WestEd researchers will present on a range of salient topics at the 2023 Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE), held on September 27–30, 2023, at the Renaissance Arlington Capitol View Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.
The theme for this year’s event is “Embedding Equity for Better Methods, Evidence, and Practice.” According to Program Co-Chairs Constance Lindsay from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Laura Peck from Abt Associates, truly embedding equity into research and practice requires us to broaden our understanding of what constitutes as evidence for decision making.
At the conference, our researchers will present papers, chair and moderate sessions, and participate in panel discussions on special education, math, social-emotional learning, COVID-19 impact, higher education, literacy, linguistically minoritized students, and research-practice connections.
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WestEd Sessions
Wednesday, September 27
Paper Session: When Treatment Indicators Aren’t Straightforward
Time & Location: 2:30-4 PM / Studio E
Chair: Jason Snipes (WestEd)
Paper Session: Diversity and Variations in Impact and Implementation
Time & Location: 4:15-5:45 PM / Salon 5
Presentation: Measuring Implementation Fidelity of Statway College with Corequisite
Presenting Author: Celia Gleason (WestEd)
Contributing Authors: Scott Strother (WestEd), Nancy Tiên (WestEd), and Rosalind Owen (WestEd)
Presentation: The Consequences of Disproportionality in Special Education Placement
Presenting Author: Noman Khanani (WestEd)
Moderated Discussion: Tipping the Scales: Early Identification & Support for Struggling Schools
Time & Location: 4:15-5:45 PM / Studio B
Moderator: Aimee Evan (WestEd)
Panelists: John Carwell (Delaware Department of Education), Jamie Garwood (Ball State University), Lisa Karmacharya (Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board), and DeAnne Wimbish (Delaware Department of Education)
Thursday, September 28
Paper Session: Examining Equity Promoting Policies During the Pandemic
Chair: Saroja Warner (WestEd)
Time & Location: 9:00-10:30 AM / Studio E
Paper Session: Understanding and Fostering SEL in Schools
Time & Location: 9:00-10:30 AM / Salon 7
Presentation: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Technology- and Game- Based Approach to Social-Emotional Learning
Presenting Author: Linlin Li (WestEd)
Contributing Authors: Kylie Flynn (WestEd), Chunwei Huang (WestEd), Ruchita Patel (WestEd), and Kim Luttgen (WestEd)
In-the-Pipeline Poster Session: 4A – Academic Learning in Education Settings
Time & Location: 10:45-11:45 AM / Foyer
Poster: Impact of Urban Arts Partnership’s “Game On”: Usability Study
Presenting Author: Krishna Kumar (WestEd)
Contributing Authors: Sarah Warner (WestEd) and Scott Strother (WestEd)
Poster: Exploring the Impact of Personalized, Competency-based Learning in North Dakota
Presenting Author: Natalie Lacireno-Paquet (WestEd)
Contributing Authors: Shannon Stackhouse (WestEd) and George Lolashvili (WestEd)
In-the-Pipeline Poster Session: 4E – Postsecondary Education
Time & Location: 10:45-11:45 AM / Foyer
Poster: Scaling Up Through Networked Improvement Outcome Study: The Impact of Carnegie Math Pathways on College Gateway Mathematics Course Success and Subsequent College-level Mathematics Course-taking and Credit-accumulation
Presenting Author: Chloe Morton (WestEd)
Contributing Authors: David McKinney (WestEd), Katie D’Silva (WestEd), Yvonne Kao (WestEd), and Ann Edwards (WestEd)
Poster: Successes and Challenges of Implementing a Randomized Control Trial in a Large Community College
Presenting Author: Karon Klipple (WestEd)
Contributing Authors: Narayan Thapa (Dallas College) and Bryan Matlen (WestEd)
In-the-Pipeline Poster Session: 4F – Research Methods
Time & Location: 10:45-11:45 AM / Foyer
Poster: Embedding Equitable Research Practices in a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Presenting Author: Katie D’Silva (WestEd)
