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
