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Sunday, June 7, 2009 | |
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Conference Registration |
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | NCER Grantee Meetings Middle & High School Education Reform/ Education Leadership/Education Policy/Postsecondary Education David Sweet and Ram Singh Cognition/Education Technology ![]() Methodology Allen Ruby Early Childhood Caroline Ebanks Social/Behavioral ![]() SBIR ![]() Math/Science Christina Chhin Predoctoral/Postdoctoral Katina Stapleton Teacher Quality Harold Himmelfarb Read/Write & Struggling Readers Elizabeth Albro |
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm | Welcome Reception Welcome Remarks and Presentation of the 2009 Outstanding IES Predoctoral Fellow Award Lynn Okagaki, NCER Commissioner and NCSER Acting Commissioner |
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Poster Presentations — Session A |
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Monday, June 8, 2009 | |
7:30 am – 5:00 pm | Conference Registration |
7:30 am – 8:45 am | Continental Breakfast |
9:00 am – 9:45 am | Opening Plenary Presiding Stuart Kerachsky, NCES Commissioner Opening Remarks Jon Baron, National Board for Education Sciences Vice Chair Plenary Address ![]() ![]() The Honorable Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education ![]() John Q. Easton, Director of the Institute of Education Sciences |
10:00 am – 11:30 am | Panel Sessions and Open Forum The Problem of False Discoveries: How to Balance Objectives Two panelists will present new approaches to the multiple comparisons problem. Moderator: Amy Feldman Farb, NCEE Presenters: Peter Schochet and John Deke, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ![]() Discussants: David Judkins, Westat ![]() Jeffrey Smith, University of Michigan ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Why Does College Cost So Much? Costs, Prices, Subsidies, and Productivity in U.S. Higher Education How does the sticker price of college compare to the cost of providing education? These panelists will discuss various cost models and research conducted in the higher education finance realm. Moderator: Tom Weko, NCES Presenters: Donna Desrochers, Delta Cost Project ![]() Craig Bowen, NCES ![]() Marvin Titus, University of Maryland Degree Productivity and Cost Efficiency in U.S. Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities |
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Using Evidence to Invest in School Improvement Actions A group of policymakers and researchers discuss where evidence fits into their school reform calculus. Drawing from case studies to effective research—how to make cost-effective choices from available evidence. Moderator: Mark Dynarski, What Works Clearinghouse Presenters: Willa Spicer, Deputy Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Education Eric Smith, Commissioner, Florida Department of Education James H. Lytle, University of Pennsylvania |
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Strategies for Improving Comprehension This panel will present two recent NCEE studies that used professional development or supplemental products aimed at improving student comprehension in elementary grades. Moderator: Marsha Silverberg, NCEE Presenters: Susie James-Burdumy, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ![]() Mike Garet, American Institutes of Research ![]() |
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Improving Mathematics Achievement
Despite past and present efforts to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics, students continue to struggle. The need for more research in mathematics education is a given, but where and how should we direct our research efforts? The speakers will discuss promising avenues for future research in mathematics education. Moderator: Christina Chhin, NCER Presenters: Russell Gersten, Instructional Research Group ![]() Robert Siegler, Carnegie Mellon University ![]() |
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Open Forum Scaling Up and Sustaining Interventions ![]() Moderator: Carol O'Donnell, NCER |
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11:30 am – 1:00 pm | Plenary Luncheon Presiding Phoebe Cottingham, NCEE Commissioner ![]() The Honorable Cecilia E. Rouse, Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers |
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm | Panel Sessions Enhancing School Readiness The speakers will address what we know and still need to know about the "school readiness gap" for at-risk children with disabilities; achievements in preschool that are predictors of later academic performance; early childhood interventions and curricula that are improving school readiness outcomes; including evidence-based strategies for promoting school readiness in young children with disabilities; as well as the importance of developing an infrastructure to guide and link research in this area. Moderator: Joan McLaughlin, NCSER Presenters: Barbara Goodson, Abt Associates ![]() Judith Carta, University of Kansas ![]() |
Problems with the Design and Implementation of Randomized Experiments Randomized experiments provide the best evidence about causal effects of interventions, but experiments are often compromised in practice. Sometimes the compromises arise because of problems in the execution of the experiment. In still other cases the compromises arise because of misunderstanding about the analysis or its interpretation. This session will present an illustrative set of these problems and what, if anything can be done about them in practice. Moderator: Allen Ruby, NCER Presenter: Larry Hedges, Northwestern University ![]() Presentation ![]() ![]() |
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Reversion to the Mean, or Does Dosage Matter? Some intervention advocates urge sustaining a new training, curriculum, supplement, or another type of school or classroom policy/practice for more than a year, arguing that teachers need more than a year to master new practices or that students need extended exposure to teaching practices. Results from new large-scale experimental studies focused on more extended exposure to intervention treatments raise caution about these assumptions. This session will discuss four such studies. Moderator: Robinson Hollister, Swarthmore College Presenters: Mark Dynarski, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ![]() Patrick Wolf, University of Arkansas ![]() William Corrin, MDRC ![]() Presentation ![]() ![]() |
