28th Annual Meeting - Agenda
8:15 a.m.
Registration
Room 404
9:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.
Opening Plenary Session
Room 401-403
Developing a Reliable and Valid AzMERIT Assessment: Where We’ve Been and Possible Future Directions
Stephan Ahadi, American Institutes for Research
10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Paper: Education Policy
Room 407
Different Choices: A Public School Community’s Responses to School Choice Reforms
Amanda U. Potterton, Arizona State University
Paper: Methodology/Research
Room 409
What Evidence is There that the Scores Used in Arizona to Determine ELL Need of Kindergarten Students are Valid?
Lietta Scott, Arizona Department of Education
Posters: Learning & Instruction
Room 411
Poster 1: Ha-ha and Hijinks: The Effects of Humor-Embedded Instruction
Melissa McCartney, University of Phoenix
Poster 2: Mentoring the Mentor
Pamelee Santesteban, Ann Nielsen, & Sarah Saltmarsh, Arizona State University
10:40 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Symposium
Room 401-403
Building Two-Way Roads: Knowledge Mobilization in and Beyond Arizona’s Systems of Education
Steven Zuiker, Arizona State University; Adai Tefera, Virginia Commonwealth University; Neils Piepgrass & Kevin Winn, Arizona State University
11:30 a.m.
Catered lunch provided by Assessment Technology, Incorporated in Room 401-403
12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.
Luncheon Plenary Session
Room 401-403
Psychometrics within a Shifting Sand Environment: Measuring Student Growth and Achievement in Arizona
Christine Guerrera Burnham, Assessment Technology Incorporated
1:00 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Skill-Building Workshop
Room 407
Mixing It Up: Combining Interviews and Surveys into Sound Mixed Method Evaluations
Hongxia Fu, Kerry Lawton, Audrey Beardsley & Wendy Barnard, Arizona State University
Papers: Post-Secondary
Room 409
Preservice Teachers’ Challenges with Slope After Using Motion Detectors
Terri L. Kurz, Arizona State University; Ivana Batarelo Kokic, University of Split, Croatia
Design in Transition: Positioning Pedagogical Intentions at the Center of Professional Development Workshops
Steven Zuiker & Adam Ingram-Goble, Arizona State University
Papers: K-12
Room 411
Move on When Reading- Policy and Practical Implications for Keeping the Bar Low
Ildiko Laczko-Kerr, Center for Student Achievement; Joe O'Reilly & Robert Carlisle, Mesa Public Schools; John Wilson, Tempe Elementary School District
Effective Writing Practices: What do Teachers Believe and Do?
John Wilson & Jeanne Wdowin, Tempe Elementary School District
2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
Symposium
Room 401-403
The Distance Between Desk and Home: The Policy and Finance Implications of School Choice Policies
David Garcia, Arizona State University; Ildiko Laczko-Kerr & Anabel Aportela, Center for Student Achievement
3:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
AERO Board Meeting
Room 401-403
Registration
Room 404
9:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.
Opening Plenary Session
Room 401-403
Developing a Reliable and Valid AzMERIT Assessment: Where We’ve Been and Possible Future Directions
Stephan Ahadi, American Institutes for Research
10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Paper: Education Policy
Room 407
Different Choices: A Public School Community’s Responses to School Choice Reforms
Amanda U. Potterton, Arizona State University
Paper: Methodology/Research
Room 409
What Evidence is There that the Scores Used in Arizona to Determine ELL Need of Kindergarten Students are Valid?
Lietta Scott, Arizona Department of Education
Posters: Learning & Instruction
Room 411
Poster 1: Ha-ha and Hijinks: The Effects of Humor-Embedded Instruction
Melissa McCartney, University of Phoenix
Poster 2: Mentoring the Mentor
Pamelee Santesteban, Ann Nielsen, & Sarah Saltmarsh, Arizona State University
10:40 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Symposium
Room 401-403
Building Two-Way Roads: Knowledge Mobilization in and Beyond Arizona’s Systems of Education
Steven Zuiker, Arizona State University; Adai Tefera, Virginia Commonwealth University; Neils Piepgrass & Kevin Winn, Arizona State University
11:30 a.m.
Catered lunch provided by Assessment Technology, Incorporated in Room 401-403
12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.
Luncheon Plenary Session
Room 401-403
Psychometrics within a Shifting Sand Environment: Measuring Student Growth and Achievement in Arizona
Christine Guerrera Burnham, Assessment Technology Incorporated
1:00 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Skill-Building Workshop
Room 407
Mixing It Up: Combining Interviews and Surveys into Sound Mixed Method Evaluations
Hongxia Fu, Kerry Lawton, Audrey Beardsley & Wendy Barnard, Arizona State University
Papers: Post-Secondary
Room 409
Preservice Teachers’ Challenges with Slope After Using Motion Detectors
Terri L. Kurz, Arizona State University; Ivana Batarelo Kokic, University of Split, Croatia
Design in Transition: Positioning Pedagogical Intentions at the Center of Professional Development Workshops
Steven Zuiker & Adam Ingram-Goble, Arizona State University
Papers: K-12
Room 411
Move on When Reading- Policy and Practical Implications for Keeping the Bar Low
Ildiko Laczko-Kerr, Center for Student Achievement; Joe O'Reilly & Robert Carlisle, Mesa Public Schools; John Wilson, Tempe Elementary School District
Effective Writing Practices: What do Teachers Believe and Do?
John Wilson & Jeanne Wdowin, Tempe Elementary School District
2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
Symposium
Room 401-403
The Distance Between Desk and Home: The Policy and Finance Implications of School Choice Policies
David Garcia, Arizona State University; Ildiko Laczko-Kerr & Anabel Aportela, Center for Student Achievement
3:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
AERO Board Meeting
Room 401-403