Contributing Authors: Anna Bartel (WestEd), Chloe Morton (WestEd), Bryan Matlen (WestEd), Drew Barrett (WestEd), Celia Gleason (WestEd), and Jessica Triant (WestEd)
In-the-Pipeline Poster Session: 4I – Use of Research Evidence Across Settings
Time & Location: 10:45-11:45 AM / Foyer
Poster: Exploring Implementation of Trauma-Engaged Practices in Alaska’s Public Schools
Presenting Author: Angela Chin (WestEd)
Contributing Authors: Shannon McCullough (WestEd) and Ashley Boal (WestEd)
Careers and Opportunities Forum
Time & Location: 12:30-1:30 PM / Foyer
Paper Session: Postsecondary Preparation and Success
Chair: Angela Estacion (WestEd)
Time & Location: 4:15-5:45 PM / Salon 6
Friday, September 23
Paper Session: Elementary Literacy
Time & Location: 8:30-10:00 AM / Studio D
Presentation: An Efficacy Study of an Integrated Science and Literacy Curriculum for First Grade Classrooms
Presenting Author: Robert Murphy (LFC Research)
Contributing Authors: Christopher Harris (WestEd) and Mingyu Feng (WestEd)
Paper Session: Postsecondary Lightning Round
Time & Location: 8:30-10:00 AM / Salon 1-3
Presentation: A New Normal? Labor Market Demand and Student Outcomes in CTE Before and After COVID 19
Presenting Author: Angela Estacion (WestEd)
Contributing Authors: Cameron Sublett (University of Tennessee-Knoxville), Jenna Howard Terrell (WestEd), Hayley Spencer (WestEd), Diana Roldan-Rueda (WestEd)
Moderated Discussion: Exploring Labels and Representation for Linguistically Minoritized Students and Communities across the Regional Educational Laboratory Regions
Time & Location: 8:30-10:00 AM / Studio E
Moderator: Lorna Porter (WestEd)
Panelists: Molly Faulkner-Bond (WestEd) and Haiwen Chu (WestEd)
General Poster Session: 7B – Early Childhood Education
Time & Location: 1:45-2:45 PM / FoyerPoster:Local Processes for Identifying Multilingual Learners Who May Have Disabilities in State Preschool
Presenting Author: Elizabeth Burr (WestEd)
Contributing Author: Alyssa Perez (WestEd)
Moderated Discussion: Moving Culturally Responsive Data Use from Research and Theory to Practice
Time & Location: 2:45-4:15 PM / Studio E
Moderator: Saroja Warner (WestEd)
Panelists: Ellen Mandinach (WestEd), Erica Mallett Moore (WestEd), Jackie Matisse Peng (WestEd), and Andrea Browning (WestEd)
Symposium: Early College High Schools and Dual Enrollment: Strategies for Equitable Student Outcomes
Time & Location: 4:30-6:00 PM / Studio E
Organizer: Angela Estacion (WestEd)
Discussant: Alex Perry (Foresight Law and Policy)
Paper: “Waiving” Goodbye to Placement Testing: Broadening the Benefits of Dual Enrollment Through Statewide Policy
Presenting Author: Daniel Sparks (Columbia University)
Contributing Authors: Sarah Griffin (Community College Research Center) and John Fink (Community College Research Center)
Paper: Impact of the Rural Early College Network on College Credits Earned in High School
Presenting Author: Eric Grebing (SERVE Center at UNC-Greensboro)
Paper: Florida’s Dual Enrollment Program and Impacts
Presenting Author: Angela Estacion (WestEd)
Contributing Authors: Jenna Terrell (WestEd), Diana Roldan-Rueda (WestEd), Aaron Soo-Ping Chow (WestEd), and Kimberly Lent Morales (Helios Education Foundation)
Saturday, September 30
Paper Session: Improving Mathematics Outcomes
Time & Location: 12:00-1:30 PM / Studio D
Presentation: Building Young Children’s Math Skills through Personalized Learning: An Efficacy Study
Presenting Author: Linlin Li (WestEd)
Contributing Authors: Mingyu Feng (WestEd) and Hee Jin Bang (Age of Learning)
Presentation: Long-Term Effects of a Technology-Based Math Homework Intervention
Presenting Author: Mingyu Feng (WestEd)
Contributing Authors: Chunwei Huang (WestEd) and Kelly Collins (WestEd)
Paper Session: Exploring the Influence of Policies for Non-Standard Courses
Time & Location: 12:00-1:30 PM / Salon 5
Presentation: Alternative Means to Meet Course and Graduation Requirements for Students with and without an IEP: What We Learn from State Policy
Presenting Author: Erica Mallet Moore (WestEd)
Contributing Author: Jenna Howard Terrell (WestEd)
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