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Measurement

Includes presentations relating to: measure development, assessment, statistical focus, observational methodology, science, and use of video.

2010:

Burchinal, M., (2010). Using Observational Measures to Improve Teacher Performance in Early Childhood Education Programs. Invited presentation to be presented at the 10th Annual Head Start Research Conference, Washington, DC.

2009:

Burchinal, M. (2009, March). Early childhood assessment: Why, what, and how. In W. R. Beardslee & R. Chalk (chairs). Recent studies on mental health, depression, and assessment of young children from the National Academy of Sciences. Invited symposium presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Downer, J., López, M., Hamagami, A., Howes, C., & Pianta, R. (2009, June). The Classroom Assessment Scoring System in dual language learner classrooms: Factor structure and predictive validity. Poster presented at the Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Downer, J., Lopez, M., Hamagami, A., Howes, C., & Pianta, R. (April, 2009). Investigating the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Within a DLL Subgroup From a Multi-State Study of Preschool Programs. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Hamre, B.K. (2009, October). Using Classroom Observation to Gauge Teacher Effectiveness: Evidenced-Based Decision Making. Invited presentation for the Measuring Teacher Effectiveness: Implications for California’s Race to the Top Workshop, sponsored by WestEd and REL-West. Sacramento, California.

Hamre, B.K. (2009, September). Effective Teacher-Student Interactions: An Overview of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS). Invited presentation for the Virginia Department of Education. Richmond, VA.

Vandergrift, N., Burchinal, M., & Pianta, R. (April, 2009). Threshold Analysis of Association Between Child Care Quality and Child Outcomes: Low-Income Children in Pre-Kindergarten. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

2008:

Burchinal, M. (2008, November) Presenting Data to Diverse Audiences: Many Evaluations With Varying Levels of Success. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Denver, CO.

Douglas, K., Roller, C., Pianta, R. (March, 2008). The science of observing child-teacher interactions in PK-3rd grade classrooms. Paper presented at annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Grimm, K., Curby, T., Pianta, R., Mashburn, A., Downer, J., Chomat-Mooney, L., & Hamre, B. (March, 2008). Partitioning Variance Associated with Classroom Observations. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Henry, A., Mashburn, A., Grimm, K., & Pianta, R. (March, 2008). Identifying thresholds of preschool quality that maximize children’s development. Poster/roundtable discussion. Annual Research Conference, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Crystal City, VA.

Mashburn, A. (March, 2008). Examining Issues of Reliability and Validity in the Measurement of Classroom Processes. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Pianta, R. (April, 2008). Opportunity in early education: Improving the quality of teacher-child interactions through classroom observation and professional development. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Pianta, R. (January, 2008). Developing the Next Wave of Quality Measures for Early Childhood and School-Age Programs. Presenter/Panelist, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.

Pianta, R. (May, 2008). Improving Impacts of Classrooms: Professional Development and Classroom Observation. Conference on Teacher Quality, Northwestern University, IL.

Pianta, R., & Downer, J. (June, 2008). Improving the quality of teacher-child interactions through focused observation and consultation. Presented at the Pre-Conference Research Symposium as part of NAEYC’s 17th Annual National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development in New Orleans, LA.

2007:

Meisels, S., Pianta, R., Jones, J., & Moore, M. (November, 2007). How assessment and standards can support states’ learning goals for young children. NAEYC 2007 Annual Conference & Expo, Chicago, IL.

Pianta, R. (July, 2007). Making early education opportunities work for kids and teachers: Professional development and classroom observation. International Attachment Conference, Braga, Portugal.

Pianta, R. (September, 2007). How can research and practice in school psychology matter for helping students and teachers? 2007 Distinguished Alumni Presentation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.