In Event: 31.092 - Poster Session 5

Division H - Research, Evaluation and Assessment in Schools / Division H - Section 2: Program Evaluation in Schools

1. Are Internal Validity and Systemic Replication Conflicting Perspectives? Implications for Research-Based Knowledge for Decision Makers - Michael R. Vitale, East Carolina University; Theodore S. Kaniuka, Craven County Schools; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University

2. Design Parameters for Impact Research in Science Education: A Multistate Analysis - Jessaca K. Spybrook, Western Michigan University; Carl Westine, The University of West Georgia; Joseph Taylor, Abt Associates Inc.

3. Estimating the Impact of a High School Conversion Into Small Academies: Evidence From Synthetic Control Methods - Darryl Vernois Hill, Wake County Public School System; Matthew A Lenard, Wake County Public School System; Lindsay Coleman Page, University of Pittsburgh

4. Measuring Fidelity of Implementation: An Example From the Arts Achieve Project - Tara Mastrorilli, City University of New York; Susanne DeFalco Harnett, Metis Associates, Inc.

5. Multilevel Psychometric Analysis of the Instructional Pedagogical and Instructional Student Engagement Components of Fidelity of Implementation - Sandra Naoom, University of South Florida; Robert F. Dedrick, University of South Florida

6. Using Improvement Science Tools in the Developmental Evaluation of a Career and Technical Education Program - Rebecca Colina Neri, University of California - Los Angeles; Louis M. Gomez, University of California - Los Angeles; Kimberley Gomez, University of California - Los Angeles

7. Using Propensity Score Matching in Program Evaluation: Lessons Learned in a Statewide Evaluation of a College-Prep Program in Hawai'i - Malkeet Singh, Education Northwest; Michelle Hodara, Education Northwest; Changhua Wang, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory