This page lists only Mathematica staff.
Washington, DC—November 3-5, 2005 |
| Date/Time |
Topic |
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Presenter(s) |
Thursday,
November 3 |
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| 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. |
"Certification Error in the National School Lunch Program: What Proportion of Free/Reduced-Price Meals are Served to Ineligible Students?" |
|
Philip Gleason and John Burghardt |
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"Choices, Challenges, and Options: Child SSI Recipients Preparing for the Transition to Adult Life" |
|
David Wittenburg |
| 12:15-1:45 p.m. |
Understanding the Black-White Achievement Gap Among Elementary School Children |
|
Jerry West, Chair |
| 2:00-3:30 p.m. |
"Power4Kids: A Two-Level Randomized Control Trial for Assessing Impacts of Remedial Reading Interventions" |
|
Allen Schirm |
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"Love Thy Neighbor: Building Relationships Between the Workforce Investment System and Faith- and Community-Based Organizations" |
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Sheena McConnell, Andrew Burwick, and Michelle Derr |
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"Findings from Implementing Building Strong Families Pilot Programs" |
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Robin Dion, Sarah Avellar, and Heather Hesketh |
| 3:45-5:15 p.m. |
"Personal Reemployment Accounts: Lessons from the Individual Training Account Experiment" |
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Paul Decker and Irma Perez-Johnson |
Friday,
November 4 |
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| 9:30-11:00 a.m. |
"Findings from the Evaluation of the Food Stamp Program Elderly Nutrition Demonstrations" |
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Scott Cody |
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"Evaluation of Food Stamp Research Grants to Improve Access Through the Use of New Technology and Partnerships" |
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David Wittenburg |
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"Economic Considerations in the Choice of Research Design" |
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Roberto Agodini, Mark Dynarski, and Charles Metcalf |
| 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. |
"Two Steps Forward and One Step Back: The Uneven Economic Progress of Welfare Recipients in New Jersey" |
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Robert Wood and Anu Rangarajan |
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"Strategies for Designing Rigorous Evaluations of Health and Sex Education Programs: Lessons from the Federally Funded Abstinence Education Program Evaluation" |
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Melissa Clark, Rebecca Maynard, Chris Trenholm, Barbara Devaney, and Amy Johnson |
| 1:00-2:30 p.m. |
"ITA Experiment Evaluation and What's Next" |
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Irma Perez-Johnson, Paul Decker, and Sheena McConnell |
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"Intergenerational Neighborhood Mobility: Linear and Non-Linear Effects" |
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Philip Gleason |
Saturday,
November 5 |
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| 10:15-11:45 a.m. |
"School Choice in the United States" |
|
Robert Olsen |
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"A Difficult Cycle: The Effect of Labor Market Change on the Employment and Program Participation of People with Disabilities" |
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David Wittenburg |
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"Why Employer Coverage Changed? 1997-2003" |
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James Reschovsky, Bradley Strunk, and Paul Ginsburg |
| 1:00-2:30 p.m. |
"When Schools Stay Open Late: Impacts of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program" |
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Susanne James-Burdumy, John Deke, and Mark Dynarski |
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"The Relationship Between Competencies Observed in High School and Postsecondary Education and Income: Is There More to Student Achievement than Test Scores?" |
|
John Deke and Joshua Haimson |
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Research that Informs the Regulation of Professions |
|
James Reschovsky, Discussant |
