Presentations by SRI Education Researchers at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2007 Annual Meeting

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Sunday, April 8

Designing and Validating Assessments for Research: A Practical Roadmap from Conceptual Framework to Work Plan (Professional Development Training)

9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., The Fairmont Chicago/Moulin Rouge, Lobby Level

Lawrence Gallagher, Geneva Haertel, Ken Rafanan, Nicole Shechtman - Directors

Assessment Design — How to Make Inferences about Learning: Hands-On Experience with the PADI Design System (Professional Development Training)

9:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m., The Fairmont Chicago/Chancellor Room, Third Level

Angela DeBarger, Lawrence Gallagher - Instructors

Monday, April 9

Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL) Professional Development Workshop

1:00-5:00 p.m., The Fairmont Chicago/Ambassador Room, Second Level

Geneva Haertel - Director; Melissa Koch - Director, Instructor; Judi Fusco, Robert Murphy, Edys Quellmalz, Daniel Zalles - Instructors; Thomas Gaffney - Participant

Charter School Research and Evaluation — SIG Paper Discussion (Session 1)

2:15-2:55 p.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago/Grand Ballroom, Sections C-D North, East Tower-Gold Level

Roneeta Guha, Alejandra Lopez, Katrina Woodworth - "A Study of Bay Area KIPP Schools: Findings from Analyses of Student Achievement"

Adaptive Expertise: Its Development and the Role of Transfer

2:15-3:45 p.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago/Acapulco, East Tower-Gold Level

Valerie Crawford - Discussant

ELL and Students with Disabilities in Large-Scale Assessments

3:05-3:55 p.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago/Grand Ballroom, Sections C-D North, East Tower–Gold Level

Renee Cameto, Anne-Marie Knokey - "Alternate Assessment Results among a National Sample of Students with Disabilities"

Intentions and Tensions of Accountability Under No Child Left Behind

4:05-5:35 p.m., Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers/Huron, Level 2

Chris Padilla - "District Capacity to Assist Schools Identified for Improvement"

Characteristics of and Services for Students with Disabilities

4:05-5:35 p.m., Swissôtel Chicago/William Tell Theatre, Second Floor

Jose Blackorby - "Preschoolers and Elementary-Age Children with Disabilities: Similarities and Differences in Characteristics, Services, and Levels of Functioning"

Tuesday, April 10

Welcome to the Teaching Profession: State and District Teacher Induction Policies and Programs

8:15-9:45 a.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago/Ogden, West Tower - Silver Level

Kristin Bosetti - "Variation in District Approaches to New Teacher Induction: The Case of Ohio"

Daniel Humphrey - "Variation in District Approaches to New Teacher Induction: The Case of Illinois"

Marjorie Wechsler - "Variation in State Approaches to New Teacher Induction"

Teacher Development and Technology Pedagogy: Possibilities and Problematics

8:15-9: 45 a.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago/Crystal Ballroom, Section B, West Tower - Green Level

Geneva Haertel, Barbara Means - "ICT Usage and Enhanced Learning: Technology's Contribution to Student Achievement"

Technology Research: Initial Findings of Impact of One-to-One Computing Initiatives

8:15-10:15 a.m., Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers/Ontario, Level 2

Marie Bienkowski, Geneva Haertel - "Studying How Mobile Computing with Tablet PCs Supports School and Classroom Changes in Singapore"

Selected Program Evaluation Findings and Methods

10:35 a.m. – 12:05 p.m., Marriott Chicago Downtown/Great America, Sixth Floor

Haiwen Wang - "Combining Propensity Score Matching and Hierarchical Modeling to Evaluate the Effects of Ability Grouping"

Family Involvement Interventions: Shining the Spotlight on Evaluation

12:25-1:55 p.m., Marriott Chicago Downtown/Denver, Fifth Floor

Shari Golan - Participant

Assessing Outcomes: Professional Growth, Programs, and Artistic Process

12:25-1:55 p.m., The Fairmont Chicago/Embassy Room, Second Level

Hanna Gallagher, Roneeta Guha, Alejandra Lopez, Katrina Woodworth - "The Status of Arts Education in California"

International Perspectives on Technology for Education Development: Pro-Poor Approaches in India and South Africa

12:25-1:55 p.m., Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers/Missouri, Level 2

Robert Kozma - Discussant

Methodological Challenges and Innovations in Studying Learning in Informal Contexts

12:25-1:55 p.m., Hotel Inter-Continental Chicago/Exchange, Eleventh Floor

Vera Michalchik - "Accounting for Knowledge in Everyday Life: Methodological Approaches"

Improving Results for Students with Disabilities: Key Findings from the 1997 National Assessment Studies

