWERSOURCE math program has a positive effect on student learning, but does the duration of teacher involvement produce a stronger effect?
Click here to find the answer to this and other POWERSOURCE research questions in Julia Phelan's recent poster presentation to the American Educational Research Association meeting.
Click here to read CRESST reports related to the POWERSOURCE middle school math program.
Video Games to Support Math Learning
Can a video game be designed that helps students learn important math concepts using minimal classroom time?
Do different types of video game instruction or feedback produce different effects on student learning?
Click here to discover the answer to these and other important education questions in a study by Terry Vendlinski and other CRESST researchers.
Herman, Heritage, and Jones Present at CCSSO National Conference on Student Assessment
CRESST assessment research and development will be shared in a broad variety of presentations at this year's Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) assessment conference in Minneapolis from June 27th-29th.
Click here for a list of CRESST presentations by Joan Herman, Margaert Heritage, and Barbara Jones that range from formative assessment and learning progressions to Common Core State Standards and teacher capacity improvements.
CRESST Helps Researchers Communicate Their Work
At the spring meeting of the American Educational Research Association, CRESST's Ron Dietel and other communnicators helped education researchers learn how to effecitvely share their research findings to different audiences.
Click here to download Dietel's presentation "How To Present Like a Pro."
Click here for other communications resources.
Heritage and Chang Share Study on Teacher Use of Formative Assessment for ELLs
At a recent meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Margaret Heritage and Sandra Chang presented findings from their CRESST study of how teachers use formative assessment to support English Language Learners.
Click here to download a copy of the Heritage and Chang presentation.
Click here to read the Heritage and Chang paper that supports their AERA presentation.
Click here to read a related report, "From Evidence to Action, A Seamless Process in Formative Assessment?"
Does One Size Fit All? Recent Gaming Research by Girlie Delacruz
In a recent presentation at the American Educational Research Association meeting, CRESST Senior Researcher Girlie Delacruz explored whether incentives to use feedback produced different learning results depending on the students themselves. The intervention was a mathematics computer game.
Click here to view Dr. Delacruz's presenation, "Against the One-Size-Fits-All Model: Designing Games for Learning to Support Students With Varying Academic Motivation.
Click here to read a related new research report by Dr. Delacruz, "Impact of Incentives on the Use of Feedback in Educational Videogames."
Jia Wang Discusses Turnaround High School at AERA
At the recent American Educational Research Association meeting, CRESST Senior Researcher Jia Wang discussed a major evaluation of a charter school that has substantially improved outcomes for high school students.
Click here to download a copy of Jia Wang’s presentation, An Evaluation of a Turnaround Charter School, co-authored by Joan Herman and Jordan Rickles.
Click here to download CRESST research reports authored or co-authored by Jia Wang.
CRESST Shares at National School Boards Association
At the annual conference of the National School Boards Association, Ron Dietel shared useful assessment information with attendees, including information about the forthcoming consortia assessments to measure the Common Core State Standards.
Click here to download a copy of Dietel's presentation.
Click here to download a copy of the assessment guidebook that Dietel shared with all attendees.
CRESST Afterschool Research Presented at AERA
Participation in the LA’s BEST afterschool program," said Denise Huang at the recent American Educational Research Association meeting, "has added value for students’ middle school achievement in course GPA and math scores."
Huang, a CRESST senior researcher, has led a series of of important studies on afterschool programs.
Click here to view a copy of Huang's AERA presentation.
Click here to download a copy of Huang's AERA paper with co-authors Deborah La Torre, Seth Leon, Nikki Duong, and Cheri Hodson.
