American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting

"Inciting the Social Imagination: Education Research for the Public Good"

New Orleans, LA—April 8-12, 2011

This page lists only Mathematica staff. For a full listing of all presenters, click here.

Date/Time

Friday, April 8

6:15-7:45 p.m.

Business Meeting: Advanced Studies of National Databases SIG Business Meeting: Dissertation Presentation and Panel on Innovative Analyses

Jerry West, Participant

Saturday, April 9

10:35 a.m.-12:05 p.m.

Paper Session: From Kindergarten to College: Studies of Elementary and Secondary School Achievement Growth and Postsecondary School Outcomes

Jerry West, Discussant

2:15-3:45 p.m.

Symposium: Culture and Commitment: Issues and Perspectives Surrounding KIPP Charter Schools

Student Characteristics in 22 KIPP Middle Schools

Christina Tuttle, Bing-ru Teh, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Philip Gleason, and Brian Gill

Sunday, April 10

8:15-9:45 a.m.

Paper Session: Safety and Security in Schools

The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing

12:25-1:55 p.m.

Symposium: Evaluating Pay-for-Performance: Further Findings from Four Urban Teacher Incentive Fund Evaluations

Impacts of the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) in Chicago

Allison Seifullah and Steven Glazerman

Symposium: Diverse Approaches to Teacher Performance Assessment and Their Validity Evidence

Value-Added Methods in a High-Stakes Assessment System

Eric Isenberg and Heinrich Hock

Monday, April 11

2:15-3:45 p.m.

Symposium: School Choice: The Latest Empirical Evidence

Results from the National Evaluation of Charter School Impacts

Philip Gleason, Christina Tuttle, Emily Dwoyer, and Melissa Clark

Student Achievement in 22 KIPP Middle Schools

Brian Gill and Christina Tuttle

4:05-5:35 p.m.

Invited Session: District Decision Making

Closing Schools in a Shrinking District: Does Student Performance Depend on Which Schools Are Closed?

Brian Gill

Tuesday, April 12

10:35 a.m.-12:05 p.m.

Roundtable Session: Measuring the Effectiveness of Interventions on Mathematics and Science Achievement for K-12 Students

Achievement Effects of Four Early Elementary Math Curricula: Findings for First and Second Graders

Barbara Harris and Roberto Agodini