Presentations by SRI International Education Researchers at AERA's 2006 Annual Meeting

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Thursday April 6, 2006 [pre-AERA session]

"Designing and Validating Assessments for Research: A Practical Road Map from Conceptual Framework to Work Plan"

Lawrence P. Gallagher, Geneva D. Haertel, Kenneth Rafanan, Nicole Shechtman

9:00 am - 5:30 pm, Moscone Center West / 3rd Floor, Room 3022

Friday, April 7, 2006

Improving Schools to Enhance Students' Success -- "School Improvement Efforts Under No Child Left Behind: An Examination of Policy and Practice"

Katrina R. Woodworth

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Moscone Center West / 2nd Floor, Room 2011

Ethnicity and Culture in Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood -- "School Readiness of Children Entering Kindergarten in California High-Priority Schools"

Shari Golan and Donna Spiker

12:50 pm - 1:30 pm, Moscone Center West / 3rd Floor, Room 3009

Research Findings and Issues for Alternative Certification Routes and Influences of Recent Federal Legislation -- "Characteristics of Effective Alternative Certification Programs"

Heather J. Hough, Daniel C. Humphrey, and Marjorie E. Wechsler

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm, Moscone Center South / Esplanade Ballroom, Section 301

Transfer of Learning in Complex Learning Environments -- "Mathematizing Middle School: Results From a Cross-Disciplinary Study of Data Literacy"

Charles Patton, Philip J. Vahey, Louise G. Yarnall, and Daniel R. Zalles

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm, Moscone Center South / Mezzanine Level East, Room 206

Issues of Assessment -- "Longitudinal Relationships, Early Reading Skills, and Comprehension Among a National Sample of Students With Disabilities"

Jose Blackorby

3:05 pm - 3:45 pm, Moscone Center West / 3rd Floor, Room 3009

Teacher Practice and Professional Development in Science Education -- "Examining the Efficacy of Strategies for Professional Development in an Inquiry Science Program: Effects on Teacher Practice and Program Implementation"

Bill Penuel

4:05 pm - 5:35 pm, Moscone Center South / Mezzanine Level West, Room 256

"New Fruit from the STEM: New-Member Posters in Science, Mathematics, and Technology"

Jeremy Roschelle

6:15 pm - 8:15 pm, Moscone Center West / 1st Floor, Exhibit Hall

Saturday, April 8, 2006

Principled Assessment Designs for Inquiry (PADI): A Comprehensive Walk through the Online Assessment System -- "Performance Task Activity Station: An Illustration of How Performance Tasks Were Reverse-Engineered in PADI"

John J. Brecht, Angela Haydel DeBarger, Ron C. Fried, Lawrence P. Gallagher, Geneva D. Haertel, Andrea A. Lash, Robert F. Murphy, Edys S. Quellmalz, and Patricia Schank

8:15 am - 10:15am, Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Rubens

Jim Kaput's Legacy and Impact on Mathematics Education, Learning Technology and Educational Reform -- "Representational and Connectivity Infrastructure"

Jeremy Roschelle

10:35 am - 12:05 pm,   Moscone Center West / 2nd Floor, Room 2006

Impact of National Board-Certified Teachers -- "The Impact of National Board-Certified Teachers on Low-Performing Schools"

Kristin R. Bosetti, H. Alix Gallagher, Heather Hough, and Daniel Humphrey

12:25 pm - 1:55 pm, Moscone Center North / Exhibit Level, Room 114

Critical Issues in Special Education -- "Progress in Special Education and the Work Ahead"

Mary M. Wagner

12:25 pm - 1:05 pm Bldg/Rm: Moscone Center West / 3rd Floor, Room 3005

Research in Mathematics Education Paper Discussion (Roundtables) #3 - Getting to Scale With Innovations That Deeply Restructure How Students Come to Know Mathematics"

Jeremy Roschelle

1:15 pm - 1:55 pm, Moscone Center West / 3rd Floor, Room 3005

Organizational Design and Support for Urban School Success -- "A Study of KIPP Schools: First-Year Findings"

Roneeta Guha, Alejandra Lopez, and Katrina R. Woodworth

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm, Moscone Center South / Mezzanine Level West, Room 276

Science and Assessment -- "The Many Challenges of Designing and Teaching Nanoscience

Anders V. Rosenquist, Patricia Schank, and Tina M. Stanford

3:05 pm - 3:45 pm, Moscone Center West / 3rd Floor, Room 3006

Creating Successful Strategies for Inclusion of Students with Special Needs - "Teachers’ Evaluations of Student Performance Compared With Academic Assessments"

Lynn A. Newman

4:05 pm - 5:35 pm, Moscone Center South / Mezzanine Level West, Room 252

Sunday April 9, 2006

Initiatives in Teacher Development: Examining Issues of Assessment, Accountability, and Capacity: "Struggles for Coherence Within Accountability: California Subject Matter Projects' Effect on Teachers and Students"

H. Alix Gallagher, Heather Hough, Tiffany Price, and Juliet Tiffany-Moales

8:15 am - 9:45 am, Moscone Center South / Mezzanine Level West, Room 252

"Cyber-Infrastructure and Education Research: A Research Agenda for Cyber-Learning"

Mark Schlager

8:15 am - 9:45 am, Moscone Center South / Mezzanine Level East, Room 206

California’s Efforts to Address Educational Inequality: "The Maldistribution of California Teachers: Progress and Ongoing Challenges"

Patrick Shields

8:15 am - 10:15 am,  Moscone Center West / 2nd Floor, Room 2002

Teaching and Assessment in Math: "Measuring Middle-School Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Rate and Proportionality"

Lawrence P. Gallagher, Geneva Haertel, Kenneth Rafanan, Jeremy Roschelle, Nicole Shechtman, and Philip Vahey

9:05 am - 9:45 am, Moscone Center West / 3rd Floor, Room 3005

How Technology Can Impact Data-Driven Decision Making: Theory, Practice, and Results: "What's Next: Instrumenting the Classroom to Create a Data-Rich, High-Performance Learning Environment"

Valerie M. Crawford, William R. Penuel, Mark Schlager, and Viki Young

10:35 am - 12:05 pm, Moscone Center West / 2nd Floor, Room 2005

Inquiry and Technology in Science Education: "Taking Students on a Journey to El Yunque: An Examination of Cognitive Apprenticeship"

Angela Haydel DeBarger and Geneva Haertel

10:35 am - 12:05 pm, Moscone Center South / Mezzanine Level West, Room 272

Findings from the Evaluation of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's National School District and Network Grants Program: "External and Systemic Factors Influencing High-School Reform Efforts"

Torrie Gorges, Barbara Means, and Karen Mitchell

10:35 am - 12:05 pm, Moscone Center West / 2nd Floor, Rm2003

Findings from the Evaluation of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's National School District and Network Grants Program:  "The Challenge of Sustaining High-School Reform"

Ann House, Aasha Joshi, and Linda F. Shear

10:35 am - 12:05 pm, Moscone Center West / 2nd Floor, Room 2003

Connecting the Dots: Using Student and School Data to Assess Statewide Accountability: "Findings From a Longitudinal Evaluation of Title I Accountability Systems and School Improvement Efforts (TASSIE)"

Christine L. Padilla and Katrina R. Woodworth

10:35 am - 12:05 pm, Moscone Center West / 2nd Floor, Room 2020

"Collaborative Learning, Inquiry Learning, Mobile Learning, and Their Synergy: A Perspective from Europe"

Jeremy Roschelle

12:25 pm - 1:55 pm, Moscone Center North / Exhibit Level, Room 112

Assessment and Accountability Issues: "Assessing School Improvement Efforts: A Conceptual and Measurement Approach"

Heidi S. Skolnik

12:25 pm - 1:55 pm, Moscone Center West / 1st Floor, Exhibit Hall

Issues in Science Instruction: "Teaching and Assessing Foundational Data Literacy"

Philip J. Vahey and Daniel R. Zalles

1:15 pm - 1:55 pm, Moscone Center West / 3rd Floor, Room 3005

"Teaching Nanoscience to High-School Students: A Tale of the NanoSense Project"

Anders V. Rosenquist, Patricia Schank, and Tina M. Stanford

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm, Moscone Center West / 1st Floor, Exhibit Hall

Monday April 10, 2006

"Technology and Teacher Learning"

Mark Schlager

8:15 am - 10:15 am, Moscone Center West / 2nd Floor, Room 2001

Adolescents & Young Adults with Disabilities: "Are Transitioning Youth Doing Better Now? Postsecondary Education, Training, and Employment" (NLTS-1987 to NLTS-2003)

