Out and About

2009 Conferences and Meetings Presentations

December

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Care Management of Patients with Complex Health Care Needs—Webinar—December 16
Randall Brown, Deborah Peikes, and Greg Peterson: "Features of Successful Care Coordination Programs"

National Conference of State Legislatures: Linking Research and Policy to Improve Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education—San Diego, CA—December 11-13
Jill Constantine, Speaker: Resources of Institute of Education Sciences: Regional Labs, What Works Clearinghouse and Alternative Certification

California Commission on Teacher Credentialing—Sacramento, CA—December 10
Jill Constantine: "Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification" Audio | PDF of Slides

FY 2010 Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference: Emerging Issues and Recent Findings—Washington, DC—December 10
Anne Gordon and Elizabeth Potamites: "School Meals and the Diets of Children from Food Insecure Families"

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum—Washington, DC—December 3
Gina Livermore, Speaker: Disability and Poverty: What Is the Connection and What Should We Do About It?

Recovering America's Youth Summit: Dallas—Grapevine, TX—December 1-2
Jeanne Bellotti: "Evaluation of the Summer Youth Program Under ARRA: Lessons from Twenty Sites" and "Lessons Learned from the 2009 Summer Youth Employment Program: Meet with the Experts"

November

Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting—Atlanta, GA—November 18-22
Samuel Simon, Debra Lipson, and Christal Stone: "Mental Disorders and Antipsychotic Use Among Non-Elderly Nursing Home Residents"

Southern Economic Association Meeting—San Antonio, TX—November 21-23
Duncan Chaplin: Government Expenditures and Provisions (Discussant) and "Teacher Performance Rewards: The Devils Are in the Details" (Presenter)

University System of Georgia and the Georgia Research Alliance: Addressing Childhood Obesity in Georgia—Atlanta, GA—November 19-20
Ronette Briefel: "The 2008 Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study: Data to Inform Action to Reduce Childhood Obesity"

Recovering America's Youth Summit—Chicago, IL—November 17-18
Jeanne Bellotti: "Evaluation of the Summer Youth Program Under ARRA: Lessons from Twenty Sites" and "Lessons Learned from the 2009 Summer Youth Employment Program: Meet with the Experts"

Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association—Orlando, FL—November 11-14

National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference—San Francisco, CA—November 11-14
Robin Dion, Sarah Avellar, and Alan Hershey: "Building Strong Families: The Meaning and Predictors of Program Participation"

National Association of State Medicaid Directors Conference—Arlington, VA—November 9-11
James Verdier: "Enhanced Primary Care Case Management Programs in Medicaid: Issues and Options for States"

American Public Health Association—Philadelphia, PA—November 7-11
Lorenzo Moreno: "Un Buen Comienzo: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Education and Health Intervention in Preschools in Santiago, Chile"

University of Maryland, School of Public Policy, Center for International Policy Exchanges: What the European Social Fund Can Learn from the Workforce Investment Act Experience—Washington, DC—November 7
Paul Decker: The Workforce Investment Act
Sheena McConnell and Peter Schochet: Impact Evaluation
William Borden: Performance Management and Program Evaluation

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management—Washington, DC—November 5-7

National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education Leadership Symposium—Arlington, VA—November 3
Sally Atkins-Burnett and Susan Sprachman: "The Language Interaction Snapshot (LISn), a New Observational Measure for Assessing Language Interactions in Linguistically Diverse Early Childhood Programs"

Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference—Washington, DC—November 2-4
John Czajka, Discussant: Using Matched Survey and Administrative Data to Estimate Eligibility for the Medicare Part D Program Low-Income Subsidy

October

The Council of State Governments Justice Center: Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Series—Webinar—October 29
Henry Ireys, Speaker: Ensuring Access to Medicaid for Individuals with Mental Illnesses Reentering Their Communities from Prison: A Program Model from Oklahoma. Click here to listen to the webinar and download the slides.

International Methodology Symposium: Longitudinal Surveys: From Design to Analysis—Gatineau, QC, Canada—October 27-30
Donsig Jang: "Empirical Investigation of Nonresponse Bias Due to Attrition in National Survey of College Graduates" and "Sample Allocation for the 2010 Decade of the National Survey of College Graduates"

Community Partnerships for Older Adults Annual Meeting—Washington, DC—October 27-28
Valerie Cheh and Todd Honeycutt: "What Has Changed for Older Adults? Results from the 2002 and 2008 CPFOA Community Surveys"

The National Academies of Sciences Briefing—Washington, DC—October 20
Mary Kay Fox, Participant: School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children

Medicare Advantage Strategic Business Symposium: Developing a 2010 Survival Strategy for Your Health Plan—Arlington, VA—October 19-20
Marsha Gold: Policy & Regulatory Overview: Where Are We Today? (Speaker) and The Effects of Health Policy and Political Issues on the Future of the Medicare Advantage Program (Moderator)

