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Feature:
Kingsbury Center's Newest PhD
May 17, 2012
Congratulations to the newest Ph.D. in the Kingsbury Center – Dr. Nate Jensen! Dr. Jensen, a Research Specialist at the Center, was recently awarded his doctoral degree in Counselor Education from the University of Arkansas.
Kingsbury Center is Now Accepting Data Award Applications
May 3, 2012
The Kingsbury Center is now accepting applications for Data Awards! Data awards are designed to help graduate students and university researchers without project funding use our Growth Research Database (GRD) to further their research goals and projects. The deadline for applications is June 1, 2012.
NWEA Research Papers from the 2012 AERA/NCME Conferences Now Available
April 27, 2012
NWEA researchers presented several papers and a poster session at the 2012 meetings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The papers cover a range of important adaptive assessment and measurement topics, including item response time, item parameter estimation, construct validity, and college readiness, among others. Please visit our Research Reports page to review them.
Blog:
Innovation in the Classroom
May 16, 2012
Posted By: Branin Bowe
With the seemingly exponential growth in technology tools, people may wonder why these innovations have not had more effect on education. In a recent article for the Atlantic, Joel Rose (CEO of the New Classrooms Innovation Partners) offers some compelling ideas on how to use 21st century innovation to tackle a “19th-Century Factory-Model Education System.”