A number of MDRC experts are presenting at “The Evidence Behind Evidence Use: When Does Education Research  Inform Practice?,” the Spring Conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE), held in Washington, DC, on February 28-March 3, 2018.

Wednesday, February 28

3:30-5:30 PM

Symposium: Early Childhood Education
“Early Learning Network Year 1 Results: Preschool Educational Practices and Child Outcomes”
Salon 2 - Park Hyatt Hotel, Ballroom Level

• Organizer: Susan Sheridan, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

• Pre-Kindergarten Classroom Characteristics and Pre-Kindergarten Gains of Children Living in Rural Areas; Irina Mokrova, Margaret Burchinal, Mary Bratsch-Hines, & Ellen Peisner-Feinberg, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

• How Does Quality of Curricular Implementation Support Low-Income Children's Skill;
  Meghan P. McCormick & Michelle Maier, MDRC, Christina Weiland, University of Michigan, and JoAnn Hsueh, MDRC

• Understanding the Effects of Classroom Processes on Child Outcomes in Pre-Kindergarten;
  Robert Pianta, Virginia Vitiello, Jessica Whittaker, & Erik Ruzek, University of Virginia

• Classroom Quality and Classroom Network Structure Predicting Student Outcomes;
  Jessica Logan, Kelly Purtell, Tzu-Jung Lin, & Laura Justice, Ohio State University

• Discussant: Carol Connor, University of California - Irvine

Thursday, March 1

8:00-9:00 AM

Symposium: Education and Life Cycle Transitions
“Closing the Postsecondary Success Gap with Multifaceted Supports: Findings from Impact Evaluations of Four Comprehensive Programs”
Gallery 2 - Park Hyatt Hotel, Ballroom Level

• Organizer: Stacy Kehoe, Education Northwest

• Dell Scholars Program; Lindsay C. Page, University of Pittsburgh, Benjamin L. Castleman, University of Virginia, Stacy Kehoe, Education Northwest, and Gumi A. Sahadewo, Gadjah Mada University

• CUNY Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP); Michael Weiss, Alyssa Ratledge & Colleen Sommo, MDRC

• Future Connect at Portland Community College; Michelle Hodara, Elizabeth Ghandi, & Sun Young Yoon, Education Northwest

• Detroit Promise Path; Alyssa Ratledge & Michael Weiss, MDRC

• Discussant: Michael Hurwitz, College Board

2:00 – 3:00 PM

Research ↔ Practice in Local Educational Agencies
“Evidence-Building, Implementation, and Adaptation: Theory and Running Errands in the Context of Enduring Research-to-Practice Partnerships”
Gallery 1 - Park Hyatt Hotel, Ballroom Level

• Moderator: Neal Finkelstein, WestEd

• James Kemple, New York University

• Jason Snipes, WestEd

• Rekha Balu, MDRC

• Carolyn Hill, MDRC

Friday, March 2

8:00-9:00 AM

Paper Sessions: Education and Life Cycle Transitions
“Social Emotional Learning Across the Life Cycle”
Sulgrave - Fairmont Hotel, Floor 3

• Chair: Robert Olsen, George Washington University

• Social-Emotional Learning, Special Education Referral, and Grade Retention from Kindergarten Through Fifth Grade: Long-Term Effects of Early Intervention on Policy-Relevant Outcomes;
  E. Parham Horn, New York University, Meghan P. McCormick, MDRC, Erin O'Connor, Hope White, Samantha Harding, Elise Cappella, & Sandee McClowry, New York University

• Can the Impacts of a Brief Middle-School Self-Affirmation Intervention Be Sustained Into High School? Geoffrey Borman, Yeseul Choi, & Garret Hall, University of Wisconsin – Madison

• Impacts of a Growth Mindset Intervention on 9th Grade Achievement in a National Probability Sample; David S. Yeager, University of Texas - Austin, Paul Hanselman, University of California - Irvine, and Sophia Yang Hooper, University of Texas – Austin

• Pathways to Success: Developing and Testing a Scalable Identity-Based Motivation Intervention in the Classroom; Nicholas Sorensen, American Institutes for Research, Daphna Oyserman, University of Southern California, Ryan Eisner & Nicholas Yoder, American Institutes for Research, and Eric Horowitz, University of Southern California

3:00-4:00 PM

Research ↔ Practice: University-Based Collaborations
“Project COMPASS: Using a Rigorous Evaluation to Change How a Community College Looks at Its Programs”
Dumbarton - Fairmont Hotel, Floor 3

• Organizer: Julie Edmunds, University of North Carolina – Greensboro

• The Implementation of Project COMPASS; Christopher Roddenberry & Thomas Rankin, Wake Technical Community College

• The Impact of Project COMPASS; Dora Gicheva, Julie Edmunds, Beth Thrift, Jeremy Bray, & Marie Hull, University of North Carolina – Greensboro

• Lessons Learned about and from Implementing an Experimental Study;  Kai Wang & Bryan K. Ryan, Wake Technical Community College

• Discussant: Michael Weiss, MDRC