Eva L. Baker is a distinguished professor currently at the

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, the former acting dean of the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and current director of the

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Education

Baker enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles at 18 years old and subsequently completed her B.A., M.A., and Ed.D. degrees at the university. Soon thereafter, she accepted an assistant professor position.

Accomplishments

In 2007, she served as the

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president, a member of the

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Advisory Council on Education Statistics, the Independent Review Panel on Title I, and was the measurement expert in the federal process of rule making for educational policy, and as a member of the National Academy of Education (NAEd) became the recipient of the Henry Chauncey Award for Distinguished Service to Assessment and Educational Science by

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References

External links

Bio of Eva L. Baker on social research methodology at UCLA website {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Eva L. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of California, Los Angeles alumni UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies faculty UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies alumni