Training Series: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach for Multilingual Students with Exceptional Needs. MuSE (Improving Outcomes for Multilingual Students with Exceptional Needs) logo and Imperial County SELPA logo.

Empower your practice with strategies that center equity, access, and collaboration.

Explore a multidisciplinary approach to supporting multilingual students w/ exceptional needs — from equitable IEPs to AT/AAC communication. Learn how MTSS, UDL & SST build inclusive systems.

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CIRP Freshman Survey, understanding your incoming students. Person figure opening a door

The CIRP Freshman Survey offers a comprehensive snapshot of your incoming first-year students before they even set foot on campus. Open for its 61st administration!

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Congratulations to UCLA Distinguished Professor of Education Sylvia Hurtado who has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) for 2026-2027!

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We are pleased to announce that the 2026 CIRP Freshman Survey (TFS),the longest-running and most comprehensive study of higher education institutions in the United States, is open for it's 61st administration!

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Promoting K-12 Civic Learning and Engagement Through Assessment | Laur Promoting K-12 Civic Learning and Engagement Through Assessment is a comprehensive guide to the assessment of civic learning in primary and secondary education

We're excited to share a key chapter from the book, Promoting K–12 Civic Learning and Engagement Through Assessment, titled “Advancing the Future of Civic Learning and Engagement Through Assessment,” by Eric Tucker and Eva L. Baker.

www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

Microphone at the front of a lecture hall, looking out toward a sea of unfocused students. The words read: HERI Faculty Survey Now Open for Administration!

How are your faculty really doing?
The HERI Faculty Survey is live! Discover if your pedagogy leads peers, where faculty are most satisfied, and how adjuncts' experiences differ. Uncover the data to shape a better campus climate and priorities.
#HigherEdData

heri.ucla.edu/heri-faculty...

College students on stairs with books and folders, they are studious. Text reads Diverse Learning Environments Survey, now open for administration

Are you in higher ed admin, student affairs, or IR?

This is for you: HERI's student-focused Diverse Learning Environment (DLE) Survey administration is now open and will run through April 30, 2026.
👉 Full details and registration: heri.ucla.edu/diverse-lear...

#InclusiveCampus #StudentAffairs

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Ready to capture powerful insights from your graduating seniors? Registration and administration for the 2026 College Senior Survey (CSS), an essential exit survey measuring academic, civic, and developmental outcomes, is open!

📅 Survey Window: Now - June 30, 2026

heri.ucla.edu/college-seni...

Promoting K-12 Civic Learning and Engagement Through Assessment | Laur Promoting K-12 Civic Learning and Engagement Through Assessment is a comprehensive guide to the assessment of civic learning in primary and secondary education

We're excited to share a key chapter from the book Promoting K–12 Civic Learning and Engagement Through Assessment: “Advancing the Future of Civic Learning and Engagement Through Assessment” by Eric M. Tucker and Eva L. Baker.

www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

📢 The latest edition of the ELPA21 Insider Newsletter is now available on our blog!

Get ready for upcoming summative testing windows with training reminders, state portal resources, and free tools for educators working with English learners.

elpa21.org/elpa21-insid...

#ELPA21 #EdChat #ELL

Fifteen Things Teachers Can Do to Support ELL Success in the New Year

In the new year, this article from Colorín Colorado is a great reminder: small, intentional actions can make a big difference for ELs!

These 15 classroom-ready strategies help support support home languages, SEL, family engagement and so much more.

www.colorincolorado.org/article/fift...

Our #FridayReads recommendation is UCLA IDEA's “The Fear is Everywhere: U.S. High School Principals Report Widespread Effects of Immigration Enforcement.”

Our colleague Deborah La Torre is one of the researchers on this important project.

idea.gseis.ucla.edu/publications...

a line of graduating college students,

Ready to capture powerful insights from your graduating seniors? Registration and administration for the 2026 College Senior Survey (CSS), an essential exit survey measuring academic, civic, and developmental outcomes, is open!

📅 Survey Window: Now - June 30, 2026

heri.ucla.edu/college-seni...

It's a Win Win: Spending Time on Elementary Science Supports Achievement in All Subjects CAESART, EDC

Sign up now (go.edc.org/WinWin) to join our partners at EDC and the Lawrence Hall of Science for a free virtual seminar on 12/10 that will explore how #science teaching & learning in #ElementarySchool classrooms improve young students’ learning across all subjects.

