Eva Baker

The purpose of the National Center for Advanced Technology in Schools (NCATS) is to create materials that will lead to improved learning of critically important math concepts such as pre-algebra and algebra, commonly referred to as "gateway" concepts, because they are necessary for successfully performing higher-level math. The team will leverage advances in instructional technology (e.g., "serious games") in order to challenge and motivate 9th grade students, particularly underperforming on...

In the era of intervention-based experimental studies, it is not uncommon to encounter higher level, hierarchically nested data. Furthermore, a higher level data structure is, in fact, rather typical in areas of teacher and school accountability. The primary purpose of this project was to examine new extensions of commonly used hierarchical models to provide researchers with new sets of statistical tools that can help to answer important questions that could not be previously studied due to ...

The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) has been at the forefront of efforts to improve the quality of education and learning in America. Located within UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, CRESST contributes to the development of scientifically based evaluation and testing techniques, encourages the development, validation and use of sound data for improved accountability and decision making, and explores technological ap...