Academic Appointments


  • Lecturer, Graduate School of Education

Professional Education


  • PhD, Stanford University, Graduate School of Education, CTE, Science Education (2019)
  • MEd, Stanford University, Graduate School of Education, Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education, Science Education (2013)
  • BS, Stanford University, Biology (1991)

2022-23 Courses


All Publications


  • Leveraging portfolios in professional development for middle school science teachers' assessment and data-use practice SCIENCE EDUCATION Kloser, M., Borko, H., Wilsey, M., Rafanelli, S. 2022

    View details for DOI 10.1002/sce.21712

    View details for Web of Science ID 000769624200001

  • Middle School Science Teachers' Conceptions of Assessment Practice Throughout a Year-long Professional Development Experience EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT Wilsey, M., Kloser, M., Borko, H., Rafanelli, S. 2020; 25 (2): 136–58
  • A response to Saleh et al.: The wrong call to action JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING Osborne, J., Rafanelli, S. 2019; 56 (4): 529–31

    View details for DOI 10.1002/tea.21536

    View details for Web of Science ID 000461051000010

  • Toward a more coherent model for science education than the crosscutting concepts of the next generation science standards: The affordances of styles of reasoning JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING Osborne, J., Rafanelli, S., Kind, P. 2018; 55 (7): 962–81

    View details for DOI 10.1002/tea.21460

    View details for Web of Science ID 000442990400004

  • From Focusing on Grades to Exploring Student Thinking: A Case Study of Change in Assessment Practice Cases of Teachers' Data Use Rafanelli, S., Borko, H., Kloser, M., Wilsey, M. Routledge. 2018: 79–95
  • A Practice-Based Professional Development Program to Support Scientific Argumentation From Evidence in the Elementary Classroom JOURNAL OF SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION Fishman, E. J., Borko, H., Osborne, J., Gomez, F., Rafanelli, S., Reigh, E., Tseng, A., Million, S., Berson, E. 2017; 28 (3): 222–49