2:15-3:45 p.m., Swissôtel Chicago/Vevey, Third Floor

Mary Wagner - Participant

Assessment and Technology: Identifying the Current Trends and Issues

2:15-3:45 p.m., Marriott Chicago Downtown/Iowa, Sixth Floor

Geneva Haertel - Participant

Technology-Based Science Assessment and How You Know Its Quality

2:15-3:45 p.m., Marriott Chicago Downtown/Chicago Ballroom, Section D-Fifth Floor

Edys Quellmalz - Participant

College Aspirations and Opportunity

4:05-5:35 p.m., Marriott Chicago Downtown/Cook, Third Floor

Ann House, Aasha Joshi - "Washington State Achievers' Program: Influence on Low-Income College Students' Achievement and Aspirations"

"We've Carried a LOT": Addressing Equity and Advocating for School Change as a Collaborative Inquiry Team

4:05-6:05 p.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago/Columbus Hall, Section G, East Tower-Gold Level

Viki Young - "Hilltop Elementary: The Co-Evolution of Collaboration and Data-Drivenness"

Wednesday, April 11

Local Contexts of Teacher Work

10:35 a.m.-12:05 p.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago/Burnham, West Tower-Silver Level

Bill Penuel, Willow Sussex - "A Network Perspective on Teacher Collaboration: Teachers' Social Capital and the Enactment of Curricular Reforms"

Connecting the Dots: Validity in Integrated Assessment Systems

10:35 a.m.-12:05 p.m., Marriott Chicago Downtown/Great America, Sixth Floor

Angela DeBarger, Edys Quellmalz -"Integrating Alignment and Cognitive Analyses Evidence to Evaluate Assessment Validity"

Geneva Haertel, Harold Javitz, Andrea Lash, Edys Quellmalz - "An Instructional Sensitivity Study of Science Inquiry Items"

Provision of Special Education Services and the Results

2:15-3:45 p.m., Swissôtel Chicago/William Tell Theatre, Second Floor

Lynn Newman - "Services, Supports, and Accommodations Received by Youth with Disabilities in Postsecondary Schools: A National Perspective"

Thursday, April 12

Using a Social Network Framework to Study the Induction of New General and Special Education Teachers

12:25-1:55 p.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago/Crystal Ballroom, Section C, West Tower-Green Level

Bill Penuel - Discussant

Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Programs

12:25-1:55 p.m., Marriott Chicago Downtown/Chicago Ballroom, Section A-Fifth Floor

Barbara Means - "Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Programs"

Simulation-Based Science Assessments: A New Generation

12:25-1:55 p.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago/Grand Suite 3, East Tower-Gold Level

Edys Quellmalz, Daniel Zalles -"Assessing Student Learning in the Data Sets for Inquiry in Geoscience (DIGS) Project"

Edys Quellmalz - "Calipers: Using Simulations to Assess Complex Science Learning"

Angela DeBarger, Geneva Haertel - Participants

Reform Practices in Action in Special Education

12:25-1:55 p.m., Swissôtel Chicago/William Tell Theatre, Second Floor

Jose Blackorby, Ellen Schiller - "Defining Proficiency: An Examination of Cut Scores, Student, and Program Characteristics Among a National Sample of Students with Learning Disabilities"

What Do We Know About Redesigning Large High Schools?

2:15-3:45 p.m., Marriott Chicago Downtown/Great America, Sixth Floor

Karen Mitchell - Participant

Supporting the Preparation of Teachers through Online Environments

4:05-5:35 p.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago/Ogden, West Tower-Silver Level

Mark Schlager - Discussant

Friday, April 13

Using Technology-Mediated Visualizations to Support Chemistry Learning

8:15-10:15 a.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago/Columbus Hall, Section G, East Tower-Gold Level

Robert Kozma, Vera Michalchik, Anders Rosenquist, Patricia Schank, Tina Stanford - "Learning Chemistry Through ChemSense: A Representation-Based, Knowledge-Building Environment"

Distributed and Democratic Leadership

8:15-10:15 a.m., Marriott Chicago Downtown/Bucktown, Second Floor

Bill Penuel - "A Social Network Approach to Examining the Effects of Distributed Leadership in Schoolwide Reform Initiatives"

Youth Development in Schools: One School's Success and New York City's Strategy

2:15-3:45 p.m., Marriott Chicago Downtown/Cook, Third Floor

Daniel Humphrey - Chair

Kristin Bosetti, Roneeta Guha - "Evaluation of the Effectiveness of South Brooklyn Community High School"

Learning Anytime - Anywhere - and Advanced Distributed Learning: Implications for Education

2:15-3:45 p.m., Marriott Chicago Downtown/Watertower, Tenth Floor

Edys Quellmalz - Participant