Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness

Researchers from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will have a significant presence at the annual conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE), being held March 1st to March 3rd at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Crystal City, Va.

The mission of SREE is to “advance and disseminate research on the causal effects of education interventions, practices, programs, and policies.” The 2009 conference focuses on research methods that reveal best practices in education, with a special focus on technical features of educational research that reveal cause-and-effect relations for important educational outcomes.

Participation by AIR researchers includes:

The Planning and Implementation of Randomized Field Trials in School Settings (pre-conference workshop)
Michael S. Garet, Vice President, American Institutes for Research
Jeanne Poduska, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research
Teresa Duncan, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research

Mathematics and Science Achievement
Chair: Kirk Walters, Research Analyst, American Institutes for Research

Preschool Education
Chair: Sheppard Kellam, Senior Research Fellow, American Institutes for Research

Mathematics and Science Achievement Symposium
Teacher Professional Development in Science Education: Results from 3 IES funded studies
Discussant: Andrew Wayne, Senior Research Analyst, American Institutes for Research

Preschool Education Symposium
Evaluating Education Policies: CALDER Findings using Longitudinal Data
Discussant: Mark Schneider, vice president, American Institutes for Research

Details about the conference and the presentations can be found at the SREE Web site.

Event Information

March 1, 2009
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM ET