Innovative Programs for District-Level Evaluation: Education Research for the Public Good

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

This session has three main objectives: (i) to describe the origins, purposes, and lessons of two exemplary initiatives, in New York and Washington; (ii) to explore the strengths and weaknesses of alternative research and evaluation designs; and (iii) to engage with a broad AERA community on elements of programs designed to evaluate and inform urban school reform.

Sub Unit

• Presidential Session

Chair

• Michael J. Feuer, The George Washington University

Participants

• William F. Tate, Washington University in St. Louis

• Jennifer A. O'Day, American Institutes for Research

• Rebecca Ann Thessin, The George Washington University

• Michael J. Feuer, The George Washington University

• John Q. Easton, Institute of Education Sciences

• Robert M. Hauser, National Research Council

• Carl A. Cohn, Claremont Graduate University