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Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
"Making Fair and Effective Policy in Difficult Times"
Hyatt Regency Hotel—Boston, MA—November 4-6, 2010
Date/Time Topic Presenter/Author(s)
10:15 a.m.
Panel : Policy Approaches for Improving Math Education
"Achievement Effects of Four Early Elementary School Math Curricula: Findings for First and Second Graders"
Roberto Agodini , Barbara Harris, Melissa Thomas, and others
Panel : Evaluating Findings from Social Security Initiatives
"Longitudinal Experiences of an Early Cohort of Social Security Disability Beneficiaries Participating in the Ticket to Work Program"
Gina Livermore , Allison Roche, and Sarah Prenovitz
"The Effects of Health Care Benefits for New Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries: Final Results from the Accelerated Benefits Demonstration"
David Wittenburg and others
12:00 p.m.
Panel : Using Matching Methods to Analyze RCT Impacts on Program-Related Subgroups Peter Schochet , Chair
1:45 p.m.
Panel : Lessons Learned from Relationship Education Programming
Panel : Immigrant Integration and the Effect of Immigrants on the Well-Being of Native-Born Populations Heather Koball, Chair
"Female Work and Fertility in the United States: Effects of Low-Skilled Immigrant Labor"
Heinrich Hock and others
3:30 p.m.
Panel : Workplace Enforcement and Employment Among Immigrants During the Economic Downturn Heather Koball, Chair
9:30 a.m.
Panel : Support Services for People with Disabilities
"Use of One-Stops by Social Security Disability Beneficiaries in Four States"
Gina Livermore and Silvie Colman
"Medicaid Infrastructure Grant: Evidence and Lessons Learned from a Decade of Infrastructure Changes to Improve Employment of People with Disabilities"
Jody Schimmel, Bonnie O'Day , and Su Liu
Panel : Reproductive Policies and Outcomes
"Do Parental Involvement Laws Induce Safe Sex?"
Silvie Colman and others
Panel : Charter School Effects from Kindergarten to College
"Impacts of Charter Middle Schools: Results from a National Random Assignment Evaluation"
Philip Gleason , Christina Clark Tuttle, and Melissa Clark
"The Effects of Charter High Schools on Educational Attainment"
Brian Gill, Kevin Booker, and others
11:15 a.m.
Panel : Variation in Causal Effects: Current Evaluation Practice, Pitfalls, and Opportunities Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Chair
Panel : Exploration of Child Support Trends and the Effectiveness of Efforts to Promote Father Involvement
"Relationship Skills Education, Child Support, and Father Involvement: Evidence from the Building Strong Families Program in Texas"
Robert Santillano and Robert Wood
1:00 p.m.
Panel : Reducing Hardship and Creating Jobs: Examining the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Michelle Derr , Chair
"Reinvesting in America's Youth: How Did the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative Unfold?"
Jeanne Bellotti , Linda Rosenberg, Samina Sattar, Andrea Mraz Esposito, and Jessica Ziegler
Panel : Mobility and Distribution of High Value-Added Teachers Steven Glazerman , Chair
"Do Disadvantaged Students Get Effective Teachers? Mapping the Prevalence of High Value-Added Teachers"
Jeffrey Max and Steven Glazerman
Panel : Methods and Analysis Issues in Design and Analysis of Empirical Evaluations of Education Policies John Burghardt , Discussant
"Power Considerations for Educational Studies that Use State Tests as Pretest and Outcome"
Russell Cole, Joshua Haimson , and Irma Perez-Johnson
Panel : Can Comparison Group Designs Replicate Experimental Impact Estimates?
"Do Comparison Group Methods Replicate Experimental Impact Estimates in an Education Setting? A Charter School Evaluation Example"
Kenneth Fortson , Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Philip Gleason, and Emma Ernst
8:45 a.m.
Panel : The Effects of Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) Schools
"National Evaluation of KIPP Middle Schools: Preliminary Impacts on Student Achievement"
Christina Clark Tuttle, Brian Gill Philip Gleason, Ira nichols-Barrer, and Bing-ru Teh
Panel : Community Revitalization Strategies: Institutions and Innovation Keri-Nicole Dillman, Discussant
10:30 a.m.
Panel : Teacher Incentive Pay Programs: Evidence from Randomized Experiments
"An Evaluation of the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) in Chicago: Year Two Impact Report"
Allison McKie Seifullah and Steven Glazerman
"Talent Transfer Initiative: A Randomized Experiment"
Ali Protik, Bing-ru Teh, Jeffrey Max, and Steven Glazerman
Panel : Social Insurance Among the Near-Elderly with Disabilities
"Analysis of Policy Options for Older Workers Experiencing Work-Limitation Onset"
David Stapleton and Jody Schimmel
12:00 p.m.
Poster Session
"Setting Performance Benchmarks in Education"
Ali Protik and Duncan Chaplin
1:15 p.m.
Panel : Regression Discontinuity Design and Attrition Bias in Impact Evaluations John Deke, Discussant
Panel : Measuring Teacher Effectiveness: Technical and Policy Challenges
"What Are Error Rates for Measuring Teacher and School Performance Using Value-Added Models?"
Peter Schochet and Hanley Chiang
Panel : Improving Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries Anu Rangarajan , Chair
"Impact Evaluation of Burkina Faso's BRIGHT Program"
Matt Sloan and others
Panel : Ensuring Quality Investments in Early Childhood: Linking Quality Measurement to Positive Child Outcomes
"Looking for Linkages in Quality and Outcomes: Data from the Head Start FACES Study"
Nikki Aikens, Jerry West , Yange Xue, and Louisa Tarullo
Panel : Effectiveness of Employment and Training Supports
"Characteristics of TAA Eligible Workers and Their Early Experiences with the TAA Program"
Jillian Berk and Sarah Dolfin
Panel : Costs and Effects of Health Care
"Going Beyond Modeling the Mean: Examining the Impact of Care Coordination on the Distribution of Medicare Expenditure"
Arkadipta Ghosh and Randall Brown
3:00 p.m.
Panel : Identifying and Hiring Effective School Principals Annalisa Mastri, Discussant
Panel : Developing Effective Community and Faith-Based Partnerships for Maximum Impact in Vulnerable Communities
"A Unique Model to Support FBCOs in the Provision of Prisoner Reentry Services: Findings from the Evaluation of Beneficiary Choice"
Michelle Derr, Jillian Berk, Nora Paxton, and Jeanne Bellotti
"Fostering Effective Grassroots Partnerships: Lessons from Faith-Based and Community Initiatives"
Pamela Winston
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