Presentations by SRI Education Researchers at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2009 Annual Meeting

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Monday, April 13

Leveraging Evidence-Centered Design (ECD) within Scenario-Based Statewide Science Assessment
12:00pm - 1:30pm, San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, Marina Ballroom, Salon D
Britte Cheng, Angela Debarger, Ron Fried, Geneva Haertel, Serena Villalba, Daniel Zalles -- "Research Findings: Leveraging ECD in Scenario-Based Science Assessments"
Geneva Haertel -- "Project Overview and Background"

Making Things Happen: Teachers' Lives and Roles Inside and Outside the Classroom
2:15pm - 3:45pm, San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, Manchester 1
Eva Chen, Angela Debarger, Barbara Means -- "Teachers' Skills in Data Use for Instructional Decision Making"

Teaching and Assessing 21st Century Skills: Preparing Students to Succeed in Postsecondary Education, the Workplace, and the Global Community
2:15pm - 3:45pm, Omni San Diego, Salon B
Louise Yarnall -- "Principled Assessments of 21st Century Skills Across Disciplines in a Community College Curriculum"

Preliminary Findings of Four Institute of Educational Sciences Studies to Improve Professional Development for Science Teachers
4:05pm - 5:35pm, Manchester Grand Hyatt, Manchester Ballroom, Section A
Larry Gallagher, William Penuel -- "Preliminary Findings of Four Institute of Educational Sciences Studies to Improve Professional Development for Science Teachers"
Larry Gallagher -- "Improving Teaching for Understanding: Comparing the Efficacy of Three Approaches to Professional Development in Earth Science Education"

Tuesday, April 14 

Studies of Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities
8:15am - 9:45am, Omni San Diego, Balboa 2
Annie-Marie Knokey, Jennifer Yu -- "Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll: Risk Behaviors Among Young Adults with Disabilities"
Lynn Newman -- "Relationship of Household Income to In-School and Post-School Outcomes of Youth with Disabilities: A National Perspective"

Designing and Evaluating Interdisciplinary Literacies and Youth Curricula
10:35am - 12:05pm, San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, Columbia 3
Ken Rafanan, Philip Vahey, Louise Yarnall -- "Challenges to Cross-Disciplinary Curricula: Data Literacy and Divergent Disciplinary Perspectives"

Collaboration and the Interplay Among Design, Policy Contexts, and Rigor: Building Valid, Student-Centered Mathematics Assessments
12:25pm - 1:55pm, Omni San Diego, Salon D
William Penuel -- Evaluation Team

Developing and Refining a Learning Progression for Matter from Pre-K to Grade 12: Commonalities and Contrasts Among Four Current Projects
12:25pm - 1:55pm, Omni San Diego, Gaslamp 2
Angela Debarger -- "The High School Chemistry Facets Project"

An Evaluation of the Early College High Schools Initiative
2:15pm - 3:45pm, San Diego Convention Center, Room 25C
Lauren Cassidy, Kaeli Keating -- "ECS Strategies for Supporting Students in Their Transition to College"

Dialogues on Learning Environments Research
2:15pm - 2:55pm, San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, Marriott Hall, Salon 4
Britte Cheng, Patrik Lundh, Serena Villalba -- "Finding Ways to Participate in Science: A Look at How Students Communicate Within an Online Science Learning Environment"

Teaching and Assessing 21st Century Skills: Preparing Students to Succeed in Postsecondary Education, the Workplace, and the Global Community
2:15pm - 3:45pm, Omni San Diego, Salon B
Louise Yarnall -- "Principled Assessments of 21st Century Skills Across Disciplines in a Community College Curriculum"

Will the Use of Data Lead to Informed Decision Making as Policy Makers Assume?
2:15pm - 3:45pm, San Diego Convention Center, Room 17A
Eva Chen, Angela Debarger, Barbara Means -- "Professional Development Needs for Data Literacy"
Larry Gallagher, Barbara Means -- "Teachers' Use of Student Data to Improve Instruction: Trends from 2005 to 2007"
Larry Gallagher, Christine Padilla -- "The District's Role in Data-Informed Decision Making"

Beyond Accountability: Making Data-Informed Decision Making Work Toward District Reform
4:05pm - 5:35pm, San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, Solana
Larry Gallagher, Barbara Means, Christine Padilla -- "Districts Supporting Data-Informed Decision Making"
Carlin Llorente, Viki Young -- "School Strategies for Using Data in the Absence of District Support"