American Dietetic Association Food & Nutrition Conference—Denver, CO—October 17-20
Ronette Briefel and Mary Kay Fox, Presenters: What Are the Youngest American Children Eating? Findings from the Nestlé 2008 Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS)

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy—Ann Arbor, MI—October 15
Catherine McLaughlin, Discussant: Health Care Reform: Proposals, Politics, and Prospects

Washington Statistical Society, Morris Hansen Lectures—Washington, DC—October 13
Donsig Jang, Discussant: The Care, Feeding, and Training of Survey Statisticians

National Academy for State Health Policy—Long Beach, CA—October 6
Deborah Peikes, Randall Brown, Greg Peterson, and Jennifer Schore: "Promising Models of Care Coordination in Medicare: Lessons for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Chronic Illnesses"

Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Midwest at Learning Point Associates—Washington, DC—October 2
Jill Constantine: Increasing Access to Higher Education

September

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum—Washington, DC—September 24
Carol Irvin and Debra Lipson, Speakers: Current Status and Policy Implications of the Money Follows the Person Demonstration

Recovery and Reemployment Research Conference—Washington, DC—September 15-16
Jeanne Bellotti, Speaker: Preparing Ex-Offenders for Reemployment in a New Economy
Paul Decker, Speaker: Getting UI Recipients Back to Work
Sheena McConnell, Speaker: Entrepreneurship Through Self-Employment Assistance
Irma Perez-Johnson, Speaker: Plenary-Applying Research and Evaluation to Everyday Practice

Annual National Food Policy Conference—Washington, DC—September 8-9
Mary Kay Crepinsek, Panelist: Enhancing the School Food and Fitness Environment

August

National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research and the National Center on Performance Incentives—Washington, DC—August 12
Steven Glazerman, Discussant: NCLB and Student Achievement
Brian Gill, Discussant: Remedies—Supplemental Education Services

American Sociological Association Annual Meeting—San Francisco, CA—August 8-11
Andrew Clarkwest, Moderator: Social Policy Formation and Evaluation
Ann Person: "Politics, Policy, Practice, and Pragmatism: Implementing the Faith-Based Initiative in the States"
Sarah Jones, Moderator: Supplemental Education and Methodology

Center for Health Care Strategies Webinar—August 5
Randall Brown, Deborah Peikes, Greg Peterson, and Jennifer Schore: "The Promise of Care Coordination: Models that Decrease Hospitalizations and Improve Outcomes for Beneficiaries with Chronic Illnesses"

Joint Statistical Meetings—Washington, DC—August 1-6

July

REL Director's Meeting—Washington, DC—July 23-24
John Deke, Panelist: Working with State Assessment Data Within RCT Studies
Jill Constantine, Panelist: Value-Added: Best Practices and the Unknowns
Scott Cody, Moderator: Forthcoming What Works Clearinghouse Products and EEPs
John Burghardt, Moderator and Peter Schochet, Panelist: Issues in Analyzing and Reporting RCT Findings
Susanne James-Burdumy: "Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Impacts on a First Cohort of Fifth-Grade Students"

National Staff Development Council Annual Summer Conference—Boston, MA—July 19-22
Jill Constantine, Kristin Hallgren, and Josh Ferguson (Roundtable): Bringing Answers to Educators: The What Works Clearinghouse

Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities: Serving Parents and Children with Disabilities in the TANF Program—Webinar—July 16
Donna Pavetti: "TANF Recipients Living with a Disability: Policy Framework, Prevalence, and Service Strategies"

AARP National Health Policy Council, Health and Long-Term Care Committee—Washington, DC—July 15
Deborah Peikes, Randall Brown, Greg Peterson, and Jennifer Schore: "The Promise of Care Coordination: Models that Decrease Hospitalizations and Improve Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Illnesses"

National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics—Albany, NY—July 12-15

June

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting—Chicago, IL—June 27-30

Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Workshop—Washington, DC—June 10
Donsig Jang and Xiaojing Lin: "Assessing the Nonresponse Bias of Survey Estimates from an Early Close Out of the First Stage of Data Collection in the National Survey of Recent College Graduates (NSRCG): A Survey with Two-Stage Sample Design"

Institute of Education Sciences and the What Works Clearinghouse—Washington, DC—June 10
Mark Dynarski and Scott Cody, Opening Remarks: Response to Intervention in Early Reading and Mathematics: Moving Evidence on What Works into Practice

Annual Medicaid Managed Care Congress—Baltimore, MD—June 8-10
James Verdier: "Enhancing Medicaid Primary Care Case Management to Improve Care Management and Accountability"

