Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Spring Conference
(Preliminary Program)

"Understanding Variation in Treatment Effects"

The Fairmont and The Park Hyatt—Washington, DC—March 8-10, 2012

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Date/Time

Thursday, March 8

1:00-3:00 p.m.

Education Policy Symposium: Examining the "Black Box" of Charter School Impacts: What Works and for Whom?

Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Organizer

Factors Associated with Charter School Impacts on Student Achievement

Achievement Effects of Charter-School Management Organizations (CMOs)

Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Joshua Furgeson, Joshua Haimson, Alexandra Killewald, Moira McCullough, Ira Nichols-Barrer, and Bing-ru Teh

Charter School Authorizers and Student Achievement

Brian Gill and Others

Research Methods Invited Symposium: i3 Evaluation

Examining Variation in Achievement Impacts Across the KIPP Network of Charter Schools

Philip Gleason, Christina Tuttle, and Joshua Furgeson

Design of Teach For America i3 Scale-Up Study

Melissa Clark, Eric Isenberg, and Marykate Zukiewicz

Friday, March 9

8:30-10:30 a.m.

Research Methods: Theories of Causal Inference in Research Design

Estimators for Clustered Education RCTs Using the Neyman Model for Causal Inference

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Plenary: The Future of Research: The View from NICHD

Peter Schochet, Introduction

3:00-4:30 p.m.

Research Methods: Ensuring Internal Validity in Complex and Potential Compromised Designs

Student Mobility, Dosage, and Principal Stratification in Cluster RCTs of Education Interventions

Peter Schochet

Saturday, March 10

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

Education Policy Invited Symposium: When School Choice Works: Explaining Heterogeneity in Choice Outcomes

Relationships Between Strategies and Achievement Impacts Among Charter-School Management Organizations

Brian Gill, Joshua Haimson, Moria McCullough, and Alexandra Killewald

Evaluating Interventions in Developing Countries Symposium: The Impact of Schools on Education Outcomes in Developing Countries

Impact Evaluation of Burkina Faso's BRIGHT Program

Matt Sloan and Others