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My relationship with Pacific Crest has been immensely valuable to the accomplishment of our primary mission to educate, train and inspire leaders of character for the Army and the nation. The way I approach teaching and learning today is principally based on the understanding and skills provided by my association with Pacific Crest. One particular example has been the recognition of the primary role that assessment plays in the process of education. We never before considered the importance of real-time assessment in student learning, because we largely focused on faculty teaching. We often confused evaluation and assessment not only in student learning, but also in terms of faculty development.

Kip P. Nygren President, Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School; Colonel Retired, U.S. Army, Professor and Head of the Department, U.S. Military Academy, West Point

The products Pacific Crest has produced are at the leading edge of innovation in higher education across diverse disciplines. I have been working with Dan Apple and Pacific Crest for over ten years. Our goal has been to produce curriculum materials and teaching strategies that help students develop key learning process skills and master course content in General Chemistry. This collaboration, along with the participation of others, led to the NSF-supported POGIL Project (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning).

David M. Hanson Distinguished Professor of Chemistry (Ret'd), State University of New York, Stony Brook

Pacific Crest has been a leader in developing training and publications in assessment. In my view it has developed the clearest most accessible and useful framework for assessment available anywhere. On too many campuses, to the consternation of accreditors, administrators, and faculty, assessment has contributed little to actual improvement of learning. This is an invaluable aid in developing empowered learning communities as faculty teams continue their work focused on assessment.

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