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2012 Conferences and Meetings Presentations
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June
Head Start Research Conference—Research on Young Children and Families: Effective Practices in an Age of Diversity and Change—Washington, DC—June 18-20
American Society of Health Economists Biennial Conference—Optimizing Health and Health Care—Minneapolis, MN—June 10-13
Center on Health Care Effectiveness Forum/Webinar—Implementing the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Remaining Questions and Challenges—Washington, DC—June 7, 12:00-1:30 p.m. (EDT)
May
ACF/OPRE Welfare Research & Evaluation Conference—Washington, DC—May 30-June 1
American Association for Public Opinion Research—Evaluating New Frontiers in Public Opinion and Social Research—Orlando, FL—May 17-20
Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Working Group Meeting—Washington, DC—May 17
Nicholas Beyler: "Hot-Deck Imputation for Multiple-Response Items"
Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—The Future for Young Americans with Disabilities: Economic Success or Dependence?—Washington, DC—May 16, 12:00-1:30 p.m. (EDT)
National Bureau of Economic Research Education Meeting—Cambridge, MA—May 11
Duncan Chaplin and Others: "Assessing the Rothstein Test: Does It Really Show Teacher Value-Added Models Are Biased?"
Academy for Healthcare Improvement Conference—Advancing the Methods for Healthcare Quality Improvement Research—Arlington, VA—May 7-8
Andrew Clarkwest: "Application of the Regression Discontinuity Design to the QIO 9th SOW and for Rigorous Evaluation of Quality Improvement Programs"
McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy Annual Conference—Disability and Work: Global Strategies for Equity—Montreal, Quebec—May 5
David Stapleton, Presenter: National and Regional Policy Approaches
April
Health Affairs Briefing—Trends in the Adoption of Health Information Technology—Washington, DC—April 25
Catherine DesRoches: "Small, Non-Teaching, and Rural Hospitals Continue to be Slow in Adopting Electronic Health Record Systems"
International Blaise Users Conference—London, UK—April 23-26
Leonard Hart: "The Challenges in Balancing Data Collection Innovations, Remaining Practical, and Being Cost-Effective" Paper | PowerPoint
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics State of the Science Conference—Bethesda, MD—April 23
Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference—San Juan, PR—April 22-27
Nancy Murray, Discussant: Impact Assessment in Education: Rigor and Reality
Larissa Campuzano: "Low Participation Rates in a RCT of a Scholarship Program in El Salvador"
Matt Sloan: "A Comparison of the Impacts of a Girls' Education Program in Burkina Faso and Niger"
Experimental Biology Annual Meeting—Translating Science for Tomorrow's Health—San Diego, CA—April 21-25
Ronette Briefel, Mary Kay Fox, Elizabeth Condon, and Others: "The Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study 2008: Dramatic Changes in the Amount and Quality of Vegetables in the Diet Occur After the First Year of Life"
Center on Health Care Effectiveness Forum/Webinar—A New Tool for Rapid-Cycle Comparative Effectiveness Research:
The Promise of Orthogonal Design—Washington, DC—April 18
Randy Brown, Jelena Zurovac, and Others, Speakers
Bayer Corporation Forum—Bridging the Gap: STEM Diversity and U.S. Higher Education—Recruiting, Retaining and Reinvigorating College STEM Programs—Washington, DC—April 18
Clemencia Cosentino de Cohen, Panelist
National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect—Washington, DC—April 16-20
Cheri Vogel and Others: "Getting Inside the Black Box: Monitoring Fidelity and Quality in Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs"
Diane Paulsell, Margaret Hargreaves, and Others: "Building Infrastructure to Support Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs"
Kimberly Boller and Others: "Implementing with Fidelity: A Poster Symposium on the Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visiting to Prevent Child Maltreatment"
Kimberly Boller, Heather Zaveri, and Others: "Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visiting to Prevent Child Maltreatment: Cross-Site Evaluation Design and Early Findings"
American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting—Non Satis Scire: To Know Is Not Enough—Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada—April 13-17
National Transitional Jobs Network Conference—Restoring the Promise of Work: Subsidized Employment & Transitional Jobs—Baltimore, MD—April 12-13
Michelle Derr and Others: "Transitioning Youth to Employment and Education: Lessons Learned from DOL and HHS Collaboration"
National Academy of Social Insurance Forum—Why Are More People Claiming Disability Insurance and What Should Be Done About It?—Washington, DC—April 3
David Stapleton, Presenter
Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society Spring Meeting—Washington, DC—April 1-4
Frank Yoon and Others: "Analysis of Multiple Non-Commensurate Outcomes in Psychiatry"
March
Annual Federal Computer Assisted Survey Information Collection (CASIC) Meeting—Washington, DC—March 27-29
Ananth Koppikar, Panelist: The Use of Paradata to Improve Survey Quality: Organizational Approaches and Challenges
Linda Bandeh, Speaker: Recent Innovations
Melissa Duggar: "Windows SharePoint Services for Cross-Site Collaboration and Data Collection Management"
Diane Herz, Panelist: Management Challenges in CAI Survey Organizations
Steven Lehrfeld: "Integrated Sample Management"
Mark Brinkley and Kirsten Barrett, Coordinators: Web-Based Surveys
