MDRC will be well-represented at the upcoming conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE), “Embedding Equity for Better Methods, Evidence, and Practice” on September 27-30, 2023.

MDRC experts will be featured in the following sessions:

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

9:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Conducting Implementation Research in Impact Studies of Education Interventions

• Instructors: Carolyn Hill (MDRC), Lauren Scher (Mathematica)

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

NYC as a Lab for Learning: Capturing Variation in Career and Technical Education Program Effects in Comprehensive Schools to Inform Policy and Practice

• Presenting Author: Rebecca Unterman (MDRC)
• Authors: James Kemple (Research Alliance for New York City Schools), Shaun Dougherty (Vanderbilt University)

4:15 PM – 5:45 PM

The Effectiveness of Global and Domain-Specific ECE Curricular and Professional Development Enhancements: Findings from Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Presenting Author: Amy Taub (MDRC)
• Authors: Michelle Maier, Marie-Andrée Somers, Benjamin Bui, James McCarthy (MDRC)

Thursday, September 28, 2023

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Moving Away from Colorblind Research: Approaches to Identifying Equity Intentionality and Pursuing it in Effectiveness Studies

• Discussant: Rashida Welbeck (MDRC)
• Organizer: Michael Weiss (MDRC)
• Reducing Racial Inequality in Student Outcomes: A Methodological Consideration, Michael Weiss (MDRC), Marjorie Dorime-Williams (MDRC), Rob Olsen (George Washington University)
• Hidden in Plain Sight: Contemplations on Race within the Context of Randomized Control Trial in Education, Lashawn Richburg-Hayes (Insight Policy Research), Rashida Welbeck (MDRC), Michelle Manno (MDRC)

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Building the Next Generation of Evidence on the Boston Public Schools Pre-K Program: Expansion to a Mixed-Delivery System and Exploration of Lasting Gains

• Presenting Author: Samuel Maves (MDRC)
• Authors: Meghan McCormick, JoAnn Hsueh (MDRC), Christina Weiland, Paola Guerrero-Rosada (University of Michigan), Catherine Snow (Harvard Graduate School of Education), Jason Sachs (Boston Public Schools)

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Efficacy of Career and Technical Education

• Chair: Rebecca Unterman (MDRC)

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Examining Persistence of Constrained versus Unconstrained Measures Using a Meta-Analysis of Educational RCTs with Long-Term Follow-Up

• Presenting Author: Mindy Rosengarten (Columbia University)
• Authors: Meghan McCormick (MDRC), Emma Hart, Tyler Watts (Columbia University), Drew Bailey (University of California – Irvine)

4:15 PM – 5:45 PM

Impact Study of New York City’s P-TECH 9–14 Schools

• Presenting Author: Rachel Rosen (MDRC)
• Authors: Leigh Parise, Emma Alterman, Michelle Dixon, Louisa Treskon, Cassie Wuest (MDRC).

4:15 PM – 5:45 PM

Young Children’s Resilience in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Acelero Learning Head Start Programs

• Presenting Author: Meghan McCormick (MDRC)
• Authors: Maya Goldberg, Emily Swinth (MDRC), Cate Smith Todd, Victoria Chavez, Lydia Carlis (Acelero Learning)

Friday, September 29, 2023

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Evaluation of an Expansion Strategy for the Assessment-to-Intervention Professional Support System

• Presenting Author: Emma Alterman (MDRC)
• Authors: Pei Zhu, Nicholas Commins, Peyton Nash (MDRC)

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Predictors of Persistence and Fadeout in a Multi-Site Randomized Control Trial of an ECE Curriculum

• Presenting Author: Tyler Watts (Columbia University)
• Authors: Drew Bailey (University of California – Irvine), Caroline Botvin, Emma Hart (Columbia University), Shira Mattera (MDRC)

2:45 PM - 4:15 PM

Understanding the Promise of Large-Scale State Policy Initiatives in Supporting Academic Achievement for Elementary Students

• Organizer: Mary Bratsch-Hines (University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning)
• Discussant: Rebecca Unterman (MDRC)
• School Characteristics, Pre-K Enrollment, and Learning Gains in Early Childhood: Multisite Evidence from the Early Learning Network, Meghan McCormick (MDRC), Mary Bratsch-Hines (University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning), Natalie Koziol (University of Nebraska Lincoln), Laura Kuhn (University of North Carolina –Chapel Hill), Arya Ansari, Kelly Purtell, Tzu-Jung Lin (Ohio State University)

2:45 PM - 4:15 PM

Avoiding Conventions in Design Parameters: Investigating Variation in the Populations and Outcomes Related to Parameters Used to Plan Studies

• Organizer: Eric (EC) Hedberg (Abt Associates)
• Discussant: Sophie Litschwartz (MDRC)