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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.
Goodbye to the Number 2 Pencil?
In a new journal article published in the Pi Kappa Delta Record, Ron Dietel, CRESST Assistant Director for Research Use and Communications, looks beyond current assessments to what research may suggest for the future.
Click here for information about Goodbye to the Number 2 Pencil?
Goodbye to the Number 2 Pencil?
In a new journal article published in the Pi Kappa Delta Record, Ron Dietel, CRESST Assistant Director for Research Use and Communications, looks beyond current assessments to what research may suggest for the future.
Click here for information about Goodbye to the Number 2 Pencil?
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CRESST ELL Report Mentioned in Education Week
Education Week recently included a major new CRESST report in its Report Roundup Series. The report found that the longer that students were classified as English Language Learners, the greater the probability that they would eventually drop out of school.
Click here for the Education Week summary, Relationships Among and Between ELL Status, Demographic Characteristics, Enrollment History, and School Persistence.
Click here for the full CRESST report.
Abby Reisman Research Published in Major Journal
The journal Cognition and Instruction recently published an article by CRESST Senior Researcher Abby Reisman, reporting her findings from the "Reading Like a Historian" curriculum.
Dr. Reisman found significant positive effects on four outcome measures that have important implications for both adolescent literacy instruction and history teaching.
Find out more in her article, Reading Like a Historian: A Document-Based History Curriculum Intervention in Urban High Schools.
New CRESST Report Examines Teacher Fidelity of Implementation
In this new report, CRESST researchers go beyond measuring the effects of a new program and examine the quality of implementation itself.
Find out more in CRESST Report 811, Measuring Fidelity of Implementation- Methodological and Conceptual Issues and Challenges.
You may also be interested in a related CRESST report, Relationships between Teacher Knowledge, Assessment Practice, and Learning- Chicken, Egg, or Omelet.
CRESST Contributes to Successful Formative Assessment in States
A new report from the Institute of Education Sciences credits important contributions by the Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center (AACC) to help states and schools understand and use formative assessment in the classroom.
WestEd and CRESST are partners in the AACC.
Read the IES report here or visit the AACC web site.
New CRESST Report Points to ELL Dropout Issue
A new comprehensive CRESST report shows that the longer a student is designated as an ELL, the more likely he or she is to drop out of school.
Download a copy of CRESST Report 810, Relationships Among and Between ELL Status, Demographic Characteristics, Enrollment History, and School Persistence.
Review other recent CRESST ELL reports.
New CRESST Study Once Again Points to Formative Assessment Benefits
In a new CRESST study, researchers found that students whose teachers frequently analyzed and provided feedback on student work had higher achievement than students whose teachers spent less time on such activities.
Find out more in CRESST Report 809, Relationships Between Teacher Knowledge, Assessment Practice, and Learning - Chicken, Egg or Omelet?
Video Games Can Help Improve Student Math Skills
In a new report, CRESST researchers found that students using a well-designed video game could increase their ability to add rational numbers. A larger study will follow.
Find out more and download CRESST Report 808, Teaching Rational Number Addition Using Video Games: The Effects of Instructional Variation.
POWERSOURCE© Featured in Journal
A new CRESST article, The Effects of POWERSOURCE© Assessments on Middle-School Students’ Math Performance, was just published in the distinguished journal, Assessment in Education. Click here for a summary of the article or a full copy.
Learn more about the CRESST POWERSOURCE© assessments on the CRESST Reports Page.
