Lecture Series

“Hierarchical Models in Applied Statistics"
Shane Jensen, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, The Wharton School

"The Value of Applied Research in Education"
Steve Cantrell, Chief Officer, Director, REL Midwest, Learning Point Associates

"An Expanded Manipulability Account of Causal Inference in Non-Experimental Settings"
David Kaplan, Professor, Quantitative Methods, University of Wisconsin - Madison

"Using Randomized Control Trials to Develop Reading and Math Programs with Robust Effects: Two Programs of Research"
Doug & Lynn Fuchs, Nicholas Hobbs Professors of Special Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University

"Item Response Theory: Techniques for Scaling Assessments and Conducting Social Science Research"
William Skorupski, Assistant Professor, Research Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics, University of Kansas

“Theory Based Programming: Conceptually Informed Methods for Maximizing Achievement Outcomes in Urban Youth”
Margaret Beale-Spencer, Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

"Combining Interventions with Monitoring on a Large Scale to Change Schools in the UK: A Tale of Success and Challenges"
Peter Tymms, Professor, School of Education, Durham University, United Kingdom

“New Hope for Working Poor Families and Their Children: Mixed Methods Evidence for a Successful Support Program for Parents and Children”
Tom Weisner, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry (Semel Institute, Center for Culture & Health) and Anthropology, UCLA

“Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications”
Russ Cole, PhD Candidate, Policy, Management and Evaluation, IES Fellow

“What's Behind Being Behind?: The Use of Integrated Administrative Data for Educational Policy Research”
John Fantuzzo, Professor, Policy, Management and Evaluation Division, GSE and Whitney LeBoeuf, Doctoral Student, Education Policy, IES Fellow

“Understanding the Ways that Pre-College Outreach and State Grant Programs Shape College Opportunity for the Parents of Participating Students”
Laura Perna, Associate Professor, Higher Education Division, GSE, Rachel Fester, Doctoral Student, Higher Education, IES Fellow and Erin Walsh, Doctoral Student, Higher Education

“Surveys in Search of Quasi-Experimental Designs: An Example from Charter Schools”
Mark Berends, Associate Professor, Public Policy and Education, Vanderbilt University

Past Seminar Schedules