National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing

National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing
CRESST Logo
Formation	1966
Directors	Eva L. Baker, Ed.D Joan L. Herman, Ed.D Bob Linn, Ph.D
Website	www.cse.ucla.edu

The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) is a research partnership consisting of UCLA, the University of Colorado, Stanford University, RAND, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Southern California, Educational Testing Service, and the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom which is involved in efforts to improve the quality of education and learning in America.

For 40 years, the mission focus of the UCLA Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) and, more recently, CRESST has been the assessment of educational quality, addressing persistent problems in the design and use of assessment systems to serve multiple purposes.^[1] CRESST research and development serves government, military, and pre-K through college-level education and training.

History

CSE

CSE was established in 1966 when it was first designated the national center for research in educational evaluation as a result of a national competition. This charge was most recently renewed in 1996 when CSE successfully competed for the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), receiving a five-year, $13.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI).^[2] In addition to conducting research based on this core funding, CSE contracts with a wide variety of clients in the public and private sectors, including states, local school districts, foundations, and corporations. The organization’s success is documented in the demand for its research and development services: CSE’s annual budget from all sources totals over $7 million.

CRESST

Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) is a unique partnership of UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and its Center for the Study of Evaluation. The CRESST mission focuses on the assessment of educational quality, addressing persistent problems in the design and use of assessment systems to serve multiple purposes.^[3]

Location

CSE/CRESST is located on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, CA, as part of the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.

Staff ^[4]

Directors

• Eva L. Baker
• Joan L. Herman
• Robert L. Linn

Senior Researchers

• Jamal Abedi
• Bill Bewley
• Greg Chung
• Yunyun Dai
• Ron Dietel
• Pete Goldschmidt
• Noelle Griffin
• Margaret Heritage
• Denise Huang
• Markus Iseli
• Jinok Kim
• Alan Koenig
• John Lee
• Sarah Mayer
• Ellen Osmundson
• Julia Phelan
• Lisle Staley Stigler
• Terry Vendlinski
• Richard Wainess

Research Partners

• Alison Bailey
• Hilda Borko
• Dan Koretz
• Robert Mislevy
• Harry O'Neil
• Michael Seltzer
• Lorrie Shepard
• Brian Stecher
• Noreen Webb

References

1. ^ "The Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST). ERIC/TM Digest.". ERIC database. http://ericae.net/db/edo/ED338705.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-05. 
2. ^ Alkin, Marvin C. (2004). Mathison, Sandra. ed. Encyclopedia of evaluation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. doi:10.4135/9781412950558. http://srmo.sagepub.com/view/encyclopedia-of-evaluation/n71.xml. 
3. ^ "University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA/CRESST)". Center for Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning. http://www.edgateway.net/cs/caeslweb/print/caesl_docs/about_ucla_cresst.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-05. 
4. ^ "CRESST Staff Directory". National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing. http://www.cse.ucla.edu/about/staff.asp. Retrieved 2011-05-05. 

External links

• CRESST homepage
• UCLA