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Symposium Agenda and Participants
BOARD ON INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN EDUCATION
Methodological Advances in Large-Scale Cross-National Education Surveys
Symposium
November 1, 2000
The National Academies
National Academy of Sciences Building, entrance 2100 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.
AGENDA
Lecture Room |
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8:00-8:30 a.m. |
Continental breakfast in meeting room |
8:30-9:00 |
Welcome and Introductions Andrew Porter (Chair), University of Wisconsin, Madison |
9:00-10:30 |
Panel #1: Study Design Chair: Eugene Owen, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics |
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Commissioned authors: Measuring achievement: Robert L. Linn, University of Colorado Translation: Ronald K. Hambleton, University of Massachusetts Sampling: James R. Chromy, Research Triangle Institute Discussant: William H. Schmidt, Michigan State University Author Response |
10:30-10:45 |
Break |
10:45-12:15 |
Panel #2: Context and Culture Chair: Valena Plisko, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Commissioned authors: Cognition and culture: Janine Bempechat, Harvard University Family background: Claudia Buchmann, Duke University Cross-cultural issues: Gerald K. LeTendre, Pennsylvania State University Discussant: William C. Cummings, George Washington University Author Response |
12:15-1:15 pm |
Lunch in Lecture Room, Executive Dining Room, Members Room, and Room 150 |
1:15-2:45 |
Panel #3: Making Inferences Chair: Larry Suter, National Science Foundation, Division of Research on Education, Policy and Practice Commissioned authors: Measuring opportunity to learn: Robert Floden, Michigan State University Statistical methods: Stephen W. Raudenbush, University of Michigan Inferences for national policy: Marshall S. Smith, Stanford University Discussant: Senta Raizen, National Center for Improving Science Education Author Response |
2:45-3:00 |
Break |
3:00-4:00 |
Roundtables Panels #1, 2, and 3 in three breakout groups Executive Dining Room, Members Room, and Room 150 • Authors discuss cross-cutting issues and future research directions • Questions from the audience |
4:00-5:00 |
Rapporteur Review Chair: Adam Gamoran, University of Wisconsin, Madison Rapporteurs: Gerald Bracey, Alexandria, Virginia Brian Rowan, University of Michigan |
5:00 |
Adjourn |
PARTICIPANTS
Motoko Akiba, Pennsylvania State University
Naif al-Romi, Pennsylvania State University and Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia
David Baker, Pennsylvania State University
Janine Bempechat, Harvard University
L. Benveniste, The World Bank
David C. Berliner,* Arizona State University
Sue Berryman, The World Bank
Marilyn Binkley, U.S. Department of Education
Gerald Bracey, Writer, Alexandria, Virginia
Blanch Brownley, District of Columbia Public Schools
Claudia Buchmann, Duke University
Colette Chabbott, Board on International Comparative Studies in Education, National Research Council
James R. Chromy, Research Triangle Institute
Yvan Clermont, Statistics Canada
William C. Cummings, George Washington University
Roseanne DeFabio, New York State Education Deptartment
Elizabeth Demarest, U.S. Department of Education
Sandra Dike, Virginia Technical University
Clea Fernandez,* Teachers College, Columbia University
Robert Floden, Michigan State University
Mary Frase, National Science Foundation
Adam Gamoran,* University of Wisconsin, Madison
Lenore Garcia, U.S. Department of Education
Dorothy Gilford, Gilford Associates, Bethesda, Maryland
Alice Gill, American Federation of Teachers
Vincent Greaney, The World Bank
Ronald K. Hambleton, University of Massachusetts
Sandra Hanson, Catholic University
Richard Houang, Michigan State University
Marion Hoyda, Lockport District 205, Lockport, Illinois
Norma Jimenez, Harvard University
Jeremy Kilpatrick,* University of Georgia
Irwin Kirsch, Educational Testing Service
Archie LaPointe, Educational Testing Service
Michelle LaPointe, U.S. Department of Education
John Larson, Montgomery County Public Schools
Mariann Lemke, U.S. Department of Education
Gerald K. LeTendre, Pennsylvania State University
Robert L. Linn, University of Colorado
Marlaine E. Lockheed,* The World Bank
Giselle Lundy-Ponce, American Federation of Teachers
Kitty Mak, American Institutes for Research
James Maxwell, U.S. Department of Education
Sam McKee, U.S. Department of Education
Meredith Miller, U.S. Department of Education
Heinrich Mintrop, University of Maryland
Jena Mittelman, U.S. Department of Education
Jay Moskowitz, American Institutes for Research
Patricia Olmsted, High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
Martin Orland, U.S. Department of Education
Eugene H. Owen, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Lynn W. Paine, Michigan State University
Lois Peak,* U.S. Department of Education
Marianne Perie, American Institutes for Research
Gary Phillips, U.S. Department of Education
Valena W. Plisko, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Andrew C. Porter,* (chair) University of Wisconsin, Madison
Owen Power, Statistics Canada
Edys Quellmalz, SRI International
Francisco Ramirez, Stanford University
Senta A. Raizen, National Center for Improving Science Education
Stephen W. Raudenbush, University of Michigan
Iris Rotberg, George Washington University
Brian Rowan, University of Michigan
Laura Salganik, American Institutes for Research
Kathryn Scantlebury, National Science Foundation
William H. Schmidt, Michigan State University
Janet Ward Schofield,* University of Pittsburgh
Ramsay Selden, American Institutes for Research
Kusum Singh, Virginia Technical University
Marshall S. Smith, Stanford University
Thomas Smith, National Science Foundation
Ravay Snow-Renner, Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
Larry E. Suter, National Science Foundation, Division of Research on Education, Policy and Practice
Maria Teresa Tatto, Michigan State University
William L. Taylor, Attorney at Law, Washington, D.C.
Joseph Tobin,* University of Hawaii
Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland
Monica Ulewicz, Board on International Comparative Studies in Education, National Research Council
Arie van der Ploeg, North Central Regional Education Laboratory
Elizabeth VanderPutten, National Science Foundation
Hans Wagemaker, International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
Myriam Waiser, The World Bank
Patsy Wang-Iverson, Research for Better Schools
Trevor Williams, WESTAT
Alex Wiseman, Pennsylvania State University
Shu Jing Yen, Maryland Department of Education