Center for Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning

学生学习评估和评价中心（CAESL）致力于提高K-12科学教育系统内的评估能力。 提高“评估能力”意味着加强专业知识、设计、结构和支持，使当地地区和学校能够将评估作为加强科学学习的重要工具。 该中心的主要重点将是课堂评估实践。 然而，由于标准化和/或国家规定的评估给学生和教师带来了巨大的压力，该项目还寻求更好地将大规模评估与正在进行的形成性课堂评估结合起来，为教学提供信息，改善学习。斯坦福大学;劳伦斯科学馆;加州大学伯克利分校教育研究生院和WestEd，后者将担任协调员。 有几个主要的学区合作伙伴将与中心合作，并作为中心活动和资源的试验台。 该项目还与圣何塞州立大学，一个主要的教师准备机构，共同开发和整合各种评估资源到其预科和研究生课程。该中心的研究生课程旨在为科学学习和成就的评估做出重大的实践，概念和方法贡献。 加州大学伯克利分校、加州大学洛杉矶分校和斯坦福大学的教育研究生院将为43名学生制定一项名为“学习和评估计划”的硕士和博士课程合作方案。 该课程包括一系列关于科学、学习、认知和评估;测试和评估;以及课程、教学和评估的核心课程。学生们可以“远程办公”，在自己以外的机构参加课程，所有学生都将参加评估发展的实习。专业发展部分将由劳伦斯科学大厅，协和财团和WestEd领导。 参与的地区将是三年期队列的一部分，并将组建教师和地区行政人员团队，他们将在三年内每年参加15天的专业发展，沿着在学校举行后续会议。 专业发展的重点是测试和使用形成性课堂评估。 作为这一组成部分的经验和产品开发将广泛传播到其他学校或地区通过劳伦斯大厅和WestEd的广泛网络。 应用研究部分考察（1）最有效地提高学生学习和理解的形成性和终结性评估策略;以及（2）教育技术如何加强评估实践。最后，该项目的目标是公众对评估的理解，劳伦斯科学馆和CRESST/UCLA将开展一项公众宣传工作，将该中心的工作转化为学校管理者的工作，家长和社区成员。

The Center for Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning (CAESL) addresses the national need for increasing the assessment capacity within the K-12 science education system. Increasing "assessment capacity" means enhancing the expertise, designs, structures and supports that enable local districts and schools to use assessment as a critical tool for enhancing science learning. The primary focus of the Center will be classroom assessment practices. However, because of the enormous pressure that standardized and/or state-mandated assessments place on students and teachers, the project also seeks to better align large-scale assessments with ongoing formative classroom assessments that inform teaching and improve learning.The Center is a collaboration among: the Concord Consortium; the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)/University of California, Los Angeles; Stanford University; Lawrence Hall of Science; the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley; and WestEd, who will act as the coordinator. There are several major school district partners that will collaborate with the Center and serve as testbeds for Center activities and resources. The project also works with San Jose State University, a major teacher preparation institution, to co-develop and integrate a variety of assessment resources into its preservice and graduate programs. The Center's graduate programs are aimed to make significant practical, conceptual and methodological contributions to the assessment of science learning and achievement. The Graduate Schools of Education at UC-Berkeley, UCLA and Stanford will develop a cooperative approach to the masters and doctoral programs to be called the Learning and Assessment Program (LAP) for 43 students. The LAP includes a series of core courses on science, learning, cognition and assessment; testing and assessment; and curriculum, teaching and assessment. Students can "telecommute" to take courses at institutions other than their own, and all students will participate in a practicum on assessment development.The professional development component will be led by the Lawrence Hall of Science, the Concord Consortium, and WestEd. Participating districts will be part of three-year cohorts and assemble teams of teachers and district administrators who will participate in 15 days of professional development each year over three years, along with follow-up sessions at school sites. The professional development focuses on testing and using formative classroom assessments. Experiences and products developed as part of this component will be disseminated widely to other schools or districts through the extensive networks of the Lawrence Hall and WestEd. The applied research component examines (1) the formative and summative assessment strategies that most effectively increase student learning and understanding; and (2) how educational technology can enhance assessment practices.Finally, the project targets public understanding of assessment and the Lawrence Hall of Science and CRESST/UCLA will mount a public outreach effort that translates the work of the Center for school administrators, parents and community members.