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Geneva Haertel

Senior Educational Researcher

Geneva Haertel, Ph.D., is a Senior Educational Researcher in the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI. With 25 years of experience conducting research on student learning, assessment, and evaluation of K-12 education programs, she has published more than 45 articles on influences on student learning and on the conditions that promote student achievement, including the relationship of technology use to student achievement.

Dr. Haertel was a task leader on Building a Foundation for a Decade of Rigorous, Systematic Educational Technology Research. This U.S. Department of Education-funded project was designed to provide guidance concerning research designs and assessment approaches that could strengthen the federal learning technology research agenda. Currently, Dr. Haertel is the co-principal investigator, along with Dr. Robert Mislevy, of the Principled Assessment Designs Inquiry Project, which will develop a technology-supported design system to support the development of evidence-centered, principled assessments. Dr. Haertel is currently working on the design and implementation of the Evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's National School District and Network Grants Program; a program that supports the efforts of organizations and school districts to help create approximately 150 small high schools across the nation. The use of education technology is one of several elements of reform that are being examined. She also co-leads the Online Evaluation Resource Library, a digital library of evaluation resources designed to support professional evaluators in the planning, reporting, and instrument construction of evaluations for NSF-funded projects.

Before coming to SRI, she was a senior research associate and co-principal investigator at Temple University's Center for Research in Human Development and Education.

Education 

• Ph.D., Education/Educational Psychology, Kent State University, 1975
• B.S., Education, Kent State University, 1968

Professional Experience 

• Senior Educational Researcher, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (1998-present)
• Senior Research Associate and Co-PI, Laboratory for Student Success, Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (1996-1998)
• Research Associate, Center for Research on Human Development and Learning, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (1990-1996)
• Research Associate, Center for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (1991-1994)
• Research Associate, Chapter 1, Region F, Technical Assistance Center, RMC Research, Mountain View, CA (1990-1991)
• Research Associate, Office of Evaluation Research, College of Education, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL (1978-1981)
• Evaluator, Department of Research and Evaluation, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL (1975-1977)
• Technical Specialist, Wisconsin Research & Development Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (1973-1975)

Research Areas at CTL

Assessment (Leader)
Evaluation

Current Projects at CTL

• Application of Evidence-Centered Design to State Large-Scale Science Assessment (Leader)
• Domain-Specific Assessment: Bringing the Classroom into Community College Accountability
• Domain-Specific Assessment: Bringing The Classroom Into Community College Accountability (Staff)
• Measuring Learning: A guidebook for gathering and interpreting evidence
• Principled Science Assessment Design for Students with Disabilities (Leader)
• Scenario-Based Learning (Staff)

Past Projects at CTL

• A Review of Washington Assessment (Leader) ended 2002
• Assessing Science Knowledge (ASK) ended 2007
• Building a Foundation for a Decade of Rigorous, Systematic Educational Technology Research ended 2002
• Calipers: Using Simulations to Assess Complex Science Learning (Leader) ended 2007
• Evaluation of "Journey to El Yunque: Studying the Effects of Hurricane Georges" (Leader) ended 2006
• Evaluation of Meals Matter ended 2002
• Evaluation of Nutrition Pathfinders ended 2003
• Evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's National High School Program ended 2006
• Evaluation of the GLOBE Program ended 2006
• Math and Science Partnership Assessment Resource Management Systems (MSP-ARMS) ended 2003
• Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL) (Leader) ended 2008
• Principled Assessment Designs for Inquiry (PADI) (Leader) ended 2008
• Studying Tablet PC use in Singapore Schools (Leader) ended 2007
• Validities of Standards-Based Science Inquiry Assessments: Design and Implementation Studies ended 2004

