The Berkeley Evaluation and and Assessment Research (BEAR) Center coordinates seminars for researchers to share cutting-edge findings and to prompt congenial discussion of topics in educational assessment and evaluation.
BEAR Seminar meets alternate Tuesdays from 2pm-4 at Berkeley Way West 1204
and also on Zoom, with exceptions as noted in the table below.
Zoom links can be requested from convenors@bear.berkeley.edu.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | |
| January 24, 2023 | Joshua Sussman and Karen Draney | Language and Literacy Trajectories for Dual Language Learners (DLLs) With Different Home Languages: Linguistic Distance and Implications for Practice | |
| February 7, 2023 | Mark Wilson | Deploying selected response and constructed response items to integrate large-scale and classroom contexts | video |
| February 21, 2023 | Diah Wihardini | Will low-stakes national assessment work? A case of the reformed assessment system in Indonesia | |
| March 7, 2023 | Julian Levine | The Role of Contextualization in L2 Vocabulary Measurement | video |
| April 4, 2023 | CANCELLED | Conference Practice (CANCELLED) | |
| April 18, 2023 | Shruti Bathia | Measuring Stereotype Threat | video |
| May 2, 2023 | Joshua Sussman, Arlyn Moreno Luna, Mingfeng Xue, Mark Wilson | Conference Recap | video |
Conveners & Coordinators:
Himilcon Inciarte (himilcon_inciarte@berkeley.edu)
Mingfeng Xue (mingfengxue@berkeley.edu)
Aubrey Condor (aubrey_condor@berkeley.edu)