2007 Conference and Meeting Presentations

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December

National Invitational Conference of the Early Childhood Research Collaborative—Minneapolis, MN—December 7, 2007
Barbara Devaney: "WIC Turns 35: Program Effectiveness and Future Directions"

University of Michigan Education Policy Conference—Ann Arbor, MI—December 5, 2007
Steven Glazerman: "Collaborating with School Districts on Randomized Controlled Trials"

November

National Council of State Legislatures: Education Staff Network—Phoenix, AZ—November 30-December 2, 2007
Mark Dynarski: "Becoming a Savvy Consumer of Education Research" and "IES Data and Research Resources"

National Health Policy Forum—Washington, DC—November 30, 2007
Jim Verdier: "Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans Reauthorization: What Should Congress Consider?" PowerPoint | PDF of Slides

Purdue University Family Impact Seminar—Indianapolis, IN—November 19, 2007
Robert Wood: "Effective Dropout Prevention Strategies: What Does the Research Tell Us?"

Johns Hopkins University Health, Behavior, and Society Seminar—Baltimore, MD—November 15, 2007
Barbara Devaney: "Building Strong Families: Developing and Evaluating a Marriage and Relationship Education Program for Unmarried Parents"

National Conference of State Legislatures: Access to Care—Washington, DC—November 9, 2007
Debra Lipson: "Evaluation of Maine Dirigo Health Reform: Selection of Measures and Data to Assess Progress" Webcast | PowerPoint | PDF of Slides

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management—Washington, DC—November 8-10, 2007

Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference—Arlington, VA—November 5-7, 2007
James Mabli, John Czajka, and Karen Cunnyngham: "Attrition Bias in Panel Estimates of the Characteristics of Program Beneficiaries"
John Czajka: "Quality of Income Data in Household Surveys: Lessons From a Comparative Analysis"
Daniel Kasprzyk, Chair: Challenges and Strategies in Questionnaire Design

American Public Health Association—Washington, DC—November 3-7, 2007

October

New Jersey AAPOR Meeting—Princeton, NJ—October 30, 2007
John Hall: "Current Practices in Cell Phone Surveys: Sampling, Operations, and Weighting"

U.S. Department of Education Title I Independent Review Panel Meeting—Washington, DC—October 26, 2007
Roberto Agodini: "Evaluation of Elementary School Math Curricula: Study Update"

Michigan Family Impact Seminar—Lansing, MI—October 23, 2007
Jim Verdier: "Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care: Challenges and Opportunities for State Policymakers and Low-Income Individuals"

Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting—New Orleans—October 20-24, 2007
Daniel Finkelstein: "School Food Environments and Policies in U.S. Public Schools"

Conference on Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans: A Beneficiary Perspective—Lansing, MI—October 18, 2007
Jim Verdier: "Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans: Overview of Issues by Type of Plan"

University of Michigan, Department of Economics—Ann Arbor, MI—October 18, 2007
Sheena McConnell: "Using Vouchers for Training: Findings from the Individual Training Account Experiment"

American Health Information Community Consumer Empowerment Workgroup—Washington, DC—October 16, 2007
David Stapleton: "The Role of Personal Health Records in the Disability Policy Transition"

National Academy for State Health Policy—Denver, CO—October 14-16, 2007
Henry Ireys: "Using EQROs to Improve the Quality of Preventive and Developmental Services"
Carol Irvin, Randall Brown, and Sam Simon: "Research Design for the Money Follows the Person Evaluation"

Senate Finance Committee Briefing in Cooperation with AARP/AMA—Washington, DC—October 10, 2007
Marsha Gold: "Medicare Advantage in Rural Areas: Experience Under the MMA"

September

Labour Market Adjustment Workshop at McGill University—Montréal, Canada—September 28, 2007
Sheena McConnell: "Using Vouchers in Training Programs: Findings from the Individual Training Account Experiment"

Invitational SAMHSA/CMS Conference—Baltimore, MD—September 27-28, 2007
Henry Ireys: "Medicaid Eligibility After Release from State Institutions"
Jim Verdier: "Administration of Mental Health Services by Medicaid Agencies" and "Mental Health Services in Special Needs Plans: Integrated Care for Persons with Mental Disorders"

International Blaise Users Conference—Annapolis, MD—September 26-28, 2007
Mark Pierzchala: "Multi-Mode Surveys: Web/CATI/Paper" and "Survey Management: Advanced CATI Management/Time Slice Usage"
John Mamer and Leonard Hart: "Encrypting Blaise Data on Network Servers"
Mark Pierzchala, Chair: CATI and CATI Management

Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans Conference—Baltimore, MD—September 17-19, 2007
Jim Verdier: "The Evolving SNP Marketplace and the Role of States"

August

National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics—Charleston, WV—August 19-22, 2007

Unemployment Insurance National Tax Conference—San Diego, CA—August 13-16, 2007
Grace Roemer, Panelist: Data Validation

TANF Technical Assistance Workshop—Denver, CO—August 7-9, 2007
Michelle Derr: "Strategies for Increasing TANF Work Participation Rates" and "Employment-Based Strategies for TANF Recipients with Disabilities"

Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society—Santa Clara, CA—August 2-5, 2007
Heather Koball: "The Social and Economic Integration of Rural Latino Immigrant Families" and "Measuring Rural Immigrant Incorporation"

July

Joint Statistical Meetings—Salt Lake City, UT—July 29-August 2, 2007

Birth to Five Policy Alliance—Chicago, IL—July 24, 2007
John Love: "Lessons from the 0-3 and Prekindergarten Follow-Up Phases of the Early Head Start Evaluation"

Reaching, Retaining, and Serving Low-Income Beneficiaries Conference—Las Vegas, NV—July 23-24, 2007
Jim Verdier: "Forging Successful Partnerships Between Health Plans and the States"

National Women's Law Center—Washington, DC—July 19, 2007
Diane Paulsell: "Strategies for Supporting Quality in Kith and Kin Child Care: Findings from the Early Head Start Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Evaluation"

Georgetown University Public Policy Forum—Washington, DC—July 19, 2007
Margaret Sullivan: "The 900-Pound Gorilla: Charters and the Behavioral Response of Public Schools"

Global Development Network Mid-Year Workshop—New Delhi, India—July 18-20, 2007
Steven Glazerman, Respondent: Promoting Innovative Programs from the Developing World: Towards Realizing the Health MDGs in Africa and Asia

Workforce Innovations 2007: Beyond Boundaries—Kansas City, MO—July 17-19, 2007
Sheena McConnell: "How Faith-Based, Community-Based, and Workforce System Collaboration Can Help the 'Hardest-to-Serve' Succeed at Work" and "Serving Ex-Offenders—Successful Strategies for Increasing Employment and Reducing Recidivism"
Gretchen Kirby: "Using Customer-Managed Accounts as Tools to Engage Workers in Training and Reemployment"

June

Congressional Budget Office Briefing—Washington, DC—June 22, 2007
Randy Brown, Debbie Peikes, Arnold Chen, and Jennifer Schore: "Can Care Coordination (CC) Help Control Medicare Costs?"

National Health Policy Forum—Washington, DC—June 22, 2007
Marsha Gold: "Medicare Advantage in 2007: What Congress Intended?"

African American Healthy Marriage Initiative Healthy People, Healthy Families: Connecting Marriage Research to Practice Conference—Chapel Hill, NC—June 19-21, 2007
Robin Dion, Speaker: The ACF Research Update: Lessons Learned from the Building Strong Families and Community Healthy Marriage Initiative Evaluations

National Changing Diabetes Program Briefing—Washington, DC—June 19, 2007
Marsha Gold and Ronette Briefel: "A Study of Federal Spending on Diabetes: An Opportunity for Federal Leadership in Diabetes"

Third International Conference on Establishment Surveys—Québec, Canada—June 18-21, 2007

Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference—Washington, DC—June 7-8, 2007
John Burghardt, Peter Schochet, and Christine Ross: "Early Reading First: The Results from the Congressionally Mandated Evaluation"
Mark Dynarski: "Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software: Findings from the First Student Cohort"

National Poverty Center Conference—The Impact of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations on the Lives of Low-Income Families—Washington, DC—June 7, 2007
Diane Paulsell, Jeffrey Max, Michelle Derr, and Andrew Burwick: "Faith- and Community-Based Services: How Can They Complement the Public Workforce Investment System?"

ACF/OPRE Welfare Research & Evaluation Conference—Arlington, VA—June 4-6, 2007

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting—Orlando, FL—June 3-5, 2007

May

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Annual Conference—Washington, DC—May 30-June 2, 2007
Alan Hershey: "Building Strong Families: Testing Marriage and Relationship Skills Education for Unmarried Couples"

Joint National Conference on Mental Health Block Grant and National Conference on Mental Health Statistics—Washington, DC—May 30-June 1, 2007
Jim Verdier, Allison Barrett, and Sarah Davis: "Administration of Mental Health Services Under Medicaid"

National Learning Network—Webcast—May 24, 2007
Mark Dynarski: "Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software: Findings from the First Student Cohort"

American Association for Public Opinion Research—Anaheim, CA—May 16-20, 2007

Software Information Industry Association—Webcast—May 15, 2007
Mark Dynarski and Roberto Agodini: "Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software: Findings from the First Student Cohort"

National Summit on America's “Silent Epidemic”—Washington, DC—May 9, 2007
Mark Dynarski: "Dropout Prevention"

California WIC Association Annual Conference—San Jose, CA—May 7-9, 2007
Barbara Devaney, Panelist: Getting Results in WIC!

Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Medicare—Arlington, VA—May 7-8, 2007
Jim Verdier: "Integration of Medicare and Medicaid Through SNPs: Opportunities for States"

National Association for Children's Behavioral Health Annual Meeting—Washington, DC—May 6-9, 2007
Henry Ireys: "Public Financing of Home and Community Services for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance"

Society for Labor Economists Annual Meeting—Chicago, IL—May 4-5, 2007
Duncan Chaplin: "Why Women Have Higher Attainments in Post-Secondary Education Than Men"

April

Experimental Biology Annual Meeting—Washington, DC—April 28-May 2, 2007
Melissa Clark: "The National School Lunch Program, Beverage Consumption, and Child Obesity"
Mary Kay Crepinsek: "Review of the Dietary Reference Intakes for Selected Nutrients: Implications for Food and Nutrition Policy"
Rhoda Cohen: "Development of a Brief Questionnaire on Dietary Behavior for Use in Low-Income Populations"

National Nutrient Databank Conference—Washington, DC—April 27, 2007
Mary Kay Crepinsek: "Using the Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies to Analyze the Nutrient Content of School Meals"

National Health Policy Forum Meeting—Washington, DC—April 27, 2007
Donna Pavetti, Panelist: Ten Years After Welfare Reform: How Is TANF Working for Needy Families?

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting—Chicago, IL—April 9-13, 2007

March

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting—Boston, MA—March 29-April 1, 2007

National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality: Newborn Hearing Screening Learning Collaborative—Salt Lake City, UT—March 28-29, 2007
Shanna Shulman: "Newborn Hearing Screening Learning Session 3: Results from the HRSA UNHSI Evaluation"

Annual Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference—Salt Lake City, UT—March 26-27, 2007
Shanna Shulman and Melanie Besculides: "Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Evaluation"

American Education Finance Association Annual Conference—Baltimore, MD—March 22-24, 2007
Daniel Player: "Are Public Schools Really Losing Their "Best"? Assessing the Career Transitions of Teachers and Their Implications for the Quality of the Teacher Workforce" Abstract and "Monetary Returns to Academic Ability in the Public Teacher Labor Market" Abstract
Duncan Chaplin: "Gender Gaps in College and High School Graduation by Race, Combining Public and Private Schools" Paper; Abstract
Steve Glazerman, Chair: Teacher Pay: Alternative Policy Measures

Vanderbilt University: Issues in the Induction and Mentoring of New Teachers—Nashville, TN—March 22, 2007
Steve Glazerman: "Using a Randomized Controlled Trial to Study Teacher Induction"

State Solutions Summit: An Initiative to Improve Enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs—Washington, DC—March 20-22, 2007
Debra Lipson, Panelist: Has Medicare Savings Program Enrollment Increased as a Result of Part D?
Debra Lipson: "Do the Doors to Low-Income Subsidy Lead to Medicare Savings Program (or Vice Versa)?"

The Kaiser Family Foundation Medicare Policy Workshop—Washington, DC —March 16, 2007
Marsha Gold, Participant: Examine Rapid Rise of Private Fee-For-Service Plans and Implications for Beneficiaries and the Program Video

International Center of Mental Health Policy and Economics Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry—Venice, Italy—March 9-11, 2007
Benjamin Cook: "Trends in Mental Health Care Disparities, 2000-2004"

Federal Computer Assisted Survey Information Conference—Washington, DC—March 6-8, 2007
Mark Pierzchala, Panelist: Which Technologies and Methodological Developments Should We Emphasize for the Next Decade?
Mark Pierzchala and Debra Wright, Coordinators: Multimode Survey Management
David DesRoches and Tom Barton: "Transitioning Panel Respondents From CATI to Web: The Kauffman Firm Survey Experience"
Kirsten Barrett, Panelist: Individualized CAI Interviews and Web Designs: Adapting CAI to Individual Respondent and Interviewer Needs
Kirsten Barrett, Anne Ciemnecki, Karen Cybulski, and Jason Markesich: "Simple Survey Modifications Increase Accessibility"

Research & Training Center for Children's Mental Health Annual Research Conference—Tampa, FL—March 4-7, 2007
Jonathan Brown: "African American and Hispanic Parents' Attitudes about Children's Mental Health Services in Primary Care Settings"

February

National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies Annual Policy Symposium—Washington, DC—February 27-March 3, 2007
Diane Paulsell: "Kith and Kin Child Care: Strategies for Assessing and Improving Quality"

Alliance for Health Reform and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Capitol Hill Briefing—Washington, DC—February 26, 2007
Judith Wooldridge: "What Covering Kids and Families Tells Us About SCHIP" Webcast

National Health Policy Conference Adjunct Meeting—Washington, DC—February 14, 2007
Deborah Chollet, Instructor: Minicourse: Health Policy Tools and Techniques—"Modeling Policy Options"

Food Assistance Research Conference: Recent Findings and Emerging Issues—Washington, DC—February 13, 2007
Barbara Devaney: "A Re-Examination of the Dietary Reference Intakes"

January

Families USA Health Action Conference—Washington, DC—January 25-27, 2007
Marsha Gold: Medicare's New Alphabet Soup: Mm'm Good?

Great Expectations Symposium: How Can Assessment and Quality Systems Support States' Learning Goals for Young Children?—Chicago, IL—January 24, 2007
John Love: "Making Choices that Balance Considerations of Early Learning Standards, Assessment, and Accountability"

Eighth Annual Global Development Conference—Beijing, China—January 14-16, 2007
Steven Glazerman, Discussant: Quasi-Experimental Methods in Program Evaluation

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