WestEd at AERA

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WestEd will participate in a number of sessions at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2007 Annual Meeting — click on the individual presentations below for more details. To learn more about our research, products, services, and employment opportunities, we invite you to visit us at AERA booths 329 & 331.

Monday, April 9, 2007

Session: Challenges and Innovations in Large-Scale Assessment (WestEd Discussant: Carole Gallagher)
Time & Location: 12:00-1:30pm Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers / Michigan, Level 2

Session: Fighting Terrorism Since 1492: Exploring the Terrain of Indigenous Knowledge in the Academy (WestEd Discussant: Sharon Nelson-Barber)
Time & Location: 12:00-2:00pm Marriott Chicago Downtown / Avenue Ballroom, Fourth Floor

Session: Designing Teacher Learning to Develop Literacies in the Academic Disciplines (Chair: Ruth Schoenbach)
Time & Location: 4:05-5:35pm Hyatt Regency Chicago / Columbus Hall, Section G, East Tower - Gold Level

Presentation: Building Teacher Capacity for Responsive Teaching of Disciplinary Literacies Through Strategic Inquiry Engagements
WestEd Participants: Cynthia Greenleaf and Ruth Schoenbach

Presentation: Becoming What We Are Not Yet: The Development of Teacher Expertise to Work With Adolescent English Learners
WestEd Participant: Aida Walqui

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Session: Multiple Approaches to School Reform (Chair: Naida Tushnet)
Time & Location: 8:15-9:45am Swissôtel Chicago / Grand Ballroom, Section III - Ballroom Level

Presentation: Reform Implementation and Student Achievement Outcomes: Findings From the Longitudinal Assessment of Comprehensive School Reform Implementation and Outcomes
WestEd Participants: Naida Tushnet, John Flaherty, and Brooke Connolly

Session: Beating the Odds: Merging National Data Sets to Identify Correlates of Higher-than-Expected Outcomes
Time & Location: 12:25-1:55pm Marriott Chicago Downtown / Huron, Tenth Floor

Presentation: Identifying “Beating the Odds”: K-8 Schools Using National Databases
WestEd Presenter: Joseph McCrary

Roundtable Session 31: Pedagogy in American Indian Education
Time & Location: 3:05-3:45pm Hyatt Regency Chicago / Grand Ballroom, Sections C-D South, East Tower - Gold Level

Presentation: Integration of Local Contexts in STEM Education: Cross-Cultural, Community-Based, and Technological Approaches to Professional Development
WestEd Participants: Sharon Nelson-Barber and Ursula Sexton

Session: Technology Research: Using Technology to Promote Learning, Engagement, and Interaction in Higher Education Contexts
Time & Location: 4:05-6:05pm Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers / Ontario, Level 2

Presentation: A Framework for Designing and Evaluating Interactive E-Learning Products
WestEd Participant: Mike Timms

Reception: WestEd Reception
Time & Location: 6:00-8:00pm Hyatt Regency Chicago / West Tower, Gold Level, Regency B

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Professional Development Training Session: English Language Proficiency Assessment & Accountability under NCLB Title III: Addressing Technical and Policy Challenges
Time & Location: 8:00am-12:00pm The Fairmont Chicago / Gold Room, Second Level
WestEd Leader: Robert Linquanti

Symposium Session: Quality Programs for New Teacher Support: What We Know, What We Are Learning, and What We Need to Learn
Time & Location: 10:35am-12:05pm Hyatt Regency Chicago / Plaza Ballroom, Section A, East Tower - Green Level

Presentation: Research on Science and Mathematics Mentoring Programs
WestEd Participant: Edward Britton

Session: Technology in Support of Student Achievement and Learning Gains
Time & Location: 12:25-1:55pm Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers / Executive Center, Parlor F, Level 3

Presentation: Examining the Impact of Online Mathematics Programs on Student Achievement: An Evaluation of First in Math
WestEd Participants: Brooke Connolly and John Flaherty

Roundtable Session 36: Assessment Issues for Schools (Part 1)
Time & Location: 12:25-1:05pm Hyatt Regency Chicago / Grand Ballroom, Sections C-D North, East Tower - Gold Level

Presentation: Alternate Assessment Policy and Practice: An Examination of Implementation and Impact Across Southwestern States
WestEd Participants: Edynn Sato and Stanley Rabinowitz

Presentation: Title III Linkage and Alignment of State ELD Standards and Assessment: Understanding the Academic Language Demands on English Learners
WestEd Participant: Edynn Sato

Roundtable Session 37: Assessment Issues for Schools (Part 2)
Time & Location: 1:15-1:55pm Hyatt Regency Chicago / Grand Ballroom, Sections C-D North, East Tower - Gold Level

Presentation: Formative Assessment Practices: An Examination of Policy-to-Practice Implementation
WestEd Participants: Peter Worth and Carole Gallagher

Session: Vocabulary Learning and Instruction
Time & Location: 2:15-3:45pm Hyatt Regency Chicago / Plaza Ballroom, Section A, East Tower - Green Level

Presentation: Learning Words for School Success: Vocabulary Instruction in Kindergarten Science
WestEd Participant: Pamela Spycher

Session: AERA Awards Presentation and Presidential Address
Time & Location: 4:05-6:05pm Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers / Sheraton Ballroom, Section V, Level 4
Relating Research to Practice Award
WestEd Presenter: Sharon Nelson-Barber

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Roundtable Session 41: Recent Research in Test Validity (WestEd Discussant: Carole Gallagher)
Time & Location: 8:15-8:55am Hyatt Regency Chicago / Grand Ballroom, Sections C-D North, East Tower - Gold Level

Session: Improving Assessment, Learning, and Instruction Practices
Time & Location: 10:35am-12:05pm Marriott Chicago Downtown / Bucktown, Second Floor

Presentation: Who's on Track: The Need for Alternate Approaches to Growth Modeling
WestEd Participant: Carole Gallagher

Symposium Session: How Children Learn Science: Uncovering Relationships Between Facility With Text and the Development of Content Knowledge
Time & Location: 10:35am-12:05pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, Grand Ballroom, Sections E-F, East Tower - Gold Level
WestEd Participants: Cynthia Greenleaf, Steve Schneider, Cyndy Litman, and Thomas Hanson

Session: Enhanced Reading Opportunities for Adolescents: Early Findings From an Impact Evaluation of Supplemental Literacy Interventions
Time & Location: 10:35am-12:05pm Marriott Chicago Downtown / Iowa, Sixth Floor

Presentation: Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy: Core Principles and Design Features
WestEd Participants: Ruth Schoenbach and Cynthia Greenleaf

Poster Session 5: Measurement, Psychometrics, and Assessment
Time & Location: 10:35am-12:05pm Hyatt Regency Chicago / Riverside Center Exhibition Hall, East Tower - Purple Level

Presentation: Can Machine Grading Replace Human Grading of Answers to Constructed Response Tests in Large-Scale Assessment Programs?
WestEd Participant: Kathleen Comfort

Session: Learning From Steiner: The Relevance of Waldorf Education for Public Education and Parallels in the Work of Froebel and Jung
Time & Location: 10:35am-12:05pm Hotel Inter-Continental Chicago / Sullivan, Eighth Floor

Presentation: Learning From Steiner? The Relevance of Waldorf Education to Public Education
WestEd Participant: Robert L. Anderson

Session: Using Records of Practice to Focus Mathematics Professional Development on Student Learning
Time & Location: 2:15-3:45pm Hyatt Regency Chicago / Crystal Ballroom, Section C, West Tower - Green Level

Presentation: Turning to the Evidence: What Do Teachers Learn in Professional Development Centered on the Use of Classroom Artifacts?
WestEd Participant: Nanette Seago

Session: Mathematics Teachers' On-the-Job Learning: Perspectives on Theory and Evidence
Time & Location: 4:05-5:35pm Hyatt Regency Chicago / Grand Suite 3, East Tower - Gold Level

Presentation: What Do Teachers Learn From Professional Development Centered on the Use of Classroom Artifacts?
WestEd Participant: Nanette Seago

Symposium Session: Effects of NCLB: Report to Congress
Time & Location: 4:05-5:35pm Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers / Chicago Ballroom, Section IX, Level 4
WestEd Participant: Joseph McCrary

Friday, April 13, 2007

Session: Design and Evaluation of Accessible Assessment Items for English Learners (WestEd Discussant: Edynn Sato)
Time & Location: 10:35am-12:05pm Marriott Chicago Downtown / Avenue Ballroom, Fourth Floor

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