February 29, 2016
ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH: 10th Annual Conference Please find here the flyer for those interested in the ATINER conference and workshop on quantitative methods.
February 22, 2016 CENTER FOR CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT (CREA): Third International Conference
The 3rd International Conference will be held in Chicago, IL April 20-22, 2016, with preconference workshops on April 19, 2016. Early bird registration deadline is March 20, 2016. Please see the attached the flyer for more details and selected program highlights. NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT FROM INFORMATION AGE PUBLISHING: Evaluation Use and Decision-Making in Society: A Tribute to Marvin C. Alkin
A volume in Evaluation and Society Series Editors, Jennifer C. Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Stewart I. Donaldson, Claremont Graduate University
This volume addresses a fundamental and highly debated issue in the evaluation field – the use of evaluation information for decision-making. Chapter authors honor the contributions of Professor Marvin C. Alkin to the evaluation use literature and advance our thinking on the topic by exploring a wide range of issues related to the theoretical and practical challenges of using evaluation information to make informed, evidence-based decisions. Readers will come away from this volume with a new and clearer understanding of the theoretical, contextual, methodological, and political dimensions of use and with direction for practice. Chapters are written by leading evaluation scholars, including Ernest House; Stewart Donaldson and Tarek Azzam; Eric Barela; Richard D. Nunneley, Jr., Jean A. King, Kelli Johnson, and Laura Pejsa; Eleanor Chelimsky; Michael Quinn Patton; and Wanda D. Casillas, Rodney K. Hopson and Ricardo L. Gomez.
Evaluation Use and Decision-Making in Society: A Tribute to Marvin C. Alkin will be of great interest to evaluation students, scholars and practitioners. This volume has scholarly application for those who desire a state-of-the-art resource for the latest insights and perspectives on one of the most pressing issues that the evaluation field faces today, while also serving as a useful guide for both novice and experienced evaluation practitioners. It is appropriate for use in a variety of evaluation courses including Introduction to Evaluation and Procedural Issues in Evaluation as well as topical seminars such as Evaluation Use and Decision-Making.
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Meeting the Challenges to Measurement in a Time of Accountability
This newly released book that focuses on assessment in the so-called “non-tested” content areas – including the arts, history, world languages, and science –with particular attention to their use in the evaluation of teachers and schools. It addresses traditional end-of-course tests, as well as alternative measures such as portfolios, exhibitions, and student learning objectives.
Henry Braun and several of the book’s authors will highlight the book’s contents in a presentation at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 9 during the NCME/AERA conference in Washington, DC.
February 15, 2016
NEW BOOK BY DIVISION H MEMBER
How to Make Data Work: A Guide for Educational Leaders, by AERA Division H member Dr. Jenny Rankin, was just released this month. The book is published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis and is available at http://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Data-Work-Educational/dp/1138956155/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8.
February 8, 2016
DIRECTORS OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION RESOURCES
The Directors of Research and Evaluation (DRE) is the professional organization for those in leadership roles in K12 LEA Research and Evaluation (or similar) Departments. We connect colleagues, share district produced research and hold an annual meeting on the first day of AERA. We invite anyone who shares our jobs to join your colleagues in DRE. To learn more go to www.redirectors.org. (If you are a test director you may also want to explore the National Association of Assessment Directors at www.natd.org).
Two resources we provide to DREs are a weekly newsletter on the latest research that may be of interest to K12 researchers (http://paper.li/RE_Directors/1363871353) and a repository of district and other applied research in K12 settings (http://www.arniedocs.info/). As a member of Division H we know you have an interest in applied research in schools, so we wanted to make sure you know that these resources are open to all Division H members. You can subscribe to the newsletter or browse the research studies. We also welcome any submissions of research studies you have conducted for, or in, K12 settings.
If you have any questions, please contact Joe O’Reilly at
joreilly@redirectors.org
DIVISION H MEMBER GIVES TED TALK
Dr. Jenny Rankin, who lectures at University of Cambridge, gave a TED Talk at TEDxTUM involving research she’ll be presenting at the 2016 AERA and NCME annual meetings. The talk relates to the effective communication of education data. She shows us how data can be made “over-the-counter” so it is easy for educators to understand and use without the help of a professional. Watch here.
February 1, 2016
DIVISION H - PRE-CONFERENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSE
Good News! The Division H Professional Development Committee is very pleased to announce that our pre-conference course proposal for the AERA annual meeting has been accepted! We are very excited to be able to offer a unique professional development opportunity focusing on implementation science and education evaluation. In our view, implementation science is an exciting new interdisciplinary research approach with great potential for education evaluation. The course, titled, Use of Research and Tools from Implementation Science to Design More Useful Evaluations of Education Initiatives, will be led by Dr. Caryn Ward and Dr. Dean Fixsen, leading experts from the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) at UNC-Chapel Hill. The course is scheduled for Friday, April 8, 2016 from 8:00am-3:45pm.
Division H is offering scholarships of $50 to the first 40 members of Division who register for the professional development course. Please register through the AERA annual meeting site, and you will be reimbursed for $50 of the cost of the course.
If you have any questions, please contact Rolf Blank, rolfb444@gmail.com
or Teresa Duncan, teresa.duncan@icfi.com, Div. H PD committee co-chairs.
DIVISION H - SECTION CHAIR FOR THE 2017 ANNUAL MEETING
The Program Committee has an opening for a Section Chair for the 2017 Annual Meeting. If you are interested, please contact Brett Campbell via email at brett_campbell@byu.edu. We would like to present the full committee at the Division Breakfast this April.
CALL FOR JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVES FOR 2016-2018 (DEADLINE EXTENDED - FEBRUARY 19, 2016)
Please click here to see the flyer for those interested in learning how to apply and become the incoming junior/senior representative for Division H.