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Edynn Sato
Director, Research and ELL Assessment for ASDS and Director, Special Populations for AACC
Related Services
Alignment and Linkage Studies for General and Special Population Assessments and Standards
Resource Involvement
Accommodations for English Language Learner Students
Alternate Assessments for Special Education Students in the Southwest Region States
Recent Events
CCSSO's 2010 National Conference on Student Assessment: The Validity of Assessments Based on Alternate and Modified Academic Achievement Standards: Empirical Investigations Across 10 States
CCSSO's 2010 National Conference on Student Assessment: Cross-Study Comparisons of Findings Related to States' AA-MAS: Implications for Practice and Policy
2010 AERA Annual Meeting: How Can Alternate Assessment Based on Modified Achievement Standards Improve Student Learning and Outcomes?
Assessing K-2 English Language Proficiency: Principles, Purposes, and Practices
WestEd at CCSSO: Language Needed for Academic Success: Are Standards and Assessments for English Language Learners Aligned?
Related Press Releases
Linguistic Modification Helps English Language Learner Students Demonstrate Their Math Knowledge
Related News
WestEd Cited in Front-Page New York Times Article About Common Core Standards
WestEd Staff Provide Expert Advice on English Learners to Key National Policymakers
WestEd's Assessement and Accountability Comprehensive Center Releases ELL Guidelines
Edynn Sato Shares Her English Learner Assessment Expertise
Edynn Sato, WestEd Assessment Expert, Quoted in Article
Prior to joining WestEd, she worked in various academic, nonprofit, small for-profit, Fortune 500, and Internet-based organizations. Her previous roles include: lecturer in the College of Education at San Jose State University, teaching courses on assessment and evaluation as well as on the psychological foundations of education; Executive Editor at LeapFrog SchoolHouse, overseeing the content development of a technology-based, interactive product for students in grades K-5 that integrated formative assessment and differentiated instruction; Director of Education and Measurement at eSCORE.com, managing the development and implementation of online assessments and educational content for students in grades 2-8, as well as child development and motivation content for parents; Program Developer at SCORE! Education, creating educational products and programs targeting at-risk, urban students in grades K-12; Development Supervisor at CTB/McGraw-Hill, overseeing the development of several high-stakes statewide standardized assessments and their ancillary materials; and researcher at UCLA’s Center for the Study of Evaluation/CRESST, involved in various evaluation projects and the research and development of large-scale performance-based assessments in English, language arts and social studies, as well as assessments related to language development.
She also worked as a consultant in her own company, where her projects focused on product evaluation and assessment design and development.
She received her BA in multidisciplinary studies (elementary education) from Santa Clara University, and her MA and PhD in educational psychology from UCLA.

