American Institutes for Research to Send 79 Experts to the American Educational Research Association’s Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C. – The American Institutes for Research (AIR) will send 79 experts to present on a wide variety of issues at the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) annual meeting. The meeting will take place from April 27 – May 1, 2013 in San Francisco, CA and attracts leading education researchers from around the world.
The theme of the meeting is “Education and Poverty: Theory, Research, Policy and Praxis,” and will focus on discussing, debating and considering the relationships and interactions of education and poverty.
AIR experts – including Jane Hannaway, Diane August, Jay Chambers, Fran Stancavage, David Osher, Susan Therriault, Jennifer O’Day, Michael Cohen, Kwang Suk Yoon, Meredith Ludwig, and others – will present on a broad range of topics, including:
- “Optimizing Principal Feedback: Content Validity and Feasibility Testing of a Fair and Accurate Principal Observation Instrument”
- “Developing a Statewide K-12 Early Warning Indicator System in Massachusetts”
- “Challenges and Opportunities for Education Data and Statistics: The Current State and Well-Being of NCES (National Center for Education Statistics)”
- “The Common Core State Standards Initiative and Educational Equity: Theory, Research, Policy, and Praxis”
- “The Relevance of Learning Progressions for NAEP”
- “A Successful Vocabulary Intervention for Young English Language Learners”
- “Policies, Programs, and Practices Associated With School Turnaround”
- “School Climate and Students’ Social and Emotional Outcomes”
- “Implementing Intensive Interventions for Students With Disabilities: Lessons From the Field”
- “Methodological Issues in Survey Research”
View the complete program booklet for presentation descriptions, session locations, dates and times. In addition, please join us at the AIR reception April 28, 2013 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at the Hilton Union Square.
About AIR
Established in 1946, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance both domestically and internationally in the areas of health, education, and workforce productivity. For more information, visit www.air.org.
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