We're honored to be featured in the Fall 2025 UCLA Ed&IS Magazine! CRESST's 50+ year legacy of pushing boundaries in education research.

We're committed to making a real-world impact. Learn more:

magazine.seis.ucla.edu/the-pursuit-...

College students on stairs with books and folders, they are studious. Text reads Diverse Learning Environments Survey, now open for administration

Are you in higher ed admin, student affairs, or IR?

This is for you: HERI's student-focused Diverse Learning Environment (DLE) Survey administration is now open and will run through April 30, 2026.
👉 Full details and registration: heri.ucla.edu/diverse-lear...

#InclusiveCampus #StudentAffairs

Microphone at the front of a lecture hall, looking out toward a sea of unfocused students. The words read: HERI Faculty Survey Now Open for Administration!

How are your faculty really doing?
The HERI Faculty Survey is live! Discover if your pedagogy leads peers, where faculty are most satisfied, and how adjuncts' experiences differ. Uncover the data to shape a better campus climate and priorities.
#HigherEdData

heri.ucla.edu/heri-faculty...

An all-new episode of ASSETS The #Podcast is here! 🎙️

Join us as we welcome Sam Singer, veteran educator and founder of the Volunteer State Seal of Biliteracy. She shares her journey from NYC and Nashville classrooms to launching Tennessee’s first Seal of Biliteracy in 2015.

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#ELL #MLL

Handbook for Assessment in the Service of Learning - Webinar series. Session 1, October 22, 2025, at 1 pm ET: Exploring Assessment in the Service of Learning

Join the new webinar series exploring the Handbook for Assessment in the Service of Learning.

Session 1: Exploring Assessment in the Service of Learning: An overview of the Handbook’s main ideas, design principles, and practical takeaways.

🗓️Wed, 10/22 at 1 PM EST

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Discover how the Handbook for Assessment in the Service of Learning rethinks testing.

Learn to design assessments that fuel student growth, featuring AI insights & open-access resources.

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HERI Faculty Survey - now open for administration

Staff Climate Survey - now open for administration

Diverse Learning Environments Survey- now open for administration

Compare campus climate from the perspectives of students, faculty, and staff - 3 important climate surveys are open for administration now!

HERI Faculty Survey
Staff Climate Survey
Diverse Learning Environments Survey

#institutionalresearch

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Advancing Assessment in the Service of Learning Reimagining assessment to serve learning, not just grading. Explore the Handbook for Assessment in the Service of Learning for innovation in education.

More from Edmund Gordon and Eric Tucker on the paradigm shift in assessment and education

www.gettingsmart.com/2025/10/08/a...

Explore decades of CRESST research on educational assessment. Our new chapter details innovations in game-based learning, AI eval, & authentic assessment design that put learning and cognition first. Discover the principles of Assessment in the Service of Learning (AISL).
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Join Liz at #SREE2025 Symposium 326: Opportunities and Challenges in Measuring Science and Engineering Learning in Early Elementary Students
Thursday, Oct 9th at 12:30 pm CST

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This approach is more developmentally appropriate, engaging, and provides richer data on a child's scientific reasoning. Excited to share our pilot results!

#EarlyChildhood #EdTech #ScienceEd

Our Game-based Performance Tasks (GBPTs) let kids demonstrate skills like "planning investigations" & "analyzing data" through play. We capture their problem-solving journey via in-game telemetry. It's an assessment through observation, not interrogation.

At #SREE2025, our EdTech team, represented by Liz Redman, will present on a significant challenge: how to validly assess science learning in kindergarteners who are still developing literacy.

Our answer? Ditch the test, launch a game.

ACE Releases Powerful New Resource Demonstrating How Higher Education Drives Economic Growth ​An interactive economic impact tool unveiled today by ACE demonstrates the many ways colleges and universities fuel economic growth across the United States.

Learn more here: www.acenet.edu/News-Room/Pa...

Fred Ramsdell, a UCLA alumnus and now Nobel Prize winner, poses in front of a shelf.

UCLA alumnus Fred Ramsdell received the @nobelprize.bsky.social today in Physiology or Medicine — our 17th Nobel Prize for an alum or faculty member, and the third prize in five years for a Bruin. ucla.in/4oaVlKd #nobelprize #academicsky 🧪

What if we reimagined assessment as a beginning? What if assessment became an integral, dynamic part of the learning process itself, a catalyst for growth rather than just a measure of it?

#EducationResearch
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