AIR Experts to Speak About Literacy, Data Analysis and More at Global Education Conference

Washington, D.C. – American Institutes for Research (AIR) experts will participate in the 2015 annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), being held March 8-13 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.

AIR experts are scheduled to speak about a variety of topics, including education and the Ebola crisis in Liberia, research using large-scale international data, early childhood education, data analysis, educational inequalities and student achievement, literacy in North America and mathematical achievement.

This year’s theme is “Ubuntu! Imagining a Humanist Education Globally.” Participants will tackle theoretical, empirical and practical questions in examining current systems of learning and testing at the local and global levels.

Presentations include:

Sunday, March 8

Workshop: Determining If Two Assessments Measure the Same Mathematics: A Case Study – Comparing the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 20133 and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Lobby Level, Holmead West

AIR Presenters: Alka Arora, Markus Broer, Kim Gattis & Young Yee Kim

Workshop: One Size Does Not Fit All: Important Principles for Designing Reading Programs and Assessments in Different Contexts
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Lobby Level, Kalorama

AIR Presenter: Pooja Nakamura

Workshop: Analyzing Data From Large-scale International Studies Using R Statistical Software
2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Terrace Level, DuPont

AIR Presenters: Paul Bailey, Teresa Kroeger, Yemurai Tsokodayi & Ting Zhang

Workshop: Hierarchal Linear Modeling with Large-scale International Databases
2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Lobby Level, Holmead East

AIR Presenter: David Miller
 

Monday, March 9

Panel: Addressing Urban Violence Through Education
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Terrace Level, Fairchild West

AIR Presenters: Amy West & Claire Nowlin

Paper session: Examining Mathematical Achievement Through International Data-sets
9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Lobby Level, Jay

AIR Presenter: Stephanie Fischer

Panel: Lessons Learned from Implementing Standardized Early Grade Reading Assessment in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: How it Helped Measuring USAID’s Reading Strategy
9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Lobby Level, Morgan

AIR Presenters: Aliev Abdujabbor Azizovich, Abdullah Ferdous, Saule Khamzina, Fayziddin Niyozov & Shamshidinova Baktygul Sabirjanovna

Panel: Research Findings from Girls’ Opportunities to Access Learning (GOAL) in Liberia
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Concourse Level, Jefferson West

AIR Presenters: Kate Fleming, Matthew Murray, Burhan Ogut & Dan Sherman
 

Tuesday, March 10

Poster session: Cross-national Research Using Large-scale International Data
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Lobby Levels, Heights Corridor

AIR Presenter: Lydia Malley

Panel: UNICEF-supported Evaluations of Basic Education Interventions
9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Concourse Level, Georgetown East

AIR Presenters: Thomas de Hoop, David Seidenfeld, Amy Todd & Hannah Reeves

Paper session: Community and Education Programs in Latin America
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Concourse Level, Cabinet

AIR Presenter: Marjorie Chinen
 

Wednesday, March 11

Panel: The Education Response to the Ebola Health Crisis in Liberia
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Concourse Level, Lincoln West

AIR Presenter: Charles Howard Williams

Paper session: Non-formal Education and School Access in Rural Contexts
9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Lobby Level, Morgan

AIR Presenters: Juan Bonilla & Andrea Coombes

Poster session: Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lobby Level, Heights Corridor

AIR Presenter: Bridget Drury

Panel: Lessons Learned on Coordination and Collaboration Around Impact Evaluation
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Concourse Level, Georgetown West

AIR Presenter: Bridget Drury

Poster session: Addressing Issues in Education for Sustainable Development
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Second Floor B

AIR Presenter: Bridget Drury

Paper session: New Forms of Higher Education Learning
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Lobby Level, Morgan

AIR Presenter: Emily Pawlowski

Reception hosted by AIR
7:45 p.m. – 9:45 p.m.
Concourse Level, Lincoln East
 

Thursday, March 12

Special session: Balancing Work, Life and Mental Health in Academia
9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Concourse Level, Monroe

AIR Presenter: David Miller

Paper session: Parents of Young Children: Getting Involved and Building Capabilities
9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Terrace Level, Dupont

AIR Presenters: Hans Bos, Marjorie Chinen & Matthew Murray

Panel: Completing the Loop: From Research to Implementation in Literacy Programming
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Terrace Level, DuPont

AIR Presenters: Juan Bonilla, Thomas de Hoop, Abdullah Ferdous, Pooja Nakamura, Rebecca Stone, Amy Todd & Amy West

Panel: Mind the Gap: Educational Inequalities and Student Achievement
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Concourse Level, International Ballroom East

AIR Presenters: Ebru Erberber, Sharlyn Ferguson, Teresa Kroeger, Saida Mamedova & Maria Stephens
 

Friday, March 13

Checking Understanding Among Students, Teachers and Administrators: The Georgian Case
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Second Floor B

AIR Presenter: Yemurai Tsokodayi

Paper session: Working Conditions in the Teaching Profession
9:40 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Second Floor B

AIR Presenter: Yemurai Tsokodayi

For more details about the conference, visit http://cies2015.org/.

About AIR
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