A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

ED Program Office: OERI/Student Achievement Institute
ED Agency Contact: David Sweet
Telephone: (202) 219-1748
Email: David.Sweet@ed.gov

Award Number:R305B960002-1A

Start Date: 2/5/01
End Date: 2/4/06

Expected Total Award: $19,952,735

Principal Investigators:
Eva Baker, UCLA
Robert Linn, University of Colorado at Boulder
Joan Herman, UCLA

Institution:
University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
300 North Charles Young Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: 310-206-1532/ Fax-310-825-3883

Affiliated Organizations:
University of Colorado at Boulder
Stanford University
RAND
Cambridge University (United Kingdom)]
Educational Testing Service
University of Pittsburgh (Learning Research and Development Center)
University of Southern California
University of Maryland
Harvard University

Abstract:
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. CRESST does the following:

1. Exerts intellectual leadership in the purpose, design, and interpretation of assessment systems for the research, practice, and policy communities.
2. Conducts high-quality research to create new knowledge and advance theories that will have long-term impact on conceptions and interpretations of educational quality.
3. Develops tools, procedures, and systems to improve the quality of assessment as practiced in schools, interpreted by policymakers, and understood by the larger public.
4. Creates and evaluates approaches and accommodations that promote equity of assessment.
5. Engages teachers, researchers, policymakers, and the public in reflection and action to improve assessment and its link to educational quality through direct connections with CRESST products and staff.

CRESST research is organized into four sustained R&D programs and one integrated dissemination program:

Program 1: System Design and Validity
Program 2: Tools and Support for Cognitively Oriented Tests and Instruction
Program 3: Theory and Methodology
Program 4: Assessment and Accountability Systems for English Language Learners
Program 5: Outreach and Dissemination

For more information please visit the CRESST Web site at http://www.cse.ucla.edu.

R&D Centers