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June 21, 2011
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The UC Educational Evaluation Center (UCEC) announces student selections to the Institute on Training in Educational Evaluation

Participants in the 201 UCEC Training Institute

The University of California Educational Evaluation Center (UCEC) is pleased to announce the attendees of its Institute on Training in Educational Evaluation held June 21-23 at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School. This competitive opportunity was open to graduate students in any discipline on a University of California campus.

Participants will attend method, theory, and skill-based workshops in educational evaluation conducted by nationally recognized UC scholars including Julian Betts (UC San Diego), Tina Christie (UCLA), Greg Duncan (UC Irvine), Bruce Fuller (Berkeley), Michal Kurlaender (UC Davis), Will Shadish (UC Merced), and John Yun (UC Santa Barbara). Additionally, graduate students will have the opportunity to share their individual research interests and receive feedback from UC professors and other graduate students who are also interested in educational evaluation.

“The selection process was very competitive as we received many more highly qualified applications from students than we could admit,” says John Yun, the director of the UCEC. “We have been pleased both by the high-demand for training in educational evaluation and the caliber of participants of this year’s Institute.”

The 2011 participants are:

Elizabeth Alvarado, UCLA
Anamarie Auger, UC Irvine
Hadar Baharav, UC Santa Barbara
Eric Berson, UC Berkeley
Tran Dang, UC Irvine
Jessica Gasiorek, UC Santa Barbara
Charles Hardy, UC Irvine
Maciel Hernandez, UC Davis
James Leak, UC Irvine
Reino Makkonen, UC Berkeley
Matthew Rafalow, UC Irvine
Gwendelyn Rivera, UCLA
Teomara Rutherford, UC Irvine
Erik Ruzek, UC Irvine
Sarah Ryan, UC Riverside
Josh Shapiro, UC San Diego
Lauren Shea, UC Irvine
Socorro Shiels, UC Davis
Kristynn Sullivan, UC Merced
Juliet Wahleithner, UC Davis
Anisah Waite, UC Berkeley

In addition, graduate students active in the leadership of the UCEC will also participate in the Institute.

The University of California Educational Evaluation Center utilizes the system-wide expertise of nationally-recognized scholars to address educational problems through the rigorous evaluation of potential educational solutions. Through these evaluations, the UCEC contributes to the knowledge base of effective policies and practices (PK–20 and beyond) with the goal of improving data use and decision-making. The combined experience of the UCEC Site Directors offers content and methodological expertise to successfully conduct national, state, and local educational evaluations, as well as provide training to those seeking to develop evaluation expertise.

[John T. Yun is available for interviews; contact George Yatchisin at 805 893 5789]

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