CADRE has three working groups underway, focusing on assessment, ELL, and dissemination and partnerships. Each group will convene at the 2009 DR-K12 PI Meeting.

Student Assessment Working Group:
Updated 10/13/09
This group will assemble at the DR-K12 PI Meeting to begin planning support activities that will meet the needs of PIs over the duration of the network. As a first step, CADRE is mapping the grants that have been funded in the three cohorts of DR-K12. This will give us a landscape to plan supports and resources that add value to the work of PIs as well as to identify expertise and needs that exist within the current DR-K12 community. The initial planning group included the following PIs: Jere Confrey, Angela DeBarger, Geneva Haertel, Heather Hill, Diane Ketelhut, Cathy Kinzer, Min Li, Xiufeng Liu, Robert Mislevy, Jim Pellegrino, Bill Penuel, Guillermo Solano-Flores, and Mark Wilson.

If you are interested in joining this working group and contributing to a long-term agenda in student assessment, please email Catherine McCulloch (cmcculloch@edc.org). We will meet at the PI Meeting on Monday, November 8, at 6:30pm.

ELL Working Group:
Updated 10/13/09
Does your project pay special attention to the needs of English language learners? We have developed a working group to bring together leaders of projects that are developing resources, models, and tools to advance STEM teaching and learning for this student population. To date, this group includes Carole Beal, Marco Bravo, Kathryn Chval, Barbara Crawford, Mark Driscoll, Dan Heck, Beverly Irby, Cathy Kinzer, Rafael Lara-Alecio, Kate McNeill, and Guillermo Solano-Flores.

This group will convene at the PI Meeting on Sunday, November 8, from 2:30-4:30pm to learn about each other's work and challenges. If you would like to participate, please email Lisa Marco (lmarco@edc.org). We will contact you to learn your interests and needs.

CADRE Dissemination Session: Bridging to Practice
Monday, November 9, from 8:00-9:30am
Updated 10/13/09
If you have a project that is developing resources, models, or technologies for eventual use in the classroom, you may want to participate in this thought-provoking session on dissemination. Regardless of where you are in your R&D cycle, the chances of your project's results reaching the classroom can benefit from early efforts to build on existing partnerships and increase usability. This working session will explore traditional and nontraditional strategies for increasing the likelihood that resources, models, and technologies will be successfully disseminated to practitioners. Participants will also discuss options for future dissemination activities under the CADRE umbrella that will bring together researchers, developers, K–12 educators, policymakers, and other partners to develop practical tools and knowledge for dissemination. All DR-K12 grantees are welcome!

Please contact Derek Riley (driley@policystudies.com or 202-939-5304) if you plan to participate and/or if you have questions or suggestions.