Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness
Conference Presentation Files
| Sunday December 10
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| Welcome |
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Catherine E. Snow, Harvard University |
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| The Need for Research on Educational Effectiveness
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Lynn Okagaki, Commissioner, National Center for Education
Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education |
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| Monday December 11 |
| 8:45 - 9:00 Overview of Conference
Objectives |
| Conference Introduction |
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Mark Constas, Cornell University |
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| 9:00 - 10:45 Strategies for
Studying Educational Effectiveness
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| Session Chair |
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Judith Singer, Harvard University |
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| Using A Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD)
to Measure Educational Effectiveness |
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Howard S. Bloom, MDRC |
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| Adaptive Centering with Random Effects in
Studies of Time-Varying Treatments |
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Stephen W. Raudenbush, University of Chicago |
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| A Randomized Experiment Comparing Random to
Nonrandom Assignment |
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William R. Shadish, University of California-Merced |
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| Discussion of “Strategies for Studying
Educational Effectiveness” |
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Mark Dynarski, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. |
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| Sources of Bias in Experiments and Quasi-Experiments
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Sean Reardon, Stanford University, Discussant |
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| Question and Answer Session |
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Strategies for Studying Educational Effectiveness
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| 11:00 - 12:30 Low-Performing
Schools
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| Session Chair |
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Barbara Schneider, Michigan State University |
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| Low Performing Schools and The Market for
Teachers |
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Erik Hanushek, Hoover Institute |
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| Measuring the Achievement Effects of Charter
Schools in North Carolina |
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Helen F. Ladd, Duke University |
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| Comments – Low Performing Schools Session
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Jane Hannaway, Urban Institute - Discussant |
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| Question and Answer Session |
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Low-Performing Schools |
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| 1:30 - 3:00 Education, Mental
Health, and Risk Reduction
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Robert Boruch, University of Pennsylvania |
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| Reducing Risk and Enhancing Protection to
Remove Barriers to Learning |
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Richard F. Catalano, Jr. University of Washington
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| School-Based Randomized Trials of Social and
Character Development Programs With preliminary Results of the Positive
Action Program |
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Brian R. Flay, Oregon State University |
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| Young Adult Outcomes from the Good Behavior
Game: a classroom behavior management program applied in 1st and
2nd Grades |
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Sheppard G. Kellam, American Institutes for Research
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| Discussant (for Jack Fletcher) |
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David Francis, University of Houston |
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| Question and Answer Session |
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Education, Mental Health, and Risk Reduction |
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| 3:15 - 4:45 Teacher Quality
and Quality Teaching
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Prentice Starkey, University of California-Berkeley
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| Has NCLB Improved Teacher and Teaching Quality
for Disadvantaged Students? |
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Laura Desimone, Vanderbilt University |
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| Teacher Quality and the Context of Teaching
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Adam Gamoran, University of Wisconsin |
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| Predictors of Class-to-Class Differences in
Adjusted Math-Score Gains at One Middle School: A Preliminary Analysis
Using Student Survey Responses |
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Ronald F. Ferguson, Harvard University |
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Geoffrey Borman, University of Wisconsin |
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| Question and Answer Session |
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Teacher Quality and Quality Teaching |
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| 4:45 - 5:00
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| Closing Comments
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Larry V. Hedges, Northwestern University |
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| 5:15 - 6:30
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| Reception and Speaker
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Grover J. (Russ) Whitehurst, Institute of Edu. Sci.,
U.S. Dept. of Education |
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| Tuesday December 12, 2006
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| Introduction |
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Judith Gueron, MDRC |
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| 9:00 - 10:30 Literacy for
Diverse Student Learners
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Barbara Foorman, Florida State University |
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1. National Literacy Panel on Language Minority
Children and Youth
2. Language of Instruction
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Diane August and David Francis, Center for Applied
Linguistics |
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| Literacy for Diverse Student Learners
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Maria Carlo, University of Miami |
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| Interventions for Older Struggling Readers:
The Challenge of Closing the Gap |
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Joseph K. Torgeson, Florida State University |
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| Instructional Research and Research Synthesis
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Russell Gersten, Instructional Research Group - Discussant
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| Question and Answer Session |
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Literacy for Diverse Student Learners |
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| 10:30 - 12:00 Instructional
Interventions for Mathematics and Science Education
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David Myers, American Institutes for Research |
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| Teaching, Learning, & Transfer of Experimental
Procedures in Elementary School Science |
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David Klahr, Carnegie Mellon University |
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| The Effect of a Professional Development Intervention
in Middle School Mathematics and Sciences |
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Andrew C. Porter, Vanderbilt University |
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| Content and School Effectiveness: Role and
Impact |
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William H. Schmidt, Michigan State University |
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| Discussant |
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Alice Klein, University of California-Berkeley |
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| Question and Answer Session |
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Instructional Interventions for Mathematics and Science
Education |
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| 12:00 - 12:30
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| Closing of Part II:
Important Findings and Critical Gaps |
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Mark A. Constas, Cornell University |
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