Ron Dietel
Asst. Director, Research Use & Communications
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Biography/Research
Ronald Dietel is the assistant director for research use and communications at UCLA's National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing. From December 2001 to December 2005, Dietel was a member of the La Cañada (California) Unified School District Governing Board. He is the author of Get Smart! Nine Sure Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in School, Wiley/Jossey Bass, 2006 and The Perfect Test, Sense Publishers, 2011. Among other publications, he is the author of Goodbye to the Number 2 Pencil published by Kappa Delta Pi Record in 2012 and Testing to the Top: Everything But the Kitchen Sink published in the May 2011 issue of Kappan Magazine.
Dietel has written and directed a number of video programs on educational testing, including Assessment Models, which was a finalist for the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers. Three of the films he has written have received CINE Golden Eagle awards. His latest video, About CRESST, may viewed here.
Education
- EdD, 1997, University of California, Los Angeles. Specialization: Program Evaluation
- MBA, 1980, Chapman University
- MA, 1976, University of Northern Colorado. Specialization: Communications
- BS, 1974, United States Air Force Academy. Major: International Affairs with specialty in Latin America
- American Film Institute Conservancy, 1983
Publications
Dietel, R.J. (2012). Goodbye to the Number 2 Pencil? Kappa Delta Pi Record, 48:1, 23-28.
Huang, D. & Dietel, R. (2011, September). Making afterschool programs better. (CRESST Policy Brief 11). Los Angeles, CA: University of California
Silver, D., Dietel, R.J. & Saunders, M. (2011, August). Stemming the Dropout Tide. American School Board Journal. Alexandria, VA. National School Boards Association.
Dietel, R.J. (2011, May). Testing to the top: Everything but the kitchen sink. Kappan magazine. 92(88), 32-36.
Dietel, R.J. (2011). The perfect test: an education experiment that went terribly wrong. Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei: Sense Publishers.
Herman, J. L., Osmundson, E., & Dietel, R. (2010). Benchmark assessments for improved learning (AACC Policy Brief). Los Angeles, CA: University of California
Herman, J. L., Osmundson, E., & Dietel, R. (2010). Benchmark assessments for improved learning (AACC Report). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.
Wolf, M.K., Herman, J.L. & Dietel (2010). Improving the validity of English language learner accountability systems. (CRESST Policy Brief 10). National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.
Dietel, R.J. & Vendlinski, T.P. (2010, March). Formative assessment: The long and winding road. The State Education Standard. National Association of State Boards of Education.
Dietel, R.J. (2009, September). Deliver A Presentation that Zings! The School Administrator. 66(8), 38-39.
Dietel, R.J. (2008, August). Educationese Forever! The School Administrator. 65(7) 24-26.
