The Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association (CAERDA) was founded on September 28, 1992 to promote excellence in education for all students, particularly among Chinese and Chinese Americans. CAERDA, a non-profit, non-political, international organization, emphasizes and pursues educational research and development. Its major goals are:

1. To encourage associates to participate in educational research and development.
2. To inform associates of grant opportunities for engaging in educational research.
3. To enhance understanding of educational issues, and to promote educational development for Chinese and Chinese American students.
4. To create opportunities for scholarly discourse regarding research findings, learning, collaboration, and cooperation among associates.
5. To establish a network for those who are committed to educational research and development.

Briefly, since its inception, CAERDA has contributed to its associates'

• exchange and advancement of ideas, research or professional projects through the CAERDA-sponsored events, newsletters, journal, as well as individual consultations through email;
• opportunities to seek for placement, grants information; and
• community services, such as the publication for Chinese parents and a long term professional development activity for private and community-based Chinese school teachers in Northern California.

Annual Events:

1. CAERDA sponsors an international conferences each year, held in Washington, D.C. (1993), New York (1994), Chicago, Illinois (1995), San Jose, California (1996), Houston, Texas (1997), Los Angeles, California (1998), Greater Washington, D.C. (1999), Jamaica, New York (2000), Columbus, Ohio (2001). Beginning 2002, the CAERDA conference is held in conjunction with the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Thanks for the generosity of AERA to provide us with space and facilities, the CAERDA Conference is always held on the first day of AERA conference at the same location. However, the CAERDA conference is solely organized by CAERDA; it is not as a part of the AERA program. For future conferences, please see our Web page.
2. CAERDA also sponsors a membership recruitment dinner at the AERA Annual Conference.

Publications:

1. En Route to College for Chinese parents.
2. New Waves: Educational Research & Development, a journal launched in June, 1996 and published as a bimonthly journal.
3. Biannual Newsletters that include information on conferences, grant and job announcements, as well as other related issues.
4. Web site, an ongoing project to increase and improve communication and dissemination of information, also through listserv.

Associates are from various countries, such as Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Singapore, and the United States. They are mostly ethnic Chinese professors, researchers, K - 12 field practitioners in private and public schools, educational administrators, graduate students and parents.

Organization Structure

There are nine Board Directors, each serving a three-year term no more than two consecutive terms. Board directors then elect the president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer to carry out association activities.

Past Presidents

1993-94	Samuel S. Peng
1994-95	Jerry Huang
1995-96	Allen Huang
1996-97	Ji-Mei Chang
1997-98	Shwu-Yong Huang
1998-00	Lilly Li-Rong Cheng
2000-01	Lilly Lee Chen
2001-02	Chi-en Hwang
2002-04	Duc-Le To
2004-05	Steve Chi-Yin Yuen
2005-06	Aubrey Wang
2006-07	Lihshing Leigh Wang
2007-08	Duc-Le To