PittEd Magazine - December 2014 - PittEd - School of Education Magazine December 2014 Featured Articles Guiding Practice with Evaluation and Research Created in 2006, the Collaborative for Evaluation and Assessment Capacity (CEAC) is a collaborative workspace housed within the School of Education’s Department of Administration and Policy Studies. Director and Associate Professor Cindy Tananis, along with Assistant Director Keith Trahan, are leading a team of graduate and undergraduate students on nine current evaluation and research projects scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year. These projects range from large-scale federally funded... Supporting Urban Education with Decision-Oriented Educational Research William Bickel, a senior scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) and professor of Administrative and Policy Studies. Through the School of Education, we support urban education by helping practitioners and policymakers learn from their work using Decision-Oriented Educational Research (DOER). DOER is an approach to applied research and evaluation where we put the decision needs identified by the urban educator/leader at the center and derive the focus of the in... Performance Assessments Vs. Multiple-Choice Answers Anthony R. Petrosky is the associate dean of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a joint appointment as a professor in the school and the English Department. Performance assessments were originally created to assess people’s abilities to do complex activities that are important to their jobs. Surgeons collect electronic portfolios of their surgeries on lifelike mannequins or in computer simulations. Architects create plans for buildings in extensive po... News and Notes Alumna Lauren Silverstein Starts Work Preparation Program for Hartford Teens - Lauren Silverstein. Typically, pilot programs...... HPA Students Help Raise Health Awareness at Various Events - Pictured from left to right: Alexi Dubunfraut, B...... Faculty News and Awards - Faculty Publicity and Publishing Applied Develo...... Issue Archive Subscribe Subscribe via Email