Educational Research as Public Scholarship

Educational Research as

Public Scholarship

2016NCAREAnnualMeetingUniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte

Charlotte,NCFebruary11‐12,2016

NCARE2016–Charlotte,NC‐page2

2016TableofContents Welcome 3

Programat‐a‐Glance 6

2016KeynoteSpeaker 7

2015PaperAwardWinners 8

Pre‐ConferenceWorkshops 9

OpeningReceptionandPosterSession 10

GeneralConference 11

2016PaperAwardOpportunities 17

JournalofAppliedEducationalandPolicyResearch 18

Coverimage“DayAfterDay”byAliciaDunn(2014),availablefromhttp://aliciadunnart.com/artwork/3544242‐Day‐After‐Day.html


Welcometothe2016AnnualMeetingoftheNorthCarolinaAssociationforResearchinEducation!

DearColleagues,Welcome!IamdelightedthatyouarehereinCharlotte‐andatmyhomeinstitution,theUniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte‐toparticipateinthe2016annualmeetingoftheNorthCarolinaAssociationforResearchinEducation(NCARE).Weareexcitedtoofferaprogramthatincludestwopre‐conferenceworkshops,anopeningreceptionandpostersessionwithover20posters,alongwith35paperpresentationsbyeducationalresearchersacrossNorthCarolina.Establishedover40yearsagoin1974asthestateaffiliateoftheAmericanEducationalResearchAssociation(AERA),NCAREworkstoimprovethequalityofeducationinNorthCarolinathroughresearchandevaluation.Thisyear’sconferencetheme,“EducationalResearchasPublicScholarship”,isalignedwiththatoftheAERAandemphasizestheroleofeducationalresearchersinNorthCarolinaas“publicscholarswhocontributetopublicunderstanding,politicaldebate,andprofessionalpractice”inourstateandbeyond.Ourpaperandpostersessions,andthelunchkeynoteaddressbyDr.RoslynMickelson,aredesignedtoadvancediscourseandcollaborationonthistheme.ThankyoutotheNCAREboardmembersandvolunteerswhoassistedwithconferenceplanningandproposalreview,andtoourtwomajorsponsors;theUNCCharlotteCollegeofEducationandtheThayerSchoolofEducationatWingateUniversity;fortheirgenerousfinancialsupport.Bestwishesforaproductiveandintellectuallystimulatingconference!

SandraL.Dika2015‐2016NCAREPresident‐ElectUniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte


2015‐2016NCAREBoardofDirectorsPRESIDENTEddieL.CaseWingateUniversity

K‐12REPRESENTATIVEShawnClemmonsHickoryCitySchools

PASTPRESIDENTChristopherI.CobitzWingateUniversity

NCDPIREPRESENTATIVEVinettaBellDivisionofData,Research,&FederalPolicy

PRESIDENT‐ELECTSandraL.DikaUNCCharlotte

HIGHEREDUCATIONREPRESENTATIVERandallPenfieldUNCGreensboro

TREASURERJudithM.PennyGuilfordCountySchools

AT‐LARGEMEMBERJasonGierschUNCCharlotte

SECRETARYJenniferR.McGeeAppalachianStateUniversity

AT‐LARGEMEMBER*MelanieKeelWingateUniversity

AT‐LARGEMEMBERLeslieR.ZenkUNCCharlotte

*MyronD.White(NCA&TStateUniversity)servedinthisrolefromApril‐October2015

2016ConferenceCommitteeandVolunteersPROGRAMCHAIRSandraL.Dika,UNCCharlotte

CONFERENCEPLANNING&LOGISTICSEddieL.Case,WingateUniversityChristopherI.Cobitz,WingateUniversityJasonGiersch,UNCCharlotteJudithM.Penny,GuilfordCountySchoolsLeslieR.Zenk,UNCCharlotte

