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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.
WestEd and CRESST Awarded New Center to Help Close Achievement Gaps
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that WestEd and CRESST were competitively selected as the new Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation (CSAI). The CSAI will support states’ transition to new standards and assessments for college readiness.
The funding was part of the U.S. Department of Education’s $52 million shared across 22 comprehensive centers.
Click here for more information about how the CSAI will help schools meet the challenges of the Common Core State Standards. Click here for a related Education Week article.
CRESST Partners with Beijing Normal University
CRESST Director Eva Baker and Co-director Li Cai recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Professor Dong Qi from Beijing Normal University and its National Assessment of Educational Quality (NAEQ) center.
The memo signed by the three noted professors establishes an innovative foundation for information sharing by the two leading research organizations.
Click here for a comprehensive summary of the agreement.
Click here for more photos of the signing.
Click here for photos of CRESST Co-director Li's presentation in Beijing.
CRESST Awarded Hewlett Foundation Grant To Study Assessments and Links to Deeper Learning
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has awarded CRESST a planning grant to evaluate the link between deeper student learning and two new assessments currently under development. Two consortia, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), and the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium, are creating next-generation state assessment systems to measure the Common Core State Standards, adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia.
Click here for a full news release.
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