iSAT’s William Penuel presented “Systems for Equitable Educational Assessment” at the 2023 Annual Meeting of The American Educational Research Association (AERA) in Chicago, IL, April 13-16. The AERA is a national research society striving to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good. The annual meeting brings together the world's largest gathering of education researchers and is a showcase for groundbreaking, innovative research. As our Strand 3 leader, Bill shared the work iSAT is doing in hopes of promoting equitable student collaboration in classrooms.
A Distinguished Professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development, Bill designs and studies curriculum materials, assessments, and professional learning experiences for teachers in STEM education, primarily in science. He also studies how contemplative practices and critical inquiry can support educators in cultivating more compassionate learning environments and schools, as well as focuses on how long-term research-practice partnerships can be organized to address systemic inequities in education systems linked to race, gender and sexual diversity, and language.