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88th Annual
CERA Conference
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November
18 – 19, 2009
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The
California
Educational Research Association (CERA) Annual Conference is the
state’s premier event for educational researchers. Each year, close to
300 educational research leaders and educators from throughout the
state attend CERA’s annual conference.
The 2009 theme of “Formative Assessment: Implications for Student
Learning” was chosen to give researchers at universities and school
districts the opportunity to present research findings related to the
formative use of classroom assessment
data. To what extent have
California’s preservice and classroom teachers been trained in the use
of assessment for learning strategies and techniques? What has
been the impact on student academic achievement of using those
strategies? What has been the impact on student engagement and
motivation? If your districts and universities are not actively
engaged in the formative use of assessment data, why not? What’s
keeping teachers from engaging?
Our keynote speakers for the 2009 conference are James Popham,
Professor Emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles, and Dylan
Wiliam, Deputy Director, Institute of Education, University of
London.
W. James Popham began his career in education
as a high school teacher in Oregon. He is professor emeritus at the
University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and
Information Studies. He is the author of over 30 books and a former
president of AERA. CERA recognized Dr. Popham with its Lifetime
Achievement Award in 1997. In 2002, the NCME presented him with its
Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement. In 2006 he
was awarded a Certificate of Recognition by the National Association of
Test Directors. Always an engaging speaker, Dr. Popham is an
active proponent of the formative use of classroom assessments,
evidenced in two of his recent books, Transformative
Assessment, and Unlearned
Lessons: Six Stumbling Blocks to our Schools’ Success.
Another book, Instruction That
Measures Up: Successful Teaching in the Age of Accountability is
due to be released by ASCD in May.
Dylan Wiliam has taught in urban public
schools, directed a large-scale testing program, served a number of
roles in university administration, including Dean of a School of
Education, and conducted research focused on supporting teachers to
develop their use of assessment in support of learning. His recent work
has focused on the use of assessment for learning (often called
formative assessment). He was the co-author, with Paul Black, of a
major review of the research evidence on formative assessment published
in 1998, and an article, “Inside the
Black Box: Raising Standards through Classroom Assessment,”
published in the U.S. by Phi Delta Kappan. We have much to learn from
Dr. Wiliam’s work to implement teacher learning communities whose
members integrate the use of formative assessment strategies into their
daily classroom practice.
The Annual
Conference
CERA's annual conference provides members and others in the areas of
educational research, institutional research, assessment, and
evaluation an opportunity to meet and present their latest work to the
field.
Traditionally, the conference has attracted educators from both K-12
and higher education. Attendees include educational researchers,
evaluators, and assessment coordinators from organizations such
as:
- public school districts and county
offices of education,
- college and university schools of
education,
- private research and assessment
companies
and consultants, and
- non-profit research organizations.
The CERA mission is to serve all who
conduct educational research in
California and the West by providing a forum for presenting
research. In addition to research conducted in school districts
by local evaluation staff, proposals by college and university faculty
and graduate students are encouraged and welcomed.
Join us at the 88th Annual CERA Conference!
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Important Notice for K-12
Evaluators
CDE’s County and District
Evaluator’ Meeting will be held at the same hotel, the Cathedral Hill
Hotel, on Friday, November 20, 2009. For information, contact Dana
Kertel at the Policy and Evaluation Division at (916) 319-0406.
(Separate registration required.)
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