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Getting Beyond the Horse Race in International Assessments The initial release of the findings of international student assessments such as PISA and TIMSS is accompanied by a great deal of press and gnashing of teeth over U.S. standings in the horse race. But beyond the horse race lies a wealth of additional information that is more difficult to interpret, but may prove valuable in understanding our place in the world and how to improve it. To help us find what's worth reporting beyond the league tables, a panel of researchers will offer perspectives for getting more analysis out of international assessments. Moderators: Dan McGrath and Val Plisko, NCES Presenters: John Smithson, Wisconsin Center for Education Research ![]() Dan Sherman, American Institutes for Research ![]() Robert Hauser, University of Wisconsin at Madison ![]() Mark Schneider, American Institutes of Research ![]() |
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Math Curriculums: Do We Have Answers for First Grade? There is much debate about what approaches work best at teaching math, especially to students in high poverty districts and schools under Title I. Four math curricula, selected by an expert panel through a competitive process, are being tested in first grades with random assignment of curriculum across 39 schools. The report from the first year found statistically significant impacts for two of the four curriculums. Moderator: Audrey Pendleton, NCEE Presenter: Roberto Agodini, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ![]() |
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Learning Disabilities Despite decades of research involving individuals with specific learning disabilities, a disconnect continues to exist between identifying children with specific learning disabilities and tailoring instruction to meet a child's unique needs. The presenters will discuss these issues and provide suggestions for future research that addresses improving academic outcomes within the challenges of educational settings. Moderator: Kristen Lauer, NCSER Presenters: Sharon Vaughn, University of Texas at Austin ![]() Lee Swanson, University of California at Riverside ![]() |
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3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Poster Presentations — Session B |
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm | Regional Education Laboratory (REL) Open Forums Effectively Communicating Research Findings with Practitioners: Lessons from the REL Experts Bring Evidence to Practitioners (EEP) Initiative Moderator: Jill Weber, REL Northeast & Islands ![]() Moderator: Lou Cicchinelli, REL Central State Financial Crises and Encouraging Teacher Mobility to Assure Better Distribution of Effective Teachers: Proposals for State Teacher Pension System Reform Moderator: Dean Nafziger, REL Southwest ![]() |
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 | |
7:30 am – 10:30 am | Conference Registration |
7:30 am – 8:45 am | Continental Breakfast |
9:00 am – 10:30 am | Panel and Open Forum Sessions Presentations by Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers and the 2009 IES Outstanding Predoctoral Fellow Presenters: Nicole McNeil, University of Notre Dame ![]() Gregory Fabiano, University of Buffalo ![]() 2009 IES Outstanding Predoctoral Fellow ![]() |
Assessing Intervention Fidelity: Models, Methods and Modes of Analysis In this session, the speakers describe and illustrate the use of intervention models—theory of change, a logic model, and an in situ program model—to specify fidelity indicators and methods of assessment. We also illustrate how composite fidelity indices can be used in intent-to-treat (ITT) and treatment-on-treated (TOT) statistical models of intervention effects. Moderator: Jacquelyn Buckley, NCSER Presenters: David S. Cordray, Vanderbilt University Chris Hulleman, Vanderbilt University ![]() Presentation ![]() ![]() |
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How Do We Get To Reading With Understanding? After decades of reading research, we have substantial work on how to teach children word level skills. But word level skills are not enough to enable children to read with understanding. What do we need to do to teach children to read with understanding? Moderator: Elizabeth Albro, NCER Presenter: Charles Perfetti, University of Pittsburg ![]() Donald J. Leu, University of Connecticut ![]() |
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Pathways to Teaching: Findings from National Studies This panel explores two recommended strategies for enlarging the supply of new teachers and the support of first-year teachers. Both studies focus on whether student learning is helped or hindered by either broadening the route to teaching or giving new teachers special support. Moderator: Betsy Warner, NCEE Presenters: Jill Constantine, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ![]() Amy Johnson, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ![]() |
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Why the Research Community Should Take Notice of State Longitudinal Data Systems This session on Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) will familiarize education researchers with IES/NCES's role in working with states to develop these systems. Researchers will learn about the types of data states are collecting with their individual SLDS systems. They will also learn how researchers are using data systems to make education decisions. Lastly, researchers will be briefed on ongoing work to use this type of data to address education policy issues. Moderator: Lee Hoffman, NCES Presenters: Tate Gould, NCES ![]() Sean Mulvenon, University of Arkansas ![]() Jane Hannaway, Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research ![]() Presentation ![]() ![]() |
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Open Forum Can School Finance Policy Lead to Better School Outcomes? Linking school finance with educational policy goals has been a theme in legislative, judicial, and academic discussions for the past several decades. At the same time, direct linkages have not been quick to be adopted. This forum will draw out the linkages between research and policy in the area of school finance, concentrating on two fundamental questions: what research is relevant for making school finance decisions and what do we know about the impacts on performance of various finance policies? Moderators: ![]() Alfred A. Lindseth, Sutherland LLP |
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10:45 am – 1:00 pm | Poster Presentations — Session C |
1:00 pm | Conference Adjournment |