Eva L. Baker is a
distinguished professor
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In the United States
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currently at the
University of California, Los Angeles
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, the former acting dean of the
Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and current director of the
National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.
Education
Baker enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles at 18 years old and subsequently completed her B.A., M.A., and Ed.D. degrees at the university.
Soon thereafter, she accepted an assistant professor position.
Research
National
She has conducted studies of technology, teaching, learning, and assessment in history, science, workforce readiness, and writing. She has studied the uses of technology, instruction, and performance assessment in large-scale environments for both military and
public education and has conducted research for, or advised, the
U.S. Congress
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, the Departments of Education, Labor, Energy, and Defense, private foundations, numerous state departments of education, local
school district
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North America United States
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s, and private corporations.
International
Baker has conducted studies of performance standards and national assessment policies for the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Education Forum Project, and the Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association. She has been an advisor to ministries and universities in
Latin America
Latin America or
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* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
, the
Middle East
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, Australia, Europe, and Asia, and to other
international organization
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s such as NATO.
Accomplishments
In 2007, she served as the
American Educational Research Association
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president,
a member of the
U.S. Department of Education
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Advisory Council on Education Statistics, the Independent Review Panel on Title I, and was the measurement expert in the federal process of rule making for educational policy, and as a member of the
National Academy of Education (NAEd)
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became the recipient of the Henry Chauncey Award for Distinguished Service to Assessment and Educational Science by
Educational Testing Service
Educational Testing Service (ETS), founded in 1947, is the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization. It is headquartered in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, Lawrence Township, New Jersey, b ...
.
References
External links
Bio of Eva L. Baker on social research methodology at UCLA website
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies faculty
UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies alumni