Renee Cameto

9:05 am - 9:45 am, Moscone Center West / 3rd Floor, Room 3005

Validities of Standards-Based Science Inquiry Assessments: Integrating Studies of Alignment, Performance, and Cognition: "Examining Validities of Science Inquiry Assessments With Cognitive Analyses"

Angela Haydel DeBarger

10:35 am - 12:05 pm Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Cervantes

Validities of Standards-Based Science Inquiry Assessments: Integrating Studies of Alignment, Performance, and Cognition:

(1) "A Study of the Alignment of TIMSS, NAEP, and New Standards Reference Exams in Science with the National Science Education Standards"

Patty Kreikemeier and Edys Quellmalz

10:35 am - 12:05 pm Bldg/Rm: Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Cervantes

(2) Evaluating the Instructional Sensitivity of Items Measuring Science Content and Inquiry Skills in Large-Scale Science Assessments"

Edys Quellmalz

10:35 am - 12:05 pm Bldg/Rm: Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Cervantes

(3) Examining Validities of Science Inquiry Assessments with Cognitive Analyses

Geneva Haertel and Edys Quellmalz

10:35 am - 12:05 pm Bldg/Rm: Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Cervantes

Validities of Standards-Based Science Inquiry Assessments: Integrating Studies of Alignment, Performance, and Cognition

Patty A. Kreikemeier

10:35 am - 12:05 pm Bldg/Rm: Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Cervantes

Validities of Standards-Based Science Inquiry Assessments: Integrating Studies of Alignment, Performance, and Cognition: "Evaluating the Instructional Sensitivity of Items Measuring Science Content and Inquiry Skills in Large-Scale Science Assessments"

Andrea A. Lash

10:35 am - 12:05 pm, Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Cervantes

Changing Times: How High Schools and External Improvement Organizations Work Together

Patrick M. Shields

10:35 am - 12:05 pm Bldg/Rm: Moscone Center West / 2nd Floor, Room 2002

Professional Development Workshops for Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL)

Thomas Gaffney, Geneva D. Haertel and Edys S. Quellmalz and Patty A. Kreikemeier, Melissa J. Koch, Daniel R. Zalles

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Barcelona I

SRI Reception

5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The W Hotel * Industry Room, 2nd Floor

Third at Howard Streets (across from the Moscone)

RSVP to elham.javadi@sri.com

Tuesday April 11, 2006

No Child Left Behind: The Challenge of Implementing Reform: "Early Implementation of No Child Left Behind Title Choice and Supplemental Services Provisions"

Alejandra Lopez and Christine L. Padilla

8:15 am - 9:35 am, Moscone Center South / Mezzanine Level East, Room 238

Complex Systems, Learning, and Education: Conceptual Principles, Methodologies, and Implications for Educational Research: "Complex Systems and Educational Change: Toward a New Research Agenda"

Nora H. Sabelli

8:15 am - 10:15 am, Moscone Center West / 2nd Floor, Room 2006

Beyond Self-Report: Analyzing Shifts in Teaching Practice Following Innovative Professional Development: "The Effects of an Online Course for Inservice Teachers on Science Content Knowledge and Teaching Practice"

Marie Bienkowski and William R. Penuel

10:35 am - 12:05 pm, Moscone Center South / Mezzanine Level East, Room 230

Small Secondary Schools: Exploring the Outcomes of Innovation: "Moving Toward Quality High-School Alternatives: A National View of Promises, Challenges, and Early Outcomes"

Barbara M. Means and Linda F. Shear

10:35 am - 12:05 pm, Moscone Center South / Mezzanine Level West, Room270

Investigating the Affordances of Technology for Supporting and Assessing Inquiry in Science Learning: "Calipers: Using Simulations to Assess Complex Science Learning"

Geneva D. Haertel

12:25 pm - 1:55 pm, Moscone Center West / 3rd Floor, Room 3012

Examining Assignments, Student Work, and Teacher Feedback in Reforming High Schools

Lawrence P. Gallagher, Robert F. Murphy, Amy Hafter and Karen J. Mitchell

12:25 pm - 1:55 pm, Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Dante

Investigating the Affordances of Technology for Supporting and Assessing Inquiry in Science Learning: "Calipers: Using Simulations to Assess Complex Science Learning"

Edys S. Quellmalz

12:25 pm - 1:55 pm, Moscone Center West / 3rd Floor, Room 3012