Annual Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference—Washington, DC—June 7-9

International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods—Washington, DC—June 5-7
Ronette Briefel: "Diet and Physical Activity Assessment in Infants and Young Children: Design, Methods, and Bridging Study Results for the 2008 Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS)" (poster presentation)
Liz Condon: "Using the MyPyramid Equivalents Database to Estimate MyPyramid Equivalents for the Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA-III)" (poster presentation)

International Blaise Users Conference—Riga, Latvia—June 2-4
Leonard Hart: "Converting to Blaise 4.8 for CATI and CAWI Surveys"

May

National Medicaid Congress: Strategies for Navigating the New Medicaid—Washington, DC—May 31-June 2
James Verdier: "Enhancing Medicaid Primary Care Case Management to Improve Care Management and Accountability"

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum—Washington, DC—May 28
David Stapleton and Craig Thornton, Speakers: Making Government Work for People with Disabilities: Data-Driven Policy

ACF/OPRE Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference—Washington, DC—May 27-29
Donna Pavetti, Moderator: Engaging Individuals with Barriers to Work Through Paid Employment and Transitional Jobs

National Child Welfare Evaluation Summit—Washington, DC—May 27-29
Heather Koball: Comparing the Level of Rigor in Child Welfare Evaluation to Other Fields (Panelist) and What Is Sufficient Rigor when Attempting to Build Evidence? (Discussant)

Department of Education National Board for Education Sciences—Washington, DC—May 20-21
Jill Constantine: "An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification"

International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Annual Meeting—Orlando, FL—May 16-20
Dominick Esposito: Reliability and Validity of Data Sources for Health and Disease Management: Rationality in an Era of Controversy

American Association for Public Opinion Research—Hollywood, FL—May 14-17

Brookings Institution: The Future of Children—The Role of High Schools in Preparing Disadvantaged Students for College—Washington, DC—May 14
Mark Dynarski, Panelist: Helping Students Pick and Pay for College

Scientific Evidence in Education Forum—Washington, DC—May 12
Roberto Agodini, Panelist: Building a Foundation for the Future: A Discussion on the Latest Research on Elementary School Math Curricula

National Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers Annual Meeting—Arlington, VA—May 4-5
David Wittenburg: "Changing Circumstances: Experiences of Child SSI Recipients Before and After Their Age 18 Redetermination for Adult Benefits" PowerPoint | PDF of Slides
Gina Livermore: "Review of Evaluation Efforts Associated with Initiatives Designed to Promote the Employment of Adults with Disabilities"
David Stapleton: "Options for Improving Disability Data Collection" and "Closures Are the Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Variation in Who Receives State Vocational Rehabilitation Services"
Jody Schimmel: "The Impact of Disability Onset on the Household Incomes of Older Workers"

Alliance for Health Reform Briefing—Washington, DC—May 4
Marsha Gold: Medicare Advantage: Lessons for the Future Webcast

April

Population Association of America Annual Meeting—Detroit, MI—April 30-May 2
Minki Chatterji, Discussant: Heterogeneity and Selection in Infant and Child Mortality
Ali Protik, Chair: Methodological Issues in Health and Mortality
Heather Koball, Discussant: Generational Exchanges and the Well-Being of Grandchildren

MIG/DMIE Employment Summit—San Francisco, CA—April 28-30

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting & Exposition—Washington, DC—April 21-25
Roberto Agodini and Barbara Harris: "National Evaluation of Early Elementary School Math Curricula"

Social Security Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means—Washington, DC—April 21
David Stapleton and Gina Livermore: "Ticket to Work (TTW) at the Crossroads: A Solid Foundation with an Uncertain Future (as of June 2008)"

National Nutrient Databank Conference—New Orleans, LA—April 17
Elizabeth Condon: "Using the MyPyramid Equivalents Database to Estimate MyPyramid Equivalents for the Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study"

American Educational Research Association—San Diego, CA—April 13-17

The Johns Hopkins University Social Policy Seminar—Baltimore, MD—April 9
Paul Decker: "Relative Effectiveness of Teachers from Alternative Preparation Routes: Findings from Two Recent Studies"

University of Chicago Committee on Education Seminar—Chicago, IL—April 7
Steve Glazerman: "Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Results from the First Year of a Large-Scale Randomized Trial"

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting—Denver, CO—April 2-4

March

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.: Next Steps in Building a Medicaid Rapid Learning Network (MRLN)—Washington, DC—March 31
Randall Brown: "Implementation Challenges and Their Effect on Outcomes"

The Urban Institute Roundtable—Washington, DC—March 30
Barbara Devaney, Discussant: Infants and Toddlers in State and Federal Budgets: Yesterday's Choices, Today's Decisions, Tomorrow's Options

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission—Washington, DC—March 30
Debbie Peikes, Greg Peterson, and Randall Brown: "Promising Results from the Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network Analysis"

National Health Policy Forum—Washington, DC—March 27
Randall Brown: "Coordinating Care for Adults with Multiple Chronic Illnesses: Searching for the Holy Grail"

University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform Lecture Series—Fayetteville, AR—March 27
Mark Dynarski: "Using Software to Improve Learning: Findings from the National Evaluation of Education Technology"

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum—Washington, DC—March 26
David Stapleton and Su Liu, Speakers: How Will Health System Reform Address the Needs of Working-Age People with Disabilities?

