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    CRESST Partners with Assessment for Good to Innovate Game-Based Learning and Measurement

    October 4, 2024

    CRESST has partnered with Assessment for Good (AFG) to innovate educational game development and assessment. By leveraging CRESST’s expertise in game instrumentation, data analysis, and evaluation, this collaboration aims to align game design with educational goals and develop game mechanics that effectively support learning and measurement. The partnership will provide consulting services to AFG, a […]

  • Announcing the Alt ELPA Screener Pilot: A Milestone for English Learners with Cognitive Disabilities

    August 1, 2024

    We are proud to announce that the Alt ELPA Screener Pilot opened on Monday, July 1, in Tennessee — our newest ELPA21 state — with over 400 students having been screened to date.  The pilot is opening in Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and West Virginia in early August. The Alt ELPA Screener Pilot is a […]

  • CRESST Enters the Second Phase of Teach For Armenia Study

    December 16, 2023

    CRESST continues its comprehensive study assessing the efficacy of Teach For Armenia’s signature Teacher Leadership Program in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports (MoESCS). The study examines the key research question, “What impact does Teach For Armenia’s approach to teaching have on students, teachers, the school, and the community at large?” […]

  • CRESST Works to Promote Systemic Transformation with Teach for Armenia

    September 12, 2023

    Through collaborative efforts with Teach for Armenia, as well as Armenia’s Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports (MoESCS), CRESST has undertaken a comprehensive study spanning 18 months to assess the efficacy of its Teacher-Leader Program, its fundamental program. The study aims to examine the key research question: “What impact does Teach For Armenia’s approach […]

  • The Higher Education Research Institute Gets New Data Sources

    August 1, 2023

    The American Council on Education (ACE) and the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies (UCLA Ed&IS) announce a partnership to lead and strengthen the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI). HERI has been housed at UCLA’s CRESST since 2022. The partnership aims to advance HERI’s impact by 2025, leveraging ACE’s expertise in higher education research […]

  • CRESST Named Partner in U.S. Dept of Ed Grant

    October 15, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA – The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) of the Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, is the project management partner for a $7.8 million grant awarded to the Iowa Department of Education by the U.S. Department of Education. […]

  • Dr. Jia Wang Discusses the Importance of Magnet Schools

    July 17, 2018

    We recently sat down with Dr. Jia Wang, a Senior Research Scientist here at CRESST, UCLA for an interview about her recent publication and research. In our interview, she gives us the 411 on magnet schools – what makes them work and why they’re important. Q. Can you tell me a little bit about your new […]

  • How do parents feel about their kids and science?

    March 1, 2018

    The findings from a new study conducted by EDC/SRI tell us that far more parents would engage in science-related activities with their children—if they knew how. What Parents Talk About When They Talk About Learning:  A National Survey About Young Children and Science, describes results from a national telephone survey of 1,442 parents with a focus […]

  • PBS Kids: Ready to Learn Program Updates

    January 12, 2018

    We continue to work with PBS KIDS on their Ready To Learn (RTL) program, which leverages content on television, the Internet, and other media to help millions of young children—particularly those living in poverty—learn the basic reading, math, and science skills needed for success. In February, Associate Director Greg Chung and Senior Game Developer Charlie Parks will […]

  • High-Leverage Principles of Effective Instruction for English Learners

    August 23, 2017

    CRESST is developing a resource that helps teachers implement evidence-based strategies to improve ELL students’ learning of content and language. This resource, written by CRESST for CSAI (a collaboration between WestEd and CRESST), provides teachers of ELL students with high-leverage, learning and teaching principles that can be incorporated into daily instructional plans and routines. Accountability […]

  • English Learner Resources

    August 23, 2017

    CRESST, a collaborator with WestEd for the Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI), has curated collections on English learners (ELLs) related to instruction, assessment, and policy. Over the past decade, K-12 schools in the United States have been educating more ELL students than at any point in history. As ELL students are a diverse […]

  • Formative Assessment for Improving Native American Student Learning and Language Development

    August 23, 2017

    CRESST, as part of CSAI, has created a professional learning series on formative assessment for Native American learning and language development. This series addresses formative assessment implementation with Native students across content areas and focuses more specifically on bringing formative assessment into Native American language classrooms. Students’ levels of prior knowledge and language development in English and their […]