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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.
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.
CRESST Shares Tips for Using Educational Games as Assessments
At the recent National Council on Measurement in Education annual meeting, CRESST researchers shared important steps for using educational games as an assessment.
Click here to find out what research suggests are the key steps.
Click here to learn more about games-based learning research at CRESST.
Math Game Helps Researchers Understand Student Errors and Learning
In a recent presentation at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, CRESST researchers shared findings from a recent study examining how student errors on a math game can either increase learning or confuse students.
Click here to find out more.
Click here for a related report by Deirdre Kerr and Greg Chung.
Improving Video Games to Support Learning
Increasingly, video games are being used to help students learn important concepts in the classroom.
In this new report, CRESST researchers Deirdre Kerr and Greg Chung use cluster analysis to pinpoint specific levels in a math computer game that can be improved in ways likely to increase learning.
Click here to download CRESST Report 816, "Using Cluster Analysis to Extend Usability Testing to Instructional Content."
Click here to download a related report by the same authors, "A Primer on Data Logging to Support Extraction of Meaningful Information from Educational Games: An Example from Save Patch."
Robert Glaser Remembered
CRESST Director Eva Baker recently joined in a special memorial session that honored the late Robert Glaser during the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Professor Glaser was a long-time CRESST partner, colleague and friend.
Click here for a copy of Professor Baker's presentation.
Click here for a New York Times story describing the many contributions that Professor Robert Glaser made to American education, research, and learning.
Click here to read one of Robert Glaser's first CRESST reports, Evaluation of Instruction and Changing Educational Models, published in 1967.
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."
Joan Herman Quoted in Education Week
CRESST Director Joan Herman was recently quoted in Education Week regarding a new CRESST report that found substantial student improvements at Locke High School in Los Angeles. Locke, one of the lowest performing schools in California, transitioned to a number of smaller schools in 2007.
Click here to read a full copy of the Education Week article, "Network of Green Dot Schools Raises Performance, Study Finds."
Click here for a copy of CRESST Report 815, "Evaluation of Green Dot’s Locke Transformation Project…"
