Dr. Eva Baker, Professor, Director, Center for the Study of Evaluation Co-Director, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing

Education

Ed.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1967

Research Interests

Her research addresses assessment and accountability models, the design and validation of technology-based learning and assessment systems, and new models to measure complex human performance in large-scale assessments. Professor Baker is involved in international, national, and state policy deliberations on assessment. She is the current chair of the Board on Testing and Assessment of the National Research Council. She co-chaired the committee that produced Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing published in 1999. She directs UCLA's Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) and co-directs the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST).

Publications

Baker, E. L. (in press). The struggle to reform education: Exploring the interpretation of policy metaphors. In S. Tobias (Ed.), Education in 2010. New York: College Board.

Baker, E. L., & Brown, R. S. (in press). Performance assessment. In R. Fernandez-Ballesteros (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychological assessment. London: Sage.

Baker, E. L., & Herman, J. L. (in press). Technology and evaluation. In G. Haertel & B. Means (Eds.), Approaches to evaluating the impact of educational technology. New York: Teachers College Press.

Baker, E. L., & Linn, R. L. (in press). Psychology in educational reform: Goal Three. In R. Short & R. C. Talley (Eds.), A psychology of education reform: Psychological perspectives on improving America's schools. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (Publication date to be determined.)

Baker, E. L., & Linn, R. L. (in press). Validity issues for accountability systems. In R. Elmore & S. Fuhrman (Eds.), Redesigning accountability.

Baker, E. L., & O'Neil, H. F., Jr. (in press). Technological fluency: Needed skills for the future. In H. F. O'Neil, Jr. & R. Perez (Eds.), Technology applications in education: A learning view. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Baker, E. L. (2002). Teacher use of formal assessment in the classroom. In W. Hawley (Ed.) (with D. L. Rollie), The keys to effective schools: Educational reform as continuous improvement (pp. 56-64). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

Baker, E. L. (2001). Technology: How do we know it works? In J. Willis (Series Ed.) & W. F. Heinecke & L. Blasi (Vol. Eds.), Research methods for educational technology: Vol. 1. Methods of evaluating educational technology (pp. 77-84). Greenwich, CT: Information Age.

Baker, E. L. (2001). Testing and assessment: A progress report. Educational Assessment, 7(1), 1-12.

Herman, J. L., Brown, R. S., & Baker, E. L. (2001). Student assessment and student achievement in the California public school system. In The condition of education 2000. Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education.

Baker, E. L. (2000, November). Understanding educational quality: Where validity meets technology. William Angoff Memorial Lecture Series, November 8, 1998). Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.

Baker, E. L., & Mayer, R. E. (1999, May/July). Computer-based assessment of problem solving. Computers in Human Behavior, 15(3/4), 269-282.

Baker, E. L. (1997, Autumn). Model-based performance assessment. Theory Into Practice, 36(4), 247-254.