PROPOSALREVIEWERSTempesttAdams,UNCCharlotteKiranBudhrani,UNCCharlotteJasonGiersch,UNCCharlotteTiffanyHollis,UNCCharlotteEstefaníaLema‐Moreira,Univ.daCoruñaBethanyMeighen,UNCGeneralAdmin.NhuNguyen,UNCCharlotteTerriPeoples,CumberlandCountySchools

DrewPolly,UNCCharlotteNedaPouraskari,UNCCharlotteCeolaRossBaber,NCA&TStateUniversityShuyingSha,UNCGreensboroDelphiaSmith,UNCCharlotteLisaSouther,Iredell‐StatesvilleSchoolsKathrynWagner,UNCCharlotteZuifangZuo,UNCCharlotte

ONSITEVOLUNTEERSTempesttAdams,UNCCharlotteMonicaAllen,UNCCharlotteKiranBudhrani,UNCCharlotteRosalbaEsparragoza,UNCCharlotteTiffanyHollis,UNCCharlotteCathyHowell,UNCCharlotteW.DerrickJohnson,UNCCharlotte

ThanhLe,UNCCharlotteMariaLeahy,UNCCharlotteChingYiKuo,UNCCharlotteNhuNguyen,UNCCharlotteElaineO’Reilly,UNCCharlotteAliciaReid,UNCCharlotteAprilSmith,UNCCharlotte


Thankyoutoour2016sponsors…

CollegeofEducation

ThayerSchoolofEducation


ProgramAt‐A‐Glance

Thursday,February11,2016–afternoonCollegeofHealth&HumanServices(CHHS)

2:00–4:45 ConcurrentPre‐ConferenceWorkshops

SessionA(CHHS295)–Introductiontoprogramevaluationstrategies

Dr.RichLambert,Director,CenterforEducationalMeasurementandEvaluation

SessionB(CHHS290)–ConductingresearchinurbaneducationsettingsDr.StephenHancock,AssistantDirector,UrbanEducationCollaborative**thissessionwillfinishat4:00PM

5:00–7:00 OpeningReceptionandPosterSession‐CHHS128

Friday,February12,2016–alldayStudentActivityCenter(SAC),3rdFloor

8:00‐9:00 RegistrationandContinentalBreakfast(PrefunctionArea)

9:00–9:30 WelcomeandBusinessMeeting(SalonsA&B)

9:30–10:45 PaperBreakoutSessionI(SalonsC‐D‐E)

10:45–11:00 Break(PrefunctionArea)

11:00–12:15 PaperBreakoutSessionII(SalonsC‐D‐E)

12:15–1:30 BuffetLunch,PaperAwardsPresentation,andKeynoteAddressbyDr.RoslynMickelson(SalonsA&B)

1:30–2:15 TopicRoundtables(SalonsA&B)

2:15–2:30 Break(PrefunctionArea)

2:30–3:45 PaperBreakoutSessionIII(SalonsC‐D‐E)

3:45–4:00 ClosingandFarewell(SalonsA&B)Annotatedcampusmapavailableathttp://www.ncare.us


2016KeynoteSpeakerDr.RoslynArlinMickelson

Dr.RoslynArlinMickelson, Professor of Sociology at theUniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte,hasbeencitedbyand/orquotedinleadingnewspapersandmagazinesintheUnited States (such as Time, Newsweek, New York Times,WallStreetJournal,ChicagoTribune,andWashingtonPost),aswellasbyleadingmediainCanada,France,Brazil,Cuba,and South Africa. Notably, Dr. Mickelson and her researchwere referenced in a Supreme Court decision on schoolracialcomposition.ShehasalsoservedasaconsultanttotheNorth Carolina State Board of Education and to theSuperintendent of Public Instruction. Her work trulyexemplifies the 2016 NCARE conference theme of“EducationalResearchasPublicScholarship”.