Senate Committee on Education: Informational Hearing on Education and the Economy—Sacramento, CA—March 25
Deborah Reed, Speaker: What Do We Know About the Emerging California Economy and Employment Prospects, and What Inferences Can Be Drawn from These Developments for Education?

SAS Global Forum—Washington, DC—March 22-25
Barbara Kolln: "Building Drill-Down Capabilities Dynamically in SAS Output Using Base SAS"

American Society on Aging and the New York Academy of Medicine National Forum on Care Coordination—Las Vegas, NV—March 17
Randall Brown: "The Promise of Care Coordination: Models that Decrease Hospitalizations and Improve Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Illnesses"

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Annual Conference—Atlanta, GA—March 14-18
Marta Induni: "Adverse Childhood Experiences and Negative Health Outcomes"

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Annual Conference—Orlando, FL—March 13-16
Jill Constantine: Finding Out What Works: Using What Works Clearinghouse Research Results

Massachusetts Special Commission on the Health Care Payment System—Boston, MA—March 13
Deborah Chollet: "Overview of Global Payment" and "Overview of Global Budgets"

International Workshop on Comparative Survey Design and Implementation—Ann Arbor, MI—March 5-7
Susan Sprachman: "Focus Groups, Cognitive Interviews, and Card Sorting: Three Strategies to Improve Measurement Across Diverse Cultural and Linguistic Groups"

Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Annual Conference—Crystal City, VA—March 1-3
Roberto Agodini and Barbara Harris: "Achievement Effects of Four Early Elementary School Math Curricula: Findings from First Graders in 39 States" Read the report.

February

Massachusetts Special Commission on the Health Care Payment System—Boston, MA—February 13
Deborah Chollet: "Overview of Payment Models" and "Payment Models and Benefit Design"
Suzanne Felt-Lisk: "Pay for Performance: Lessons from Experience"

National Assessment of Social Policy Development (CONEVAL)—Mexico City, Mexico—February 13
Lorenzo Moreno, Larissa Campuzano, and Randall Blair: "Towards Closing the Evaluation Gap: Lessons from Three Recent Impact Evaluations of Social Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean"

Regional Education Labs Directors Meeting—Washington, DC—February 11
Jill Constantine: "An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Routes to Certification"

National Health Policy Forum—Washington, DC—February 6
James Verdier: "Wrapping Around Medicare: The Role of Medicaid"

January

National Academy of Social Insurance—Washington, DC—January 29-30
Gina Livermore and James Verdier, Discussants: Medicare Coverage for Disability Beneficiaries: How Long Must They Wait?

World Research Group: The Business of Medicare Advantage—Washington, DC—January 28-30
Marsha Gold: "Growth of Medicare Advantage Under the MMA: What's the Reality Facing the New Congress and Administration?"

National Institutes of Health Conference—Bethesda, MD—January 28-29
Patricia Del Grosso: "Strategies for Promoting Prevention and Improving Oral Health Care Delivery in Head Start: Findings from the Oral Health Initiative Evaluation"

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum—Washington, DC—January 15
LaDonna Pavetti, Speaker: Addressing the Needs of TANF Recipients with Disabilities: Opportunities Within and Outside of TANF

Social Security Advisory Board—Washington, DC—January 13
David Stapleton and Gina Livermore: "Health Insurance and Health Care Access Before and After SSDI Entry"

Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board—Oklahoma City, OK—January 8
James Verdier and Margaret Colby: "SoonerCare Managed Care History and Performance 1115 Waiver Evaluation"

Allied Social Science Associations—San Francisco, CA—January 3-5
David Stapleton, Discussant: Administrative Micro Data from the Social Security Administration and Applications
Lisa Dragoset, Discussant: Finding Truth in More Than One Place: Improving Statistics by Integrating Survey and Administrative Data
Arif Mamun: "Effects of Employment on Marriage and Cohabitation: Evidence from a Randomized Study of the Job Corps Program"
Annalisa Mastri: "Family-Friendly Benefits: Helping Women but Hurting the Firm?"
Sarah Dolfin: "Lies, Damn Lies, and Pre-Election Polls"