National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing http://www.cse.ucla.edu/newsite/rss.php en-us Wed, 01 Feb 2017 11:48:39 -0800 Joan Herman Honored with Membership to National Academy of Education http://www.cse.ucla.edu/about/news.php Wed, 02 Mar 2016 13:52:45 -0800 Congratulations to CRESST's Joan Herman, who has been chosen as a member of the National Academy of Education, a prestigious organization consisting of 199 U.S. members and 11 foreign associates who are elected on the basis of outstanding scholarship related to education.  Joan represents the rich diversity of fields that study education.

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]]> CRESST Continues Collaboration with PBS Kids Ready to Learn http://www.cse.ucla.edu/about/news.php Wed, 02 Mar 2016 13:00:31 -0800 CRESST is thrilled to continue our collaboration with The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS KIDS, who have received a Ready To Learn grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement. The grant will provide $19 million in year one of a five-year grant to fund CPB and PBS’ innovative science and literacy media initiative to support the learning needs of children in low-income communities. ]]> Eva Baker Recognized as EdWeek Publicly Influential Scholar http://www.cse.ucla.edu/about/news.php Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:35:52 -0800 CRESST's own Eva Baker was named a publicly influential scholar on Education Week’s 2016 list of “Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings". Only 200 scholars are recognized each year, this year 11 (including Eva Baker) are UCLA scholars! You can read more on Ampersand, the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies blog. 

]]> CRESST Director, Li Cai receives Early Career Impact Award http://www.cse.ucla.edu/about/news.php Thu, 05 Nov 2015 17:10:09 -0800 At a time when sciences are becoming increasingly specialized, Cai’s work on statistical methodology has led to advances in mental health, psychology, medicine, and a range of other areas.  Cai is the 2015 FABBS Foundation Early Career Impact Award winner from the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology.

 

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]]> CRESST Helps Develop Colorado Assessment System Framework http://www.cse.ucla.edu/about/news.php Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:23:43 -0700 CRESST has partnered with the Colorado Department of Education to develop a framework to support the understanding of the varied purposes and uses of assessment information that guide actionable educational decisions.  CRESST has also developed a video explaining the Colorado Assessment Framework. Access the video here

 

 

]]> Dr. Julia Phelan on a panel (What Works? A look at the Evidence) at Executive STEM Summit: Learning in the Digital Age http://www.cse.ucla.edu/about/news.php Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:57:51 -0700 Hosted by Scientific American and Macmillan Education, the Executive STEM Summit: Learning in the Digital Age brought together leaders from academia, public policy, and the private sector to discuss key issues in education. The focus of this year's program was The Science of Learning.

Dr. Julia Phelan discussed research and evidence on how students learn. In addition to discussing best practices in teaching and learning, she emphasized how assessments can be part of the learning process and how we can bring assessments and use of assessment data into the classroom in a meaningful way. For more of what Dr. Phelan and others had to say at the Summit see: "What will the future of education look like?" 

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