Research Videos
Watch videos of our staff members and ETS-sponsored guest speakers speaking about topics that are of critical importance to our mission to advance quality and equity in education for all people worldwide. View the list below for links to recent videos.
June 2011
- Content Knowledge for Teaching: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?
Watch a presentation (Flash, 38 min., 20 sec.) by ETS Research Scientist Geoffrey Phelps. Ida Lawrence, Senior Vice President of R&D gives an introduction. ETS Distinguished Researcher Drew Gitomer gives a framework for the importance of measuring teacher quality and issues related to accountability.
- The CBAL™ in the Classroom
Watch a video (Flash, 1 min., 37 sec.) to get a glimpse of how one teacher is using technology-based assessment in mathematics as part of ETS's long-term research initiative known as Cognitively Based Assessment of, for, and as Learning (CBAL).
May 2011
- Samuel Ball Memorial Lecture
Watch a video of Anthony S. Bryk (Flash, 1 hr., 9 min., 48 sec.), president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, presenting Learning through Doing: The Practice of Teaching as part of a special lecture honoring the life and work of Samuel Ball. Ball was an ETS scientist from 1968–1978 and later a nationally known leader in assessment in Australia. (Editor's note: Video starts with an introduction by Ida Lawrence, ETS's Senior Vice President for Research & Development.)
April 2011
- ETS's Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, & Psychometric Research Area
Watch a video (Flash, 10 min., 21 sec.) to learn about the work of the staff members who score our tests, manage data for client programs, and develop new psychometric models and methods to meet the needs of modern, large-scale testing programs. - Conversations with ETS R&D Staff Members
Hear our Research & Development professionals describe ETS's research capabilities and talk about what it's like to work for the world's largest nonprofit educational measurement organization.
February 2011
- No Country Left Behind: Notes on the Rhetoric and Reality of International Educational Comparisons
View a short video synopsis (Flash, 4 min. 41 sec.) or full-length video (Flash, 1 hour 16 min.) of the most recent William H. Angoff Memorial Lecture, given in February 2011 by Michael J. Feuer, Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD) at The George Washington University.
December 2010
- Building Better Students: Preparation for Life After High School
Watch videos of renowned researchers and policymakers gathered for an informed and candid discussion on how to best prepare high school students to succeed in college, at work and in life. This conference was sponsored by ETS, the College Board® and The American Educational Research Association.
October 2010
- ETS's Assessment Development Area
Watch a video (Flash, 10 min., 44 sec.) and learn about the work of our R&D staff members who design, develop and review tests according to widely accepted standards.