Inadditionaltonumerousawards,Dr.Mickelsonwasbestowedtherareanddistinguishedtitle of Chancellor's Professor at UNC Charlotte in 2014 to recognize her outstandingscholarly achievements. In 2015, Dr.Mickelson was also honored with the Elizabeth G.Cohen Distinguished Career in Applied Sociology of Education Award, awarded by theSociologyofEducationSIGoftheAmericanEducationalResearchAssociation.Mickelson’s 2015 publication, “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: School Desegregationand Resegregation in Charlotte”, co‐edited with Stephen Samuel Smith and Amy HawnNelson,providesacompellinganalysisoftheforcesandchoicesthathaveshapedthetrendtoward the resegregation of public schools. The book recounts the last forty years ofCharlotte’s desegregation and resegregation, putting education reform in political andeconomic context. At the core of Charlotte’s story is the relationship between socialstructureandhumanagency,withanemphasisonhowyesterday’sdecisionsandactionsdefinetoday’schoices.


2015PaperAwardWinners

NCAREDistinguishedPaperAward

“RationalResponses:HowTeachersReacttoHigh‐StakesTestsintheContextofAcademicTrackingandtheLongTermEffects”JasonGiersch,Ph.D.AssistantProfessor,PoliticalScienceandPublicAdministrationUniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteBecausehighschoolstudentsareroutinelysegregatedintohonorsandnon‐honors academic tracks, teachers have opportunities to provide

differentinstructiontodifferentgroupsofstudentsbasedonthoseteachers’assessmentsofwhateachclassneedsintermsofpreparationforhigh‐stakestests.Thefirstpartofthismixedmethodsstudyusesinterviewsofhighschoolteacherstofindouthowtheychangetheir instructionbetweenhonorsandnon‐honorsclasses in thecontextofaccountabilitypolicies. Results indicate that teachers treat the two tracks very differently, typicallyplacing much greater emphasis on test preparation in non‐honors classes and moreenrichment and higher‐learning activities in honors courses. The second part is a large‐scaleanalysisofthelong‐termconsequencesofthesedifferentteachingpractices.Resultssuggestthatrelativetohonorsstudents,thosestudentsinnon‐honorscourseswhodowellon standardized assessments are not as well prepared as honors students with similarscores. I conclude that the overemphasis on test preparation is producing non‐honorsstudentswhosetestscoressuggesttheyarepreparedforcollegeevenwhentheyarenot.

MarvinWyneOutstandingStudentPaperAward

“Identity,Race,andGenderinScienceTeacherEducation”ScottGartlanDoctoralCandidate,EducationalLeadershipUniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteTeacherprofessionaldevelopmentisavitalpartofthegrowthofscienceteachersthroughouttheircareers.Littleresearchhasinvestigatedlivedexperiencesofscienceteachers,particularlythoseengagedincurrent

professionaldevelopmentactivities.Usingpositionalidentityasatheoreticalframeworkthecurrentstudyexaminedtherolethatrace,genderandageplayinthelivesofthreescienceteacherstakingpartintheCharlotteTeachersInstituteseminars.Aninterviewprotocolwasusedtoaddressprofessionaldevelopmentactivities,pastexperiencesandrelationships,andpositionalidentity.Narrativeanalysiswasusedtoidentifythemesthatemergedfromtheseteachers’experiences.Findingsincludedtheexperiencesofenteringscienceeducation,learningscienceandbeinga(black)femalescientist.Implicationsforprofessionaldevelopmentforscienceteachersarediscussed.


THURSDAY,FEBRUARY11‐CollegeofHealth&HumanServices(CHHS)

2:00–4:45 ConcurrentPre‐ConferenceWorkshops

Pre‐registrationisrequired,noadditionalcosttoregularconferenceregistration.

