Letter from the 2011 President

Dear Educational Community,

The 90th annual California Educational Research Association (CERA) conference was held on December 1-2, 2011 at the family friendly Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California.   This year’s conference theme was “Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice: Opportunities and Obstacles.”  Slightly over 400 professional educators and researchers attended this year’s conference and heard three extraordinarily informative keynote addresses by the following special speakers:

  • Ed Haertel, Jacks Family Professor of Education and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at Stanford University, on the “Problems with the Use of Student Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers”
  • Deb Sigman, California Department of Education Deputy Superintendent, on “Transitioning to the Future: Common Core State Standards, New Assessments, and ESEA Reauthorization”
  • David Conley, Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership College of Education, University of Oregon, on “What  is College and Career Readiness?”

Renowned educational researcher Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, from Stanford University, was introduced by California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson as she received CERA’s 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award.  Both Superintendent Torlakson and Dr. Darling-Hammond provided insightful comments to attendees during this special award presentation.

It is with sincere appreciation that we thank these speakers and as well as the other 108 pre-conference and breakout session presenters for their contributions to the wonderful success of this year’s conference.

Keynote and many of the breakout session presentations are available to you through “Past Activities” here on CERA’s web site.

You’ll want to put November 28-30, 2012 on you calendar because you won’t want to miss a minute of next year’s CERA conference.  CERA’s 91st Annual Conference is scheduled for those dates, which includes pre-conference sessions, in the beautiful seaside city of Monterey, California.  We hope to see you at next year’s exciting and informative conference.

Sincerely,

Roger F. Yoho, Ph.D.
2011 CERA President
2012 Immediate Past President

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