Hello Division H Members!
As I write this message we are exactly one month away from the start of the 2015 AERA annual meeting in Chicago. With more than 1,500 sessions, AERA will provide the opportunity for you to gain additional knowledge and insight from a variety of topics and perspectives. Our Division H Program Committee has organized 49 sessions focusing on research, evaluation and assessment in schools, among them 5 Vice Presidential Invited Speaker Sessions (including sessions focused on Affirmative Action/Diversity, International and Graduate Student focused topics), 1 Demonstration, 7 Paper Sessions, 4 Poster Sessions, 13 Round Table Sessions, 10 Symposia/Multi-paper Sessions, 1 Working Group Round Table, and 1 Workshop.
We want you to receive your “academic nourishment” while attending the various sessions in our and other Divisions and Special Interest Groups; but please also take the opportunity to round out your AERA annual meeting experience by networking and engaging in conversations as you enjoy the conviviality of our four social receptions and the Sunday morning Division H Breakfast Business Meeting (reminder-purchase your breakfast ticket for $10 online at AERA annual meeting registration before they sell out). We will have three back-to-back receptions hosted by our Membership, International and Graduate Student Committees on Saturday afternoon/early evening in the Vice President’s Suite in the Marriott (actual suite number will be provided once assigned by the hotel) and our always festive Social Reception on Sunday evening on the 67th floor of the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower).
The details of our Division H activities are contained in the pre-conference issue of Reality Test, the Division H newsletter, which is posted on our website at http://bit.ly/DivH2015PreConf. Many thanks to Immediate Past Vice President Judy Arter for gathering and editing the information in the newsletter and to webmaster Matt Lavery for quickly posting it.
Safe travels!
Zollie Stevenson, Jr., Division H Vice President
Reality Test: The Division H Newsletter, 2015 Pre-Conference Edition (http://bit.ly/DivH2015PreConf)