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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.
Jinok Kim and Michael Seltzer Publish New Journal Article
CRESST Senior Researcher Jinok Kim and UCLA Professor Michael Seltzer recently published an article in the distinguished journal, Psychological Methods, published by the American Psychological Association. An abstract of their article, "Examining heterogeneity in residual variance to detect differential response to treatments," may be downloaded at no cost.
Evidence-based Education Magazine Publishes Margaret Heritage Formative
Assessment Article
Formative assessment is not a test nor an instrument you buy, says Margaret
Heritage, CRESST Assistant Director for Professional Development, in a
recently published article. Rather it is an approach to teaching and
learning that uses feedback as its centerpiece. Find out more in Better:
Evidence-based Education magazine.
New Brief Provides Guidance on Teacher Evaluation
A new policy brief written by Joan Herman, Margaret Heritage, and Pete
Goldschmidt advises states and school districts on valid ways to use
assessments for teacher evaluation purposes.
Click here to download the brief.
Ron Dietel Article in Kappan Magazine–Testing to the Top
CRESST author Ron Dietel discusses several issues that will confront
developers of the upcoming assessments to measure the common core standards.
View the full article.
