News and Events
May 2024
IAEP ELTE Cooperation Agreement Reached and Ties Deepened with International Researchers
Representatives from SJSU’s Center for Innovation in Applied Education Policy (IAEP) Center and Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) met in Budapest, Hungary to secure a cooperation agreement to conduct research on AI in K-12 and higher education settings. Executive Director Dr. Brent Duckor and Assistant Director Dr. Carrie Holmberg of the IAEP Center met with Dr. Anikó Zsolnai, the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Psychology and her colleagues to launch a cross-national exchange of research on innovations and risks related to AI technologies in tertiary and higher education contexts. The primary focus on the collaboration between ELTE and SJSU IAEP faculty leads will be on the production and dissemination of shared research in various channels including webinars, international conference presentations, peer reviewed journal articles, guest lectures delivered in courses that include educational sciences Master’s degrees.
Dr. Brent Duckor noted that the IAEP Center is dedicated to global perspectives on AI, particularly in the areas of assessment, evaluation, and testing, as these new technologies will inevitably impact and transform ‘business as usual.’ “We seek international partners with strong research programs to help inform our own thinking about AI-infused educational ecosystems. Hungarians such as Andy Grove at Intel have long influenced Silicon Valley from its inception. It is exciting to learn from and improve our AI research focus at IAEP with committed ELTE faculty here at San José State University.”
Dr. Carrie Holmberg who currently leads IAEP’s professional development and certificates programs will be working with the ELTE team to better serve international stakeholders who may wish to upgrade their use of AI technology in classroom assessment settings. At the Budapest meeting, Dr. Holmberg emphasized the values and care the IAEP Center has for equity and excellence together: “There are promising ‘solutions’ emerging aimed at reducing teacher and faculty workload using potentially rich feedback protocols and processes with AI. Our goal is to offer practical and responsible uses of AI grading and evaluation tech to teachers committed to integrity, growth, and genuine intellectual development.”
Both Duckor and Holmberg also presented a working paper on “Can machines serve as guides-on-the-side? at the 20th Conference on Educational Assessment at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. Coupled with two sponsored workshops, these contributions continue to build ties to networks and broader communities of educational researchers across Europe.
March 2024
IAEP Center Webinar
March 21st, 2024
Dr. Brent Duckor and Dr. Carrie Holmberg moderate a IAEP series “Assessment for Deeper Learning” webinar on Assessment for Deeper Learning: Rethinking Possibilities and Practice for EL Students Today, featuring discussants Dr. Muñoz-Muñoz (San José State University), Dr. Sofía González-Otero (San Mateo-Foster City School District) and Dr. Ma Bernadette Salgarino (Santa Clara County Office of Education).
Sponsored by the Center for Innovation in Applied Education Policy (IAEP) these distinguished panelists share their experiences and findings on the role of assessment in positively transforming EL outcomes, while also addressing practices that may impede EL student success. The panelists address these questions together:
- What does high quality assessment for learning mean for EL serving practitioners?
- Which assessment for learning approaches lead to positive outcomes for EL serving students?
- Are there any areas for concern we need to know about when it comes to traditional classroom assessment practices?
- How might we rethink classroom assessment for achieving EL-focused equity, inclusivity and excellence?
Event speakers bios and contact information:
Dr. Eduardo R Muñoz-Muñoz is an Associate professor at San José State University. He holds a Ph.D. with a dual specialization in Race, Inequality and Language in Education and Sociology of Education from Stanford University. Dr. Muñoz-Muñoz serves as the Coordinator of the Critical Bilingual Authorization program “Bilingüismo y Justicia” at the Lurie College of Education, as well as the site director of the Stanford World Language Project (SWLP). He researches the transformative power of critical multilingual teachers for our society´s democratic education project and has begun examining the critical role of classroom assessment in shaping language learner outcomes. Email contact: eduardo.munoz-munoz@sjsu.edu
Dr. Sofía González-Otero is the Coordinator of Multilingual Learner Services at San Mateo-Foster City School District. She holds a Ph.D. in Equity and Innovation in Education from the University of A Coruña (Spain), co-supervised by Stanford University. In her previous role as a Data and Research Associate at New Teacher Center, Smarter Balanced Consortium, Dr. González-Otero’s work focused on developing and analyzing instructional resources in grades 3-8 and high school in the areas of English Language Arts and Mathematics. As an Instructional and Senior Research Associate at Stanford’s Understanding Language and Center to Support Excellence in Teaching (CSET), she also supported different organizations, districts, and schools to address the needs and progress of multilingual students. Email contact: sgonzalezotero@smfc.k12.ca.us
Dr. Ma Bernadette Salgarino is Assistant Director of iSTEAM at the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE). Dr. Salgarino is the President of CA Mathematics Council, a former HS mathematics teacher, a National Board Certified Teacher, a member of the Mathematics Curriculum Framework Committee (2013 & 2023), and SBAC item writer and reviewer. Her leadership within the Bay Area East Side Alliance was instrumental in co-creating a system aimed at promoting and sustaining Assessment for Learning practices. Email contact: bandres-salgarino@sccoe.org
February 2024
CCEE IAEP Workshop Presentation
February 13, 2024
The Center for Innovation in Applied Education Policy (IAEP) Center focuses on interdisciplinary and interprofessional research projects to build a system of support from within the CSU to better meet the needs of vulnerable at-promise students. Working with the California system of support providers, Dr. Brent Duckor and Dr. Lorri Capizzi are connecting with CCEE directors, staff, and stakeholders to share new ‘educative’ leadership tools for communicating practitioner-centered research to better serve at-promise students. Director Matt Navo will curate the discussion of the newly launched IAEP Center’s most recent multi-module project, sponsored in part by the Center to Close the Opportunity Gap (CCOG), that focuses on meeting the needs of students in foster care. The design team at SJSU’s IAEP Center is creating the module series “Weaving Connections: Collaborative Support for Foster Youth in California Schools” to start the interprofessional focused conversations to promote transformative perspectives on the needs of foster youth. These on-line resources will demonstrate how teachers, school counselors, school social workers, school administrators and school psychologists can work together by seeing how each of their roles and responsibilities inform practice. The hour-long workshop will invite feedback from CCEE leads on how to customize and tailor these modules to current projects across the network and broader community.
January 2024
NZCER Webinar
January 18, 2024
Dr. Brent Duckor and Dr. Carrie Holmberg led a national webinar on Meaningful Feedback for Continuous Improvement in the Classroom, featuring discussants Dr. Bronwen Cowie (University of Waikato) and Dr. Gavin Brown (University of Auckland). Sponsored by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) Duckor and Holmberg spoke to their findings on feedback, with practical actions that kaiako can implement right away in their classroom to support students’ peer- and self-assessment and learning progressions based on their new book Feedback for continuous improvement in the classroom.