Glenn Jones: "Mobile Device Data Collection and Its Security Attack Surfaces"
International Workshop on Comparative Survey Design and Implementation—Washington, DC—March 22-24
Susan Sprachman: "Finding Your 'Ethnic Core': Why Translating Words Is Rarely Enough"
Interagency Committee on Disability Research, Interagency Subcommittee on Disability Statistics Meeting—March 21
Denise Hoffman and Gina Livermore: "ASPE Disability Data Initiative: Data Compendium"
Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference—Education Finance, Policy and Practice: The Role of Evidence in a Dynamic World—Boston, MA—March 15-17
Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) Webinar—Validating Quality Rating and Improvement Systems—March 15
Kimberly Boller, Participant
Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—Causes of the Chasm: Factors That Impact Employment Among Persons with Disabilities—Washington, DC—March 15
Frank Martin and Others, Speakers
National Science Foundation STEP Grantees Meeting—Sustaining Excellence in STEM Undergraduate Education: Toward a Community of Practice—Arlington, VA—March 14-16
Clemencia Cosentino, Roundtable Facilitator: Recruiting and Retaining Women Students in STEM
Margaret Sullivan: "Preliminary Qualitative Findings and Plan for Modeling the Academic Outcomes of Transfer Students in Engineering"
Unemployment Insurance Integrity Summit—Arlington, VA—March 12-14
Andrew Clarkwest, Panelist: Get a Job
National Health Policy Forum—Targeting High Cost Medicare Beneficiaries—Washington, DC—March 9
Randall Brown, Speaker
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Spring Conference—Understanding Variation in Treatment Effects—Washington, DC—March 8-10
February
Center for Global Development Presents a Massachusetts Avenue Development Seminar—Teacher Performance Pay and Long-Term Learning in India—Washington, DC—February 29
Elias Walsh, Discussant
World Congress Annual Leadership Summit on Medicaid Managed Care—Developing Solutions to Reform-Driven Challenges, Implementing Best Practices to Improve Overall Performance in the New Era of Health Care—Washington, DC—February 28-March 1
James Verdier: "Integrating Care for Dual Eligibles: The Role of Medicare Special Needs Plans"
SAMHSA's Resource Center to Promote Acceptance, Dignity, and Social Inclusion Associated with Mental Health—Breaking the Poverty Cycle: Creating Social and Economic Opportunities—Webinar—February 28
Crystal Blyler, Presenter
National Medical Home Summit—Philadelphia, PA—February 27-29
Debbie Peikes, Moderator: Plenary Session on Transformation Issues and Lessons from the Field
National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs—Washington, DC—February 15-16
Kimberly Boller, Presenter: Large Scale Program Evaluation: Knowledge to Improve Home Visiting Quality
Beacon Evidence Generation and Dissemination Workshop—Washington, DC—February 15
Catherine McLaughlin, Henry Ireys, and Others, Evaluation Faculty: Advancing Efforts Toward Publishable Results
American Youth Policy Forum—Dual Enrollment: A Strategy for Improving College Readiness and Success for All Students—February 10 (Video)
Cecilia Speroni, Presenter
Evidence-Based Home Visiting Peer Learning Network—Chapel Hill, NC—February 8
Andrew Burwick, Heather Zaveri, and Debra Strong: "Cross-Site Evaluation Cost Study: Introduction to the Implementing Agency Staff Time Use Survey"
University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform Lecture Series—Fayetteville, AR—February 3
Steven Glazerman, Speaker: Impact of Teacher Advancement Program on Student Achievement and Retention in Chicago
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality—Practice Facilitation Program for Primary Care Transformation—Webinar—February 2, click here for more information on Practice Facilitation.
Erin Fries Taylor and Others, Presenters
January
National Academy of Social Insurance Annual Policy Research Conference—Social Insurance in a Market Economy: Obstacles and Opportunities—Washington, DC—January 26-27
David Stapleton, Speaker: Increasing Rolls in Disability Insurance: Policy Perspective (Roundtable)
Medical Home Webinar—A Review of the Strength of Evidence re Patient-Centered Medical Home Effects—What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?—January 24
Debbie Peikes, Faculty
and Aparajita Zutshi
Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—The Transition to 21st-Century Disability Policy in an Era of Fiscal Austerity: A Road Map—Washington, DC—January 20
Bonnie O'Day, David Mann, David Stapleton, and Others, Speakers
Region III and IV State Child Care Administrators Meeting—Atlanta, GA—January 18
Kimberly Boller: "Measuring Success of Early Care and Education: State Experiences"
Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference—Washington, DC—January 10-12
John Czajka and Others: "Getting More from Survey Income Measures: Empirically Based Recommendations for Improving Accuracy and Efficiency"
David DeRoches and Others: "Survey Data Collection Methods in Establishment Surveys"
Donsig Jang: "Survey Quality Indicator Measures"
Shinu Verghese and John Czajka: "Linking Medicaid Administrative Records Over Time and Space: Methods and Findings, 2005 to 2007"
American Economic Association Annual Meeting—Chicago, IL—January 5-8
Scott Cody, Discussant: Food Stamps: Participation and Food Insecurity
Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David Stapleton: "Cohort Trends in Employment and Use of Work Incentives for Participants in the Supplemental Security Income Program"
David Stapleton, Discussant: Disability Programs and Employment