American Institutes for Research Experts to Present at the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness 2023 Annual Conference

Topics include centering DEI in research syntheses, career and technical education, school climate, online credit recovery, and more.


Arlington, Va., Sept. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will present at several sessions during the 2023 Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) conference. The conference will be held September 27-30, 2023, at the Renaissance Arlington Capitol View Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.

Built around the theme “Embedding Equity for Better Methods, Evidence, and Practice,” the conference will bring together education researchers, policy leaders and professionals from around the country. AIR experts will present their work in several sessions across a variety of topics, including centering diversity, equity and inclusion in research synthesis; new evidence on the effectiveness of career and technical education; insights on systematic evidence review; community advisory boards in the real world; and exploring inequities in access to and characteristics of early college high schools.

AIR is also a 2023 Institutional Member and Platinum Sponsor and will have a booth available in the Exhibitor Hall and the Career and Opportunities Forum, for those wanting to learn more about its research and career opportunities.

Sessions featuring AIR experts/or their work are listed below (all times are in Eastern Daylight Time). Learn more about all conference presentations and activities on the conference website.
 

Thursday, September 28, 2023

9:00–10:30 a.m.

Paper: 3C. Examining Equity Promoting Policies During the Pandemic

Location: Renaissance Arlington Capitol View Hotel– Studio E

Paper Presentation: Encouraging Families to Visit a Literacy Website: A Randomized Study of the Impact of Email and Text Message Communications

AIR Presenters/Authors: Candace HesterAnja KurkiAshley Pierson and Amy Feygin
 

12:30–1:30 p.m.

Special Session: Career & Opportunities Forum

Location: Renaissance Arlington Capitol View – Studio D
 

4:15–5:45 p.m.

Symposium: 5A. New Evidence on the Effectiveness of Career and Technical Education

Location: Renaissance Arlington Capitol View Hotel - Salon 7

AIR Organizer: Katherine Hughes
 

Paper: 5C. Postsecondary Preparation and Success

Location: Renaissance Arlington Capitol View Hotel - Salon 6

Paper Presentation: Evaluating the Longer-Term Impacts of Early Colleges on Workforce, Education, and Later Life Outcomes

AIR Presenters/Authors: Robert SchwarzhauptKrissy ZeiserKyle Neering, Sara Mitchell and Mengli Song
 

Paper: 5D. New Insights from and on Systematic Evidence Reviews

Location: Renaissance Arlington Capitol View Hotel – Studio F

AIR Session Chair: Martyna Citkowicz


Paper Presentation: Considerations for Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Research Syntheses

AIR Presenters/Authors: Joshua Polanin, Isabelle Edwards and Sarah Peko-Spicer


Paper Presentation: Operationalizing the Principles of QuantCrit: Insights and Practical Examples for the Field

AIR Presenter/Author: Arielle Lentz
 

Integrated Symposium: 5E. Algorithmic and Testing Fairness in Education: Methods and Applications

Location: Renaissance Arlington Capitol View Hotel – Studio E

Presentation: Assessing the Effectiveness of Accommodations and Universal Design Elements Using Process Data

AIR Presenters: Burhan OgutDarrick Yee and Ruhan Circi
 

Friday, September 29, 2023

8:30–10:00 a.m.

Paper: 6C. Exploring the Intersection of School Accountability and State Education Regulation

Location: Renaissance Arlington Capitol View Hotel – Salon 5

Paper Presentation: The Impact of CSI Designation on Student Outcomes

AIR Presenters/Authors: Drew AtchisonKerstin Le Floch, Damon Blair and Steve Hurlburt
 

Paper: 6D. Postsecondary Lightning Round

Location: Renaissance Arlington Capitol View Hotel - Salon 1–3

Paper Presentation: Leveling Up: An Academic Acceleration Policy to Increase Equity in Advanced High School Course Taking

AIR Presenters/Authors: Megan Austin and Ben Backes
 

Paper: 6G. Teachers, School Climate and Disparities in Student Outcomes

Location: Renaissance Arlington Capitol View Hotel - Salon 6

Paper Presentation: Teachers and School Climate: Effects on Student Outcomes and Academic Disciplines

AIR Presenters/Authors: Ben BackesJames Cowan and Roddy Theobald
 

2:45–4:15 p.m.

Paper: 8B. High School Course Taking

Location: Renaissance Arlington Capitol View Hotel - Salon 7


Paper Presentation: A Comparison of Two Widely Adopted AP Computer Science Curricula in High Hispanic Student Population

AIR Presenter/Author: Dana Shaat


Paper Presentation: Effects of Online Credit Recovery on High School Credit Accumulation and Graduation: Evidence from a Multisite Randomized Study

AIR Presenters/Authors: Jordan RicklesSarah Peko-SpicerIliana Brodziak De Los Reyes and Peggy Clements
 

4:30–6:00 p.m.

Paper: 9E. Power Analysis Implications for Evaluation Design

Location: Renaissance Arlington Capitol View - Salon 5

Paper Presentation: Mapping the Landscape of the Empirical Literature on Power Analysis Design Parameters

AIR Presenters/Authors: Joseph Taylor and Qi Zhang
 

Saturday, September 30, 2023

8:30–10:00 a.m.

Moderated Discussion: 10C. Community Advisory Boards in the Real World – Insights from Three Projects

Location: Renaissance Arlington Capitol View Hotel - Studio B

AIR Panelist: Sarah Peko-Spicer
 

About AIR

Established in 1946, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance both domestically and internationally in the areas of health, education and the workforce. AIR's work is driven by its mission to generate and use rigorous evidence that contributes to a better, more equitable world. With headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, AIR has offices across the U.S. and abroad. For more information, visit www.air.org.

 

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