Our Goals:

• To promote and support the design of assessments capable of providing insights about what and how students learn.
• To evaluate programs and interventions intended to have effects on student learning.
• To disseminate the results of its research to a wide audience of individual educators, educational institutions and organizations, government representatives and units, the media, and the general public.
• To collaborate with local, state and national groups, organizations, and individuals on projects germane to its mission.
• To enhance the School of Education’s graduate program in Research and Evaluation Methodology.

CADRE meets these purposes by conducting research in assessment and psychometrics, taking a lead role in small and large-scale educational evaluation projects, and training graduate students to have expertise in these areas. CADRE leverages the widely recognized strength of faculty throughout the School of Education in assessment and evaluation.  This expertise is rooted in expertise in both disciplinary content and research methodology.  The primary home of CADRE is the School’s Research and Evaluation Methodology program, where faculty specialize in psychometrics, statistics, experimental design and program evaluation.