Publications

• Brecht, J., Cheng, B., Mislevy, R., Haertel, G., & Haynie, K. (2009). The PADI System as a Complex of Epistemic Forms and Games (PADI Technical Report 21). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Haertel, G.D., Means, B., & Penuel, W. (2008). Technology tools for collecting, managing, and using assessment data to inform instruction and improve achievement. In L. Smolin, K. Lawless, & N., Burbules (Eds.), NSSE yearbook 2007, Information and communication technologies: Considerations for teachers and teacher education. Chicago: National Society for the Study of Education.
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• Haynie, K., Haertel, G., Lash, A., Quellmalz, E., & DeBarger, A. H. (2006). Reverse Engineering the NAEP Floating Pencil Task Using the PADI Design System (PADI Technical Report 16). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Mislevy, R., & Haertel, G. (In press). Implications of Evidence-Centered Design for Educational Testing (Technical Report 17). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Shechtman, N., Roschelle, J., Haertel, G., Knudsen, J., & Vahey, P. (2006). Measuring middle school teachers’ mathematical knowledge of teaching rate and proportionality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
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• Bienkowski, M. A., Haertel, G., Yamaguchi, R., Fujii, R., Gong, B., Molina, A., Adamson, F., & Peck-Theis, L. (2005). Singapore Tablet PC program study: Executive summary and final report, volume 2, technical appendicies. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Bienkowski, M. A., Haertel, G., Yamaguchi, R., Molina, A., Adamson, F., & Peck-Theis, L. (2005). Singapore Tablet PC program study: Executive summary and final report, volume 1, technical findings. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Fusco, J., Skolnik, H., Haertel, GD, Javitz, H., Smith, N., & Thurston, E. (2005, April). OERL survey. design, methodology, administration and results. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montréal, Canada.
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• Shechtman, N., Roschelle, J., Haertel, G., Knudsen, J., & Tatar, D. (2005). Measuring student learning gains in conceptual mathematics when scaling a technological intervention for middle school mathematics. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
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• Zalles, D., & Haertel, G. (2005). Expert panel review of OERL’s instructional utility. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
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• Means, B., & Haertel, G. D. (Eds.) (2004). Using technology evaluation to enhance student learning. New York: Teachers College Press.
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• Means, B., Murphy, R., Javitz, H., Haertel, G., & Toyama, Y. (2004). Design Considerations for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology-Related Teacher Professional Development. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Means, B., Roschelle, R., Penuel, W., Sabelli, N., & Haertel, G. (2004). Technology’s contribution to teaching and policy: Efficiency, standardization, or transformation? In R. E. Floden (Ed.), Review of Research in Education (Vol. 27). Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.
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• Colker, A.M., Haertel, G., & Trevisan, M. (2003, April). Literature review of instructional sensitivity and opportunity to learn studies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
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• Cook, T., Means, B., Haertel, G., & Michalchik, V. (2003). The case for using randomized experiments in research on newer educational technologies: A critique of the objections raised and alternatives. In G. Haertel and B. Means (eds.) Evaluating Educational Technology: Effective research designs for improving learning. New York: Teachers College Press.
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• Haertel, G. D., & Means, B. (2003). Evaluating educational technology: Effective research designs for improving learning. New York: Teachers College Press.
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• Lash, A., Haertel, G., & Trevisan, M. (2003, April). Instructional sensitivity design. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
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• Mislevy, R., Steinberg, L., Almond, R. G., Haertel, G. D., & Penuel, R. (2003). Leverage points for improving educational assessment (PADI Technical Report 2). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Mislevy, R., et al. (2002). Design patterns for assessing science inquiry (PADI technical report 1). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Means, B., & Haertel, G. (2001). Technology supports for assessing science inquiry. Paper commissioned by the National Academies, Board on Testing and Assessment. To appear in Proceedings of the Workshop on Technology and Assessment.
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• Mislevy, R.J., Steinberg, L.S., Almond, R.G., Haertel, G.D. and Penuel, W.J. (2001). Leverage Points for Improving Educational Assessment. CRESST Technical Paper Series, Los Angeles, CA: CRESST.
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• Quellmalz, E.S. & Haertel, G. D. (2000). Breaking the Mold: Technology-Based Science Assessment in the 21st Century.
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• Quellmalz, E.S., Haertel, G. D., Zalles, D.R. (2000). The Online Evaluation Resource Library: Using Web-Based Technology to Enhance Evaluation Practice. In J. Frechtling and T. Ewing (Eds.) Training Evaluators: Seven NSF-Funded Efforts Designed to Improve the Practice of Science and Mathematics Education Project Assessment. (pp. 78-89). Washington DC: National Science Foundation; Directorate for Human Resources; Division of Research, Evaluation, and Communication.
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• Means, B., Coleman, E., Baisden, K., Haertel, G., Korbak, C., Lewis, A., McGhee, R., Penuel, W. R., & Valdes, K. (1999). GLOBE Year 4 evaluation: Evolving implementation practices. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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