CERA 2026

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Conference Registration 10:00am - 5:00pm

Snacks with Sponsors 2:30pm - 3:00pm

Learnings from the Education-to-Workforce District Network 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Forming and Sustaining Research-Practice Partnerships 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Designing a Districtwide Coordination of Services Team (COST) Fr... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

We Wrote This One... What's AI Doing Now? 1:30pm - 2:30pm

The Accountability Puzzle: Putting CALPADS, Assessments, and Das... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Aligning Processes and Technology: Data Governance Lessons from... 12:15pm - 1:15pm

From Data to Dialogue: A Threefold Approach to District-Wide Dat... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Imagining the Desired Future State of California’s Education Res... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Starting Strong: Building Data Literacy in Continuous Improvemen... 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Writing Better Assessment Items: Foundations, Best Practices, an... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Co-designing Equitable Partnerships: How the Community Engagemen... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

How to measure culturally responsive and authentic family and co... 12:15pm - 1:15pm

SOS for Student Achievement: How Building a Statewide System of... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Finding What Connects Us—Lessons From a District–University Rese... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

A-ROI in IT: How an Academic Return on Investment Analysis Infor... 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Examining longitudinal relationship between numeracy and literac... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Research Responding to Classroom Needs: Developing a Linguistica... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Opening Keynote 4:15pm - 5:15pm

From Implementation to Impact: Using Qualitative Methods to Unde... 12:15pm - 1:15pm

An Overview of California’s Cradle‑to‑Career (C2C) Data System a... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Funding the Future: Aligning Competitive Grant Proposals with Di... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Visualizing Local Students' Progression through CTE Pathways 12:15pm - 1:15pm

The Hidden Story in Attendance Data: Python Model for Predicting... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

How do we Achieve a Win-Win for all Learners in the Gen Ed Setti... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

School Mobility and School Success for Students in Foster Care:... 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Rethinking High-Need Status: Could Student-Level Opportunity Mea... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Assessing the assessments: Evaluating local assessment systems f... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

President's Reception 5:15pm - 6:45pm

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Snacks with Sponsors and Data Vi... 2:15pm - 2:45pm

Modern Education Data Workflows with R and Positron 9:00am - 10:15am

From Talk to Understanding: Building Discussion-Rich Mathematics Classrooms for... 10:30am - 11:45am

The Data System Playbook: Onboarding Counties, Supporting Districts, Elevating S... 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Inside the CCEE UDL Learning Network: Using Student Voice to Improve Assessment... 2:45pm - 4:00pm

The Desired Results Developmental Profile (2015) Predicts School-Age English Lan... 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Moving Beyond Averages: Co-Designing Equity-Forward Assessment Reports to Inform... 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Beyond A Grade: Understanding Elementary Students' Conceptualization of Success 9:00am - 10:15am

Addressing Disparities Among Latine Students in Special Education 9:00am - 10:15am

Beyond Accountability: Linking California Alternate Assessment Performance to Po... 10:30am - 11:45am

Preparing for Accountability: The Role of Structural Opportunity in Shaping Grow... 10:30am - 11:45am

Evaluation of and Takeaways from the NorCal Educational Leadership Consortium (N... 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Promoting Equitable Outcomes: Evidence from Three Regional K-16 Partnerships 1:00pm - 2:15pm

From Survey Evidence to Improvement: A Quick Tool for Facilitating District Capa... 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Bridging the Gap: Building District Capacity for Evidence-Based Decision Making 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Data in Action, Teams in Motion: Partnering with Families to Combat Chronic Abse... 9:00am - 10:15am

Beyond Preference: Community College Students' Modality Decision-Making in the P... 10:30am - 11:45am

Access Matters: High School Coursetaking and the Pathway to College 10:30am - 11:45am

Learning from Similar Schools: A Data-Informed Approach to Improvement 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Mother From Another: Who Mothers the Women Who Mother Everyone Else? Subtitle: A... 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Data Sharing Agreements Centering Data Management & Data Literacy to Support Sch... 9:00am - 10:15am

Cut Through the Noise: One Assessment, Actionable Results 10:30am - 11:45am

Board meeting 2:45pm - 4:00pm

From Proficiency to Growth: Sanger Unified's Journey 9:00am - 10:15am

Ask the Data: How Conversational Analytics May Change Educational Research, Eval... 10:30am - 11:45am