Studies Examining Achievement Gaps
4:05pm - 5:35pm, Omni San Diego, Salon D
Angela Debarger, Katherine Nagle -- "Identifying Construct-Irrelevant Barriers to Reading Achievement for Low-Performing StudentsTaking Alternate Assessments Judged Against Modified Achievement Standards"

Wednesday, April 15

Advances in Cooperative Learning
12:25pm - 1:55pm, San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, Rancho Las Palmasa
Ruchi Bhanot, Gucci Estrella, Ken Rafanan, Jeremy Roschelle -- "Cooperative Learning Structured Through Handhelds: Results from a Randomized Trial in Elementary Mathematics Classrooms"

Youth in Schools: Empowering Youth for Optimal Development
10:35am - 12:05pm, San Diego Convention Center, Room 29A
Ruchi Bhanot -- Chair

Analysis of Students' Experiences, Perspectives, and Learning in Out-of-School-Time Education
8:15am - 8:55am, San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, Marriott Hall, Salon 4
Torie Gorges, Geneva Haertel, Melissa Koch, William Penuel -- "Shhh…Don't Use the 'A' Word: Embedded Assessments of Youth Learning in Informal Learning Environments"

Perspectives on Technology and Educational Change
12:25pm - 1:55pm, Manchester Grand Hyatt, Madeleine Room D
Barbara Means -- Participant

Technology in Math, Physics, and Science Education
8:15am - 9:45am, Manchester Grand Hyatt, Manchester Ballroom, Section D
William Penuel, Jeremy Roschelle -- "What Happens When the Research Ends? Factors Related to the Sustainability and Scalability of a Research-Based Innovation"

Reflections on the U.S. National Mathematics Panel Report
10:35am - 12:05pm, Omni San Diego, Salon C
Jeremy Roschelle, Nora Sabelli, Corinne Singleton -- Participants

Complexity, Learning, and Research: Under the Microscope, New Kinds of Microscopes, and Seeing Differently
12:25pm - 1:55pm, Omni San Diego, Salon C
Nora Sabelli -- Discussant

Validation Studies of a Measure of Academic Resilience and the Big Five Personality Inventory
9:05am - 9:45am, San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 6A
Kavita Seeratan -- Discussant

Thursday, April 16

Arts Curriculum and Communities of Learning for Engagement
8:15am - 10:15am, San Diego Convention Center, Room 26B
William Penuel -- "High-Stakes Listening: Effective Arts Partnerships for Today's Schools"

Improving the Validity of Large-Scale, Statewide Science Assessments for Students with Disabilities
8:15am - 9:45am, San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, Oceanside
Jose Blackorby, Britte Cheng, Harold Javitz -- "Science Education for Students with Disabilities"
Angela Debarger, Geneva Haertel, Serena Villalba -- "Integration of Evidence-Centered Design and Universal Design Principles Using PADI, an Online Assessment Design System"

Issues in College Access
8:15am - 9:45am, San Diego Convention Center, Room 15A
Lauren Cassidy, Kaeli Keating -- "Dual Enrollment Policies: Increasing Access to College for All High School Students"

New Developments in Measuring Teacher Knowledge in Mathematics: Exploring the Reliability and Validity of Three Novel Measures
8:15am - 9:45am, San Diego Convention Center, Room 11A
Sara Carriere, Larry Gallagher, Jennifer Knudsen, Jeremy Roschelle, Nicole Shechtman -- "Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching in the Context of Two Randomized Experiments Exploring Technology Use"

Research on Learning as a Human Science
10:35am - 12:05pm, Manchester Grand Hyatt, Madeleine Room D
William Penuel -- "Organizing as a Metaphor for Research on Learning"

Universities, Social Service Agencies, Early Care, Early Education Programs, and a School District Working Together to Improve Outcomes, PK-5: Formative Evaluation Results From Ready Schools Miami
10:35am - 12:05pm, San Diego Convention Center, Room 16B
Shari Golan, Marjorie Wechsler -- "Early Evidence of Impact of Ready Schools Miami"

Assessment and Measurement Considerations in Special Education
12:25pm - 1:55pm, Omni San Diego, Balboa 2
Kavita Seeratan -- Discussant

Learning in Virtual Environments
2:15pm - 3:45pm, San Diego Convention Center, Room 24A
Edward Dieterle -- "Media-Based Learning Styles That Benefit or Undercut Learning in a Multi-User Virtual Environment"

Friday, April 17

Putting the "College" Into Early College Schools: Incentives for Higher Education Participation in High School Reform
8:15am - 9:45am, San Diego Convention Center, Room 16A
Kaeli Keating -- "Postsecondary Institutions Partnering to Form Early College Schools: What Types of Institutions Are Doing It and Why?"