This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Activity Details
| 162 | Mon, 8/2/2010, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM | CC-214 (West) |
| Informing Education Policy Through Statistical Measurement — Topic Contributed Papers | ||
| Social Statistics Section , Section on Government Statistics | ||
| Organizer(s): Joseph J. Salvo, New York City Department of City Planning | ||
| Chair(s): Robert Parker, Statistical Consultant | ||
| 10:35 AM | Do Comparison Group Methods Replicate Experimental Impact Estimates in an Education Setting? A Charter School Evaluation Example — Kenneth Fortson, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ; Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ; Philip Gleason, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ; Emma Ernst, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. | |
| 10:55 AM | The Occasionally High Type I Error Rate of the Mantel-Haenszel Statistic Used in Detecting Differential Item Functioning and an Empirical Bayes Solution — Sandip Sinharay, Educational Testing Service ; Neil J. Dorans, Educational Testing Service | |
| 11:15 AM | Assessing Mathematical Achievement Using the ECLS-K Data: Does Rural Status Matter? — Laura A. Hildreth, Iowa State University | |
| 11:35 AM | Multivariate Tobit Analysis of Test-Score Ceiling Effects — Yan Yang, Arizona State University | |
| 11:55 AM | In Pursuit of Highly Qualified School Boards: Evidence from a National Survey of School Board Members and Superintendents — Mack Shelley, Iowa State University ; Dai-Trang Le, Iowa State University | |
| 12:15 PM | Floor Discussion | |
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