Geneva Haertel

Geneva Haertel, Ph.D., is the director of assessment research and design in the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International. With 30 years of experience conducting research on assessment, student learning, and K–12 education programs, she has published more than 55 articles and book chapters on assessment design, student learning, and the conditions that promote student achievement.

Haertel was the principal investigator of the project funded by the National Science Foundation that resulted in the development of the online assessment design system referred to as PADI (Principled Assessment Designs for Inquiry). Assessments designed using PADI have been used to meet requirements of No Child Left Behind, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC).

Currently, Haertel is the principal investigator of two large-scale assessment projects on the use of evidence-centered assessment design, the NAEP: Interactive Computer Tasks and the Evidence-Centered Assessment Design for PARCC.

Education

• Ph.D., education/educational psychology (1975), Kent State University
• B.S., education (1968), Kent State University

Professional Experience

• Director of Assessment Research and Design; Senior Educational Researcher, SRI International (1998–present)
• Senior Research Associate and Co-PI, Laboratory for Student Success, Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, Temple University (1996–98)
• Research Associate, Center for Research on Human Development and Learning, Temple University (1990–96)
• Research Associate, Center for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation, Western Michigan University (1991–94)
• Research Associate, Chapter 1, Region F, Technical Assistance Center, RMC Research, Mountain View, CA (1990–91)
• Research Associate, Office of Evaluation Research, College of Education, University of Illinois (1978–1981)

Current Projects

• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): Interactive Computer Tasks (Leader)
• Evidence-Centered Assessment Designs for PARCC (Leader)
• Games and Assessments (Leader)
• Application of Evidence-Centered Design to State Large-Scale Science Assessment (Leader)
• Principled Science Assessment Designs for Students with Disabilities (Leader)
• General Supervision Educational Grant – Alternate Academic Achievement Standards – University of Minnesota (National Center for State Collaborative (NCSC) (Leader)
• ATE Research Outreach Strategy (Staff)
• Community College Partnership’s Instructional Impacts (Staff)
• Domain-Specific Assessment: Bringing The Classroom Into Community College Accountability (Staff)

Past Projects

• Principled Assessment Designs for Inquiry (PADI) (Leader) ended 2008
• A Review of Washington Assessment (Leader) ended 2004
• Assessing Science Knowledge (ASK) (Leader) ended 2007
• Calipers: Using Simulations to Assess Complex Science Learning (Leader) ended 2007
• Alternate Assessment  Design – Mathematics (AAD – Math) Enhanced Assessment Grant (Staff) ended 2011
• Alternate Assessment Design – Reading (AAD – Reading) Enhanced Assessment Grant (Staff)  ended 2012