Arlington, Va., Nov. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and IMPAQ will present at several sessions during the annual Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) research conference, being held virtually November 11-13, 2020. APPAM is an organization dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis and education.
AIR and IMPAQ staff will contribute to 21 live sessions on a variety of conference tracks, including Health; Education; Natural Resource, Energy and Environmental Policy; Employment and Training Programs; Public and Non-Profit Management and Finance; Family and Child Policy; and Methods and Tools of Analysis. (IMPAQ is a wholly owned subsidiary of AIR.)
This is APPAM’s 42nd annual Fall Research Conference, and the theme for this year is “Research Across the Policy Lifecycle: Formulation, Implementation, Evaluation and Back Again.”
Sessions featuring AIR and IMPAQ presentations are listed below, and can be found on the APPAM conference website via the online searchable program.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11
11:00 – 11:55 a.m. EST
Panel: Long Term Care Options for the Elderly (Health)
Paper: Impact of Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services on Elderly Care Utilization and Health Outcomes
AIR Presenter: Aditi Pathak
Location: Room 30
Panel: Policies and Practice Shaping Post-Secondary Enrollment and Outcomes (Education)
AIR Discussant: Benjamin Backes
AIR Presenter: Umut Ozek
Location: Room 8
Panel: Online Learning and Technology in the Age of COVID (Education)
AIR Presenters/Authors: Thomas De Hoop, Hannah Ring, Garima Siwach, Paula Dias, Victoria Rothbard and Anais Toungui
Location: Room 6
12:00 – 12:55 p.m. EST
Panel: The Multidimensional Nature of Teacher Effectiveness: Evidence and Policy Implications (Education)
Paper: Front End to Back End: Do Preservice Mentor Characteristics Predict Inservice Teacher Retention?
AIR Author: Roddy Theobald
Location: Room 6
1:00 – 1:55 p.m. EST
Panel: Understanding the Career Trajectories of School Leaders to Improve Student Outcomes (Education)
Paper: Do More Effective Teachers Become More Effective Principals?
AIR Presenters/Authors: Dan Goldhaber, Kristian Holden and Bingjie Chen
Location: Room 5
Roundtable: Is There a Path to Reliable Benefit-Cost Analysis in Education? (Education)
AIR Speaker: Jesse Levin
Location: Room 10
THURSDAY, NOV. 12
11:00 – 11:55 a.m. EST
Panel: Benefits and Costs of Early Childhood Education (Education)
Paper: Highscope Preschool Curriculum and Professional Development Efficacy Study
AIR Presenters/Authors: Eboni Howard, Darrick Yee, Emily Weinberg, Burhan Ogut and Dong Hoon Lee
Location: Room 6
AIR Presenter/Author: Allison Dymnicki
Location: Room 12
12:00 – 12:55 p.m. EST
Paper: Health and the City: Urban Congestion and Air Pollution in Brazil
AIR Presenter: Romina Tome
Location: Room 20
1:00 – 1:55 p.m. EST
Panel: Exploring Teacher Effectiveness for Students with Disabilities (Education)
AIR Organizer/Author: Roddy Theobald
AIR Authors: Dan Goldhaber and Kristian Holden
Location: Room 6
Panel: Implementation, Outcomes and Equity in Online Instruction in High Schools (Education)
AIR Presenters/Authors: Jordan Rickles, Drew Atchison, Peggy Clements, Iliana Brodziak de los Reyesand Jessica Heppen
Location: Room 5
Paper: Accounting for Missing Data and Differential History Threats: CITs in the Time of COVID-19
AIR Presenters/Authors: Ryan T. Williams and Andrew P. Swanlund
Location: Room 18
2:00 – 2:55 p.m. EST
Paper: What Role Is There for Quick-Turnaround, Intervention Improvement Research in 2021?
AIR Presenter: Samia Amin
Location: Room 12
Panel: Engaging Diverse Citizens (Public and Non-Profit Management and Finance)
AIR Presenter: Heinrich Hock
Location: Room 28
Paper: Microsimulation Model for Paid Leave – an Application on Low-Wage Workers
IMPAQ Presenters/Authors: Minh Huynh, Chris Li Zhang, Luke Patterson, Mike Trinh and Sandeep Shetty
Location: Room 13
FRIDAY, NOV. 13
11:00 – 11:55 a.m. EST
Panel: Child Welfare Beyond Child Protective Services (Family and Child Policy)
Paper: The Safe Babies Court Team Evaluation: Changing the Trajectories of Children in Foster Care
AIR Presenters/Authors: Ann-Marie Faria, Jill Bowdon, Jameela Conway-Turner, Tina Ryznar, Jingtong Pan, Laura Michaelson, Taletha Derrington, Billie Day and Jill Walston
Location: Room 14
Paper: The Relative Return of Credit – and Noncredit-Bearing Educational Attainment
AIR Presenters/Authors: Candace Hamilton Hester and Sami Kitmitto
Location: Room 11
12:00 – 12:55 p.m. EST
Paper: Startups for Unemployment? A Randomized Control Trial Study in Florida
IMPAQ Presenters/Authors: Neha Nanda, Carolyn Corea and Ann Middleton
Location: Room 12
1:00 – 1:55 p.m. EST
Panel: Examining and Addressing Inequity in K-12 (Education)
AIR Discussant: Christina LiCalsi
AIR Authors: Dan Goldhaber and Umut Ozek
Location: Room 10
2:00 – 2:55 p.m. EST
Panel: Lottery-Based Evaluations of Early Education Programs: Opportunities and Challenges (Education)
AIR Presenters/Authors: Karen Manship, Ann-Marie Faria and Juliette Berg
Location: Room 6
Panel: Supporting Social and Emotional Learning Outcomes for Students (Education)
AIR Panel Chair/Author: David Osher
AIR Presenters/Authors: Christina LiCalsi and Paul Bailey
Location: Room 9
About AIR
Established in 1946, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance both domestically and internationally in the areas of education, health and the workforce. AIR’s work is driven by its mission to generate and use rigorous evidence that contributes to a better, more equitable world. With headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, AIR has offices across the U.S. and abroad. For more information, visit www.air.org.