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Ron Dietel is the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) assistant director for research use and communications. From December 2001 to December 2005, he was a member of the La Cañada (California) Unified School District Governing Board, including one year as president and one year as vice president of the board. Dietel has written and directed a number of video programs on educational testing, prominently Assessment Models, which was a finalist for the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers. In 1987 and 1988, three of his films as a writer, Pathway to Gold, Hockey with Roger Neilson, and Footsteps in the Sky, were awarded CINE Golden Eagle awards.
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In addition to film writing, Dietel has authored Get Smart! Nine Sure Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in School (Wiley/Jossey Bass, 2006) and written for publications such as School Administrator magazine. He is also a speaker on educational topics at conferences, such as the American Educational Research Association.