SessionA(CHHS295)–Introductiontoprogramevaluationstrategies

Dr.RichLambert,Director,CenterforEducationalMeasurementandEvaluation SessionB(CHHS290)–Conductingresearchinurbaneducationsettings

Dr.StephenHancock,AssistantDirector,UrbanEducationCollaborative**thissessionwillfinishat4:00PM

5:00–7:00OpeningReceptionandPosterSession

CHHS128

Complimentarybeer,wine,andlighthorsd’oeuvresforconferenceregistrants.PosterPresenters(alphabeticalorder)

ExperiencesintheEarlyCollegeMovement‐VoicesofBlackMalesTempesttAdams,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteInvestigatingtheRoleofStudent/FacultyInteractionsandPersistenceinEngineeringMonicaAllen,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteCommunityCollegeKnowns…andUnknownsAdamAtwell,HowardSimms,&ThanhLe,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteEmergingPatternsofParticipationInsideandOutsideMOOCsKiranBudhrani,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteEvaluatingLearnerEngagementinaVocationalEducationMOOCinthePhilippinesKiranBudhrani,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteStudyontheCornerstoneofChineseHigherEducationPolicyTengtengCai,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteReframingtheConversation:EvaluatingtheImpactofaCourseinScienceCommunicationandOutreachonGraduateStudentsintheLifeSciencesLenoraCrabtree,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteCivicsCourseRequirementsandYoungVoterTurnoutChristopherDong&JasonGiersch,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteDeterminingtheEffectivenessofGamesforRetainingVocabularyinMiddleSchoolEnglishLanguageLearnersLaurieDymes&KathrynWagner,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte


THURSDAY,FEBRUARY11‐CollegeofHealthandHumanServices

PosterPresenters(alphabeticalorder,continued)HowNorthCarolina'sFormulaforGradingSchoolsDisadvantagestheDisadvantagedJasonGiersch,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteImpactofReceivinganAssociate'sDegreeonWagesSamuelGrubbs,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteBehavioralIntegrity+Credibility=Trust[anecessaryfunctionfor]MotivatingLanguageTheoryWilliamHolmes,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatWilmingtonExaminingtheEffectivenessofPerformanceLearningCentersinNorthCarolinathroughStudentPerceptionandStudentSuccessTedKaniuka,FayettevilleStateUniversity&VernonLowery,CumberlandCountySchoolsESSA:ImplicationsforTeacherEducationRebekahKelleher,WingateUniversityStudentandTeacherPerspectivesonEngagementinanUrbanHighSchoolBrendaMcMahon,SandraDika,&NedaPouraskari,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlottePsychosocialAdjustmentforTransferStudentsinaPsychologyMajorElaineO'Reilly,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteTeachingStrategiesforEnglishasaSecondLanguageStudentsandEnglishLanguageLearnersPutintoPracticeMarlowePayne,WingateUniversityIslamophobiaandtheExperiencesofFemaleMuslimCollegeStudentswhowearHeadCoveringNedaPouraskari,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteEdCamp:AConstructivistApproachtoProfessionalDevelopmentRebeccaShore&DebraMorris,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteExaminingStudent‐FacultyInteractionswithStudentsofColoratPredominantlyWhiteInstitutionsAprilSmith,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteIntersectionsofAcademicPolicyandInstitutionalCultureLeslieR.Zenk,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte


FRIDAY,FEBRUARY12‐StudentActivityCenter,3rdFloor

8:00–9:00RegistrationandContinentalBreakfast

Breakfastincludescoffee,tea,juice,andassortedpastriesandmuffins.On‐siteregistrationis$85formembers($105forprofessionalnon‐members;$95forstudentnon‐members).Wecanacceptcredit/debitcardsorcheckspayabletoNCARE.

9:00–9:30WelcomeandBusinessMeeting(SalonA&B)

Welcomeandintroductionof2015‐2016NCAREBoard–SandraL.Dika,President‐

ElectandConferenceProgramChair WelcomefromUNCCharlotteCollegeofEducation–DeanEllenMcIntyre NCAREBusinessMeeting–EddieCase,President

9:30–10:45PaperBreakoutSessionI(SalonsC‐D‐E)OutcomesforSpecialPopulations(SalonC)

TiffanyHollis,ModeratorCapturingtheDiversityofEnglishLanguageLearners'CulturalandLinguisticBackgroundsandtheInfluenceonAcademicAchievementCarolynGilbert,GuilfordCountySchoolsExaminingDifferentialItemFunctioninginanAuthentic,Performance‐basedMeasureforSubgroupsofYoungDualLanguageLearnersSubgroupsofYoungDualLanguageLearnersDo‐HongKim,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteRichardG.Lambert,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteDianeC.Burts,LouisianaStateUniversityTheEffectsoftheCIRCLESInteragencyCollaborationModelonStudentSelf‐DeterminationAmyKemp‐Inman,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteNorthCarolinaPost‐SchoolOutcomes:Indicator14ResultsToshaOwens,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte



9:30–10:45PaperBreakoutSessionI(SalonsC‐D‐E)LeadershipandPolicy(SalonD)

ThanhLe,ModeratorAStudyoftheLimitationsofTeacherIncentiveFundingChristopherI.Cobitz,WingateUniversityFactorsConducivetoBecomingaSchoolPrincipal:PerspectivesofGermanandUSAPrincipalsDawsonR.Hancock,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteUlrichMüller,PädagogischeHochschuleLudwigsburgUniversityofEducation,GermanyChuangWang,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteSkillsandCharacteristicsofSuccessfulLeaders:LessonsfromTwoSustainedSuccessfulCharterSchoolLeadersMariaM.Leahy,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte

ExaminingDynamicLeadership:AMixedMethodsAnalysisofOrganizationalEffectivenessMyronD.White,ColonialLifeInsuranceCompany

EvaluationAcrossContexts(SalonE)

ChingYiKuo,ModeratorImplementingHealthandWellnessProgramsinPublicSchools:ResearchFindingsandLessonsLearnedAndriaShook,SanDiegoUniversityJoanneG.Carman,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteEvaluatingHealthandWellnessPrograms:ChallengesandLessonsLearnedJoanneG.Carman,UNCCharlotteAndriaShook,SanDiegoUniversity

ExploratoryFactorAnalysisandEvaluationofa3DPrintingEntrepreneurshipModuleforHealthCareEducationDavidHollar,PfeifferUniversityNurOnvural,PfeifferUniversityTheEffectivenessofaProgramEvaluationCourseinBuildingEvaluationCapacityTamaraM.Walser,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatWilmington

10:45–11:00Break–coffeeandtea



11:00–12:15PaperBreakoutSessionII(SalonsC‐D‐E)

Symposium:DisparityAnalysis(SalonC)

JasonGiersch,ModeratorDisparityAnalysis:PredictionsandComparisonsofGrade3ReadingEOGPerformanceBasedonRace/EthnicityandSchoolSESJudithM.Penny,GuilfordCountySchoolsAkishaJones,GuilfordCountySchoolsShuyingSha,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboroDisparityAnalysis:PredictionsandComparisonsofReadingEOGPerformanceBasedonRace/Ethnicity,Gender,andSchoolSESAkishaJones,GuilfordCountySchoolsShuyingSha,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboroJudithM.Penny,GuilfordCountySchools

DisparityAnalysis:PredictionsandComparisonsofMiddleSchoolEOGPerformanceBasedonRace/EthnicityandSchoolSESShuyingSha,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboroAkishaJones,GuilfordCountySchoolsJudithM.Penny,GuilfordCountySchools

Discussant:MonicaWalker,DiversityOfficer,GuilfordCountySchools

EngagementandIntegrationinHigherEducation(SalonD)

AprilSmith,ModeratorExaminingtheRelationshipbetweenStudentEngagementandSTEMPersistenceatanHBCUSaundraYatesEvans,NorthCarolinaA&TStateUniversityCeolaRossBaber,NorthCarolinaA&TStateUniversity

CoolingOut:TheEffectofStartingatCommunityCollegeonStudents’AmbitionsSamuelGrubbs,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteBlackWomenDoctoralSuccessandDegreeCompletionCathyD.Howell,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte


FRIDAY,FEBRUARY12‐StudentActivityCenter,3rdFloorEngagementandIntegrationinHigherEducation,continued(SalonD)

CaseStudyExploringtheAcademicandSocialIntegrationofTraditional‐AgeCommunityCollegeTransferStudentsBethanyD.Meighen,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatWilmingtonAndrewRyder,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatWilmington

UrbanEducationandNeighborhoodContexts(SalonE)

MonicaAllen,ModeratorDisproportionalDiscipline,Achievement,andtheEveryStudentSucceedsAct(ESSA)NicholasP.Triplett,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteAmberC.Bryant,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteAimySteele,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteKatieE.Brown,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteTamekaArdrey,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteAyanaAllen,DrexelUniversityChanceW.Lewis,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteCriticalService‐LearningforSocialCapitalintheUrbanElementaryEnvironmentLauraK.Handler,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteBettieRayButler,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteApplyingCognitiveSciencePrinciplestoImproveRetentionofVocabularyinHighSchoolScienceClassroomsRebeccaShore,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteDrusillaThomas,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteInvestigationsofNeighborhoodConditionsUndertheContextoftheAcademicAchievementGapHuifangZuo,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteChuangWang,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteWenwuTang,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteAudreyRorrer,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte

12:15–1:30BuffetLunch,AwardsPresentation,andKeynoteAddress

(SalonsA&B)

Presentationof2015NCAREPaperAwards–ChristopherI.Cobitz,PastPresident IntroductionofKeynoteSpeaker–JasonGiersch,At‐LargeBoardMember KeynoteAddress–RoslynArlinMickelson



1:30–2:15RoundtableTopics(SalonsA&B)

Conferenceattendeeswillselectaroundtabletopicbasedonprofessionalinterests.

2:15–2:30Break–colddrinksandcookies

2:30–3:45PaperBreakoutSessionIII(SalonsC‐D‐E)

AssessmentandEvaluationinElementaryEducation(SalonC)

AliciaReid,ModeratorImprovingPrimaryStudents’MathematicalSkillsthroughFormativeAssessmentChuangWang,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteChristieMartin,UniversityofSouthCarolinaDrewPolly,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteRichardG.Lambert,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteDavidPugalee,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteAComparativeEvaluationofInstructionalLevelsDeterminedbytheTextReadingandComprehension(TRC)AssessmentandandInformalReadingInventoryAmieB.Snow,AppalachianStateUniversityLetterlandReadingResearchLisaO.Souther,Iredell‐StatesvilleSchools

EvaluationofaReadingInterventionistInitiativeMartyS.Ward,Winston‐Salem/ForsythCountySchoolsJustinLong,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboro

IssuesinTeacherPreparationandProfessionalDevelopment(SalonD)

KiranBudhrani,Moderator

ConceptionsofDifferentiatedInstructionAmongPreserviceTeachersHilaryDack,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteTeachers’PerceptionsFollowingIntensiveUniversity‐SchoolProfessionalDevelopment:ProfessorsandTeachingColleaguesasSupportiveWritingMentorsScottR.Gartlan,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte



IssuesinTeacherPreparationandProfessionalDevelopment,continued(SalonD)What’sinitforMe?MotivatingtheNextGenerationofTeachersJasonGiersch,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotteDoDifferencesinElementaryTeacherPreparationProgramsAffectStudentAchievementinScienceonanInternationalScale?DavidJ.Mense,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatWilmington

Measurement,Planning,andAnalytics(SalonE)

RosalbaEsparragoza,Moderator

ComparingtheAccuracyofSmallSampleEquatingMethods:InvestigatingSampleSizesandthePercentageofAnchorItemsJoshuaD.MacInnes,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboroAnalyticsforGood:UsingAnalyticstoImproveYieldManagementintheHonorsCollegeJulieHayes,AppalachianStateUniversityToniaOlson,AppalachianStateUniversityLeAnneByers,AppalachianStateUniversityJenniferR.McGee,AppalachianStateUniversityJosephCazier,AppalachianStateUniversityRachelSledge,AppalachianStateUniversityLeslieSargentJones,AppalachianStateUniversityImpactingtheLandscapeofStudentSuccessattheCommunityCollege:TheDevelopmentofanAcademicAdvisingQualityEnhancementPlanMakenaN.Stewart,SouthPiedmontCommunityCollegeNovelInterpretationsofAcademicGrowthGaryL.Williamson,MetaMetrics

3:45–4:00ClosingandFarewell(SalonsA&B)


2016PaperAward OpportunitiesNCAREDistinguishedPaperAward&MarvinWyneOutstandingStudentPaperAward–submitbyMarch15,2016!PleaseconsidersubmittingyourpaperforeithertheDistinguishedPaperAwardortheMarvinWyneOutstandingStudentPaperAward.ThewinneroftheDistinguishedPaperAwardwillearnaslottopresenthisorherpaperatthe2017AERAmeetingandwillreceive$500towardtraveltothe2017AERAmeeting.ThewinneroftheMarvinWyneOutstandingStudentPaperAwardwillreceivea$100award.Guidelinesforbothawards:

Thepapermusthavebeenpresentedatthe2016annualmeetingbutnotpreviouslypresentedorpublishedelsewhere.

AuthorsmustbeNCAREmembersatthetimeoftheannualmeeting. Papersrepresentingvariousformsandgenresofresearch(includingconceptual

papers)arewelcome. Thepapersubmittedforconsiderationmustbenolongerthantheequivalentof30

double‐spacedpageswithstandardAPAmarginsand10‐to12‐pointtype.The30‐pagelimitincludesalltables,appendices,charts,graphs,referencesandotherancillariestothetext.Thename,address,andphonenumberofthefirstauthorshouldappearonthecoverpage,whichwillberemovedforreview.Noauthoridentifyingreferencesshouldappearelsewhere.A100‐to150‐wordabstractshouldbeincludedwiththepaper.

StudentsareeligiblefortheMarvinWyneOutstandingStudentPaperAwardorfortheDistinguishedPaperAwardbutmaynotapplyforbothsimultaneously.ForconsiderationfortheMarvinWyneOutstandingStudentPaperAward,thepapermustincludeonlystudentauthors.ThesubmissiondeadlineforbothawardsisMarch15,[email protected].


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CallforPapersandVolunteers:

NCAREProceedingsIssueofJournalofAppliedEducationalandPolicyResearch(JAEPR)

NCAREhaspartneredwiththeCenterforEducationalMeasurementandEvaluation(CEME)attheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlottetopublishaspecialissuefromthepaperspresentedattheNCAREannualconferenceintheJournalofAppliedEducationalandPolicyResearch(JAEPR).JAEPRisanopenaccess,peerreviewedonlinejournalpublishedbytheCEME.Thejournalfocusesonissuesofimportancetoeducationalpolicymakers.Pleasevisittheonlinesiteforthejournalformoreinformation:http://journals.uncc.edu/jaepr.NCAREmembersareinvitedtosubmitmanuscriptsforconsiderationandtoserveaspeerreviewers.ToSubmitaManuscriptforConsideration:TobeconsideredforinclusioninthisspecialissueofJAEPR,manuscriptsmustbesubmittedonlinebyJune30,2016.Forinformationregardingtypesofsubmissionsandhowtoapplyonline,pleaseseethe“About”tabat:http://journals.uncc.edu/jaepr.PaperspresentedattheNCAREAnnualMeetingwillundergopeerreviewandarenotguaranteedinclusionintheissue.ToVolunteerasaPeerReviewer:Tovolunteerasapeerreviewer,pleasecontactthejournalEditor,Dr.ChuangWang,[email protected].

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