Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness

"Building an Education Science: Investigating Mechanisms"

The Fairmont—Washington, DC—March 3-5, 2011

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

Date/Time

Thursday, March 3

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Session: Social and Behavioral Processes and Mechanisms in Education: Effects of Interventions on Non-Achievement Student Outcomes

The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing [abstract]

Session: Research Methods: Sampling Considerations for Sound Inferences

Session: Career Paths: Quo Vadis?

Friday, March 4

8:30-10:30 a.m.

Session: Research Methods Symposium: Statistical Approaches to Studying Mediator Effects in Education Research

Peter Schochet, Discussant

1:00-3:00 p.m.

Session: Education Policy: Effects of Systemic Reform

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

Brian Gill and others

Session: Research Methods Symposium: Understanding What Works Clearinghouse Evidence Standards

Jill Constantine, Organizer

Understanding the What Works Clearinghouse Standards for Regression Discontinuity Designs [abstract]

John Deke and Jill Constantine

What Works Clearinghouse Standards for Evaluating Single Case Designs [abstract (see page 8)]

Shannon Monahan, Stephen Lipscomb, and others

Saturday, March 5

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Session: Research Methods: Design Issues in Educational Research

Statistical Power for Binary Outcomes for Clustered RCTs of Education Interventions [abstract]

Peter Schochet