November 2025 Newsletter

​Dear Colleagues,

This month's Spotlight showcases DRK–12 projects advancing student assessment to enhance STEM teaching and learning. It features a reflective blog post by James Pellegrino on the program’s contributions to assessment research, highlights exemplary projects developing innovative assessment approaches and tools, and points readers to related resources, including the 2023 Classroom-based STEM Assessment report.

If you couldn't join Early Math Learning Roundtables, an ECR Hub webinar, on November 18, you may view the slides here.

Read our retrospective on CADRE’s working groups and their products. They highlight the expertise of DRK–12 awardees on topics such as assessment, AI in education, broadening participation, early learning, professional development, English language learners, and dissemination and knowledge use.

Best,
The CADRE Team

Student Assessment | Spotlight

Word cloud of assessment-related terms.

In this month's Spotlight, we highlight projects researching and developing student assessment to support STEM teaching and learning. In a blog post, James Pellegrino reflects on the DRK–12 program's contributions to the knowledge base on student assessment. Finally, the Spotlight highlights key resources and milestones related to assessment in the DRK–12 program, including the 2023 report Classroom-based STEM Assessment: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives.

In this Spotlight:

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Project Tip: Build a Shared Research and Practice Framework Early

One of the biggest challenges for K–12 STEM education research teams is aligning the goals and timelines of researchers, teachers, and school partners. One strategy is to co-create a Shared Research & Practice Framework at the beginning of a project to define:

  • Shared goals and definitions
  • Theory of change or logic model
  • Partner roles
  • Contextual considerations
  • Communication and check-in plan

Developing this document together sets a collaborative tone and establishes shared accountability. It also makes it easier to communicate your project’s purpose and coherence to new team members, partners, or funders. Use this template as a starting point in creating your own Shared Research & Practice Framework.

Newsbites
 

News from NSF Networks

News from DRK-12 Projects and Awardees

Publications

Do you have news to share? Email cadre@edc.org.

Upcoming Opportunities

The following funding and publication opportunities, listed by deadline, may be of interest to you and your DRK-12 project members.

Funding

For more NSF funding opportunities, see CADRE's list of Upcoming NSF DRL EHR Solicitation Deadlines.
 

Publications

For other publication opportunities, including those with ongoing submissions, see CADRE's list of Publications for STEM Educators, Policymakers, and Researchers.
 
Conferences
For more conference information, see CADRE's list of Conferences for STEM Educators, Policymakers, and Researchers.
 

Career & Professional Development

In Case You Missed It

Highlights from recent newsletters and announcements:

A complete archive of our newsletters and announcements is available on cadrek12.org.

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