Elevate Your Communication Game with Effective Feedback 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Bridging Invisible Barriers: Empowering Resiliency for Learners Experiencing Hom... 2:45pm - 4:00pm

What’s your X Factor? Data Visualizations for analyzing and improving High Schoo... 9:00am - 10:15am

Setting Your Ethical Boundaries: Protecting Yourselves and Your Community 10:30am - 11:45am

Listening in Real Time: An Equity-Centered Rapid Feedback Framework for Institut... 1:00pm - 2:15pm

When Data Becomes Action: Building Systems That Leaders Actually Use 2:45pm - 4:00pm

More Than a Subgroup: Interpreting Vulnerable Student Data 9:00am - 10:15am

Eight Years of Student Voice: What Longitudinal SEL Data Reveal About Student Su... 10:30am - 11:45am

CCEE Data Academy: Improving Data Literacy and Usage at Panama Buena Vista Union... 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Beyond Spreadsheets: Designing Interactive LCAP Tools for Smarter Fiscal Decisio... 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Breakfast 7:00am - 9:00am

Keynote 8:00am - 8:45am

Lunch (Voting and Awards) 11:45am - 1:00pm

Listening to Students: Survey and Interview Insights on the High School-to-Colle... 9:00am - 10:15am

What Works for Accelerate Student Learning Post-Pandemic? Evidence From a Four-Y... 9:00am - 10:15am

Leading with Data: How District Leaders Lead Through Complexity to Advance Equit... 10:30am - 11:45am

Reimagining CAASPP & ELPAC Interim Assessments as Tools for Learning 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Moving the Needle on Black Student Outcomes: Initial Data from the African Ameri... 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Haybaler Support Time: Embedding academic and behavioral supports in the school... 9:00am - 10:15am

Building Shared Evidence for Continuous Improvement Across Educational Partnersh... 10:30am - 11:45am

When the Brain Can't Keep Up: Using Cognitive Load Theory to Design Assessment t... 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Educator Turnover Perspectives and Strategies: Examining Work Environment with M... 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Reimaging Equity: Recognizing Multilingual Students’ Linguistic Resources 9:00am - 10:15am

Beyond Sensitivity and Specificity: A Comprehensive Framework for Linguistically... 9:00am - 10:15am

Multilingual Education Leadership: La Ruta 9:00am - 10:15am

Designing Conditions for Equitable Improvement by Organizational, not Data, Inqu... 10:30am - 11:45am

From Data to Action: School Leaders’ Use of Data for Improvement and Learning 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Two Jobs, One Person: Supporting the Superintendent-Principal 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Building the Plane While Flying It: Designing an Evaluation Plan for a Statewide... 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Toward Liberatory Leadership Preparation: Redesigning a Professional Practice Do... 2:45pm - 4:00pm

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From Policy to Practice: California's Approach to Screening for Risk of Reading... 8:45am - 10:00am

A Place-Based Approach to Chronic Absenteeism Risk 8:45am - 10:00am

Drawing the Line: The Impact of District Busing Boundaries and Perceptions of Ro... 8:45am - 10:00am

Small Schools: Big Ideas & Wins! 8:45am - 10:00am

From "Vibe Coding" to Structured Educational Insights: Skills, guardrails, and d... 8:45am - 10:00am

From Dependent to Independent Learners: Evaluating How a High School English Cur... 8:45am - 10:00am

Exploring Resiliency, Identity, and Access: Educational Narratives of Adults Who... 8:45am - 10:00am

From Metric to Milestone: Building a District-Wide Reclassification System That... 8:45am - 10:00am

Breakfast 7:30am - 8:45am

Awards, Prizes, New Board Member... 11:30am - 12:00pm

Closing Keynote 10:15pm - 11:30pm

Not All Squares Are Equal: Moving Beyond Color on the CA Dashboard to Drive Acti... 8:45am - 10:00am

Transformative Higher Education: Designing Courses for Equity 8:45am - 10:00am

Analytics in the Age of AI: Best Practices for Turning Education Data into Insig... 8:45am - 10:00am

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