Treatment outcomes were compared across smokers enrolled in the COMPASS cessation trial with a diagnosis of PH based on medical record evidence of anxiety, depression, psychotic disorder, or bipolar disorder.
Education & learning publications
Mathematics Reform and Teacher Quality in Elementary Grades: Assessments, Teacher Licensure, and Certification
We analyzed the gap in mathematics standards, assessments and accountability, and teacher licensure and certification requirements in mathematics for elementary grades.
Study of the Austin Independent School District’s Redesign and High School Reform Initiative: Interim Report
This report describes the Austin Independent School District’s recent effort to improve its high schools through a variety of initiatives led by the Office of District Redesign. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supported the reform effort, as well as this evaluation through a grant to the Texas Education Agency. TEA contracted with SRI International to conduct the evaluation.
The research questions that guided the evaluation focused on the implementation of district-level changes, capacity-building efforts, and multiple supports for all high schools in the district. In addition, the evaluation examined student achievement and other outcomes. Researchers used a mixed method approach that included case studies of the district’s central office and a sample of high schools, surveys of a sample of students and teachers, and all high school principals, and the analysis of extant outcomes data.
Measuring Cognition of Students with Disabilities Using Technology-Enabled Assessments: Recommendations for a National Research Agenda
This paper represents one outcome from the Invitational Research Symposium on Technology-Enabled and Universally Designed Assessments, which examined technology-enabled assessments and universal design as they relate to students with disabilities .
Content analysis of collaboratively constructed knowledge artifacts: Issues and opportunities for research
New social media for collaborative knowledge construction, often associated with “Web 2.0,” represent an emerging context for the research of learning and instruction
It’s About Time: Purpose, Methods and Challenges of Temporal Analyses of Multiple Data Streams
This workshop explores issues emerging from integrating data streams by identifying a set of analytic difficulties researchers commonly face, and illustrating the application of specific methods that address these challenges.
Helping Students Make Controlled Experiments More Informative
We examine how encouraging students to compare rather than isolate variables affects their experimentation strategies and insights.
Behavioral Counseling and Varenicline Treatment for Smoking Cessation
This study compared the effectiveness of three modalities of a behavioral smoking-cessation program in smokers using varenicline.