Current Projects
Class Size Reduction Program Evaluation
CREA was selected as the external evaluator for Clark County School District's Class Size Reduction program in Title I schools.
After-School All-Stars Las Vegas Program Evaluation
CREA provides evaluation services for the 21st Century Community Learning Center grant funded After-School All-Stars Las Vegas Program.
YMCA Of Southern Nevada Power Scholars Academy Program Evaluation
CREA provides evaluation services for the 21st Century Community Learning Center grant funded YMCA Of Southern Nevada Power Scholars Academy Program.
Read by Grade 3
CREA provides evaluation services in partnership with the Nevada Department of Education on the efficacy of the Nevada's Read by Grade 3 law.
Las Vegas Scholars Program
CREA provides secondary assessment services for the NSF grant funded Las Vegas Scholars Program.
TRANSCEnD IUSE
CREA provides secondary evaluation services for the NSF grant funded TRANSCEnD project.
Developing the Skills and Will to Succeed in STEM
CREA serves as an internal evaluator for the new Developing the Skill and Will to Succeed in STEM program at UNLV, designed to support 25 academically talented undergraduate biology students that have financial need.
Past Projects
Policy Issues in Nevada Education: Volume IV
CREA is leading the creation of Policy Issues in Nevada Education: Volume IV, which aims to provide evidence-based answers to Nevada's most pressing education policy issues.
The Nevada Educator Performance Framework
CREA provided evaluation services to the Nevada Department of Education and the Nevada Legislative Committee on Education regarding the impact and validity of the NEPF.
Transitions in Mathematics for Middle School (TIMMS)
CREA served as an external evaluator for the TIMMS project.
UNLV AeOP/RET Summer Program Evaluation
CREA served as an internal evaluator for a six-week long intensive STEM summer program for computer science and programming targeting middle and high school students that can be sponsored by the Department of Defense.
Nevada Department of Education External Outcomes Evaluation Phase One
In partnership with ACS Ventures and MYS Project & Brand Management, CREA completed an evaluation of programs designed to enhance education across the state of Nevada.
Nevada Department of Education External Outcomes Evaluation Phase Two
In partnership with ACS Ventures and MYS Project & Brand Management, CREA will provide the second phase of an evaluation of programs designed to enhance education across the state of Nevada.
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Values Five-Year Evaluation
CREA, with its faculty affiliates, completed an evaluation of the library services grant programs in the state of Nevada and how they met the goals and values outlined by the LSTA.
Turnaround Zone Evaluation
CREA completed an evaluation of selected Clark County School District Turnaround Zone high schools, focusing on their activities and outcomes of their turnaround efforts.
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center
CREA provided formative and summative evaluation/assessment services to the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (LRCBH) for the NIH Center for Biomedical Research Excellence: Center for Neurodegeneration and Translational Neuroscience (COBRE:CNTN) grant.
Weber Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention (CCOP)
In partnership with the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute, CREA provided evaluation and assessment services for the NIH funded Weber Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention project.
Center of Excellence in Personalized Medicine Evaluation
CREA served as an internal evaluator for the new Center of Excellence in Personalized Medicine led by faculty in UNLV’s Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine.