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Sara Carriere

Research Social Scientist

Sara is a Research Social Scientist in the Center for Technology in Learning, and belongs to the assessment and evaluation guilds.

Sara's contributions to assessment and evaluation projects include quantitative data analysis and reporting. Her research interests lie in the psycholinguistics realm of language acquisition, literacy and word recognition in preschool and elementary age children. She has worked on multiple research projects assessing the effectiveness of rhyme based interventions on early reading skills and receptive vocabulary acquisition.

Education 

• M.A., Experimental Psychology, San Jose State University, 2005
• B.A., Psychology, San Jose State University, 2002

Professional Experience 

• Research Social Scientist, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (2005-present)
• Metrics and Human Resources Intern, Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA (1999-2005)
• Research Assistant, San Jose State University (2003-2004)
• Teaching Assistant, San Jose State University (2003)
• Research Assistant, San Jose State University (2001-2002)

Research Areas at CTL

Assessment
Evaluation

Current Projects at CTL

• Domain-Specific Assessment: Bringing the Classroom into Community College Accountability
• Domain-Specific Assessment: Bringing The Classroom Into Community College Accountability (Staff)
• Evaluation of the Ready to Learn Initiative
• SimCalc
• The Universally Designed Science Notebook: An Intervention to Support Science Learning for Students with Disabilities

Past Projects at CTL

• 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program Implementation Study ended 2007
• Evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's National High School Program ended 2006
• Putnam City (OK) Handhelds Evaluation Project ended 2006

Publications

• Ng, R., Lizama, C., Carriere, S. E., Huntsman, L. E. (2004). Preschoolers demonstrate emotional growth in a picture pointing task. Paper presented at the annual San Jose State Psychological Association Research Conference, San Jose, CA.
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• Carriere, S. E., & Huntsman, L. E. (2003). Effects of oral reading in pre-school children. Presented at the annual Psychonomic Society National Conference, Vancouver, WA.
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