The Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences
at Northwestern University
is pleased to invite you to a conference on
Harnessing Student-Level Datasets for Policy-Relevant Studies
The IES-funded Multidisciplinary Program in Education Science (MPES) at Northwestern University is hosting a one-day conference on May 21, 2010 regarding the use of student-level administrative datasets in education research. In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the number and quality of administrative student-level datasets collected at the state and local levels, and it is a high priority of the U.S. Department of Education to facilitate development of these datasets for the purposes of policy and research. The 2010 MPES conference will highlight a number of different ways in which these administrative data have been creatively and effectively used to study first-order policy-relevant research questions at the K-12 and higher education levels. We have invited a series of highly-regarded scholars from several disciplines and are pleased to announce them:
“College Remediation”
Eric Bettinger, Associate Professor of Economics and Education from the Stanford School of Education
“Value Added in High and Low Poverty Schools: Implications for Management and Policy”
Jane Hannaway, Director of the Education Policy Center at The Urban Institute
“Constrained Job Matching: Does Teacher Job Search Harm Disadvantaged Urban Schools?
Eric A. Hanushek, the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow from the Hoover Institution of Stanford University
“Using Research to Build Capacity in Urban School Systems: The Consortium on Chicago School Research’s Postsecondary”
Melissa Roderick, Herman Dunlap Smith Professor from the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
Friday, May 21, 2010*
8:15 AM- 2:00 PM
Hotel Orrington
Evanston, IL
*Registration is required by Monday, May 3rdby emailing the enclosed form to . Breakfast and lunch will be served. For more information, please contact Eleanor Tushman at 